Grand Theft Arkansas Style—in this case the booty goes to the giant welfare protection racket known as public education.

The criminally corrupt Democrat party, under the guise of “stimulus” money, has awarded $90 million to the state’s 239 school districts, which will go for teacher bonuses of $500-$700 each.

Tom Kimbrell, the Education Czar, said “it’s understandable if you are a legislator, having to look at funding education and having to look at the budget next year and the difficulty when there’s $90 million coming into the state that could be used for specific purposes and you can’t give any guidance”. What a crock!  Where is the Chief Marxist, commonly known as Gov. Mike Beebe, and Attorney General Dustin McDaniel in this grave manner?

Kimbrell’s title is Education Commissioner.  With that said, does he have any responsibility?  The best justification regarding the $90 million taxpayer rape that Kimbrell could give was that the money was going to be spent in the state.  So what, and how does he know where it is going to be spent?

When this ill-gotten loot is distributed to alleged teachers, they will, as stated before, be receiving bonuses of $500-700 each.  For what?

Do you believe these failed educators (indoctrinators) are going to give thanks to the producers for their largesse?  No.  I’ll tell you why. Committee Co-chairman Rep. Jonathan Dismang (R-Beebe) said he is concerned that the federal government gave the state little control over how districts spend the money, especially when the state could use the money to fill potential gaps in future education budgets.

Now for the teachers’ response to Rep. Dismang’s questioning of how the $90 million was going to be spent with little or no control.  Here is the teacher response.  Rep. Dismang said he had received letters from teachers accusing him of “STEALING CHRISTMAS”.  This is an example of why public education is such a dismal failure.

Democrat Marxists Beebe and McDaniel are all for continuing to bribe the teacher’s union. This is the same no position that Beebe and McDaniel hold regarding the illegal Mexican invasion and the unconstitutionality of Obamacare.

As long as Arkansas voters continue to vote for the self-serving parasites in office decade after decade, we will continue the free-fall into the abyss.

Each District has the freedom to determine how their “share” of the unearned largesse will be spent. We will keep our eyes fixed on Fort Smith.

Joe McCutchen