Sunday, January 20, 2019

Billionaire who advocates eliminating locally elected school boards make hefty contributions to nine of 10 GOP Education Committee members

The billionaire CEO of Netflix Reed Hastings, one of the nation's most prominent proponents of charter schools and privatization, delivered hefty contributions to nine of the 10 Republican members of the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee, including the committee chairman, Rebecca Roeber, R-Lee's Summit and Rep. Ben Baker, R-Neosho.

Hastings has advocated eliminating local elected school boards because of the continuous upheaval with directors serving limited terms and constantly having any decisions they make overturned by patrons who disagree and elect board members who are more in agreement with their positions and beliefs.

Hastings, outlines his beliefs in the accompanying video



Hastings contributed millions during 2018 to political campaigns across the United States, including $106,000 to Missouri candidates.

Members of the newly appointed House Elementary and Secondary Education receiving contributios from Hastings included the following:

-$3,600- Rebecca Roeder, R-Lee's Summit, maximum $2,600 contribution for the primary election and $1,000 for the general election

-$2,600- Shamed Dogan, R-Ballwin

$2,600- Chuck Basye, R-Rocheport

-$1,000- Phil Christofanelli, R-St. Peters

--$2,600- Dan Stacy, R-Blue Springs

--$2,600- Dottie Bailey, R-Eureka

--$1,000- Kathy Swan, R-Cape Girardeau

-$1,000- Ben Baker, R-Neosho

-$1,000- Mary Elizabeth Coleman, R-Arnold




The only Repulican committee member who did not receive a contribution from Hastings was Karla Eslinger, R-Wasola.

Baker was not the only member of southwest Missouri legislative contingent to receive contributions from Hastings.

Missouri Ethics Commission records show newly-elected Sen. Bill White, R-Joplin, received a maximum $2,600 contribution and another newly-elected official. Rep. Dirk Deaton, R-Noel,

Rep. Cody Smith, R-Carthage, received $5,200 from the Netflix CEO, with maximum contributions July 30 for the primary election and November 2 for the general election.

Area representatives who did not receive contributions from Hastings were Rep. Lane Roberts, R-Joplin, Bob Bromley, R-Carl Junction, and Ann Kelley, R-Lamar.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous2:20 PM

    Amazing how easy it is to buy a politician and then mess up children with charter schools all to make a extra buck. Seems that Missouri is for sale for everything from shoddy school construction, poor roads, charter schools for profit, politicians for profit, chicken farms to ruin the environment, forced pregnancies, poor legislation to keep labor rates low and keeping the kids down on the farm in menial jobs. Sad place to raise a kid with poor examples of parents. Oh, late address to the drugs being made and sold here. Wait, there is a solution, attract immigrants who cannot voice discontent and put them to work versus our own kids having to accept responsibility for their actions. What a bunch of maroons.

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