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Tom Hayden's avatar

ISBE is pretty weak and wouldn't remove the board and I'm not sure they should remove elected folks. I was in Detroit when they sent in a receiver that removed all of our elected people, who were definitely corrupt but it felt very undemocratic and authortiarian.

The securities fraud thing (lying on the lease certificate) I think is a private issue between the bond holders and the District, so maybe they don't even care!

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Matthew Tarpy's avatar

"The securities fraud thing (lying on the lease certificate) I think is a private issue between the bond holders and the District, so maybe they don't even care!"

My partner is a lawyer in the securities world, and I asked her if this is true, and she said that while the bond holders certainly could have a civil course of action against D65, lying on documents such as the board would have had to sign could involve potential criminal penalties for securities fraud. TL;DR - lying on loan applications is a crime no matter who does it.

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Karl's avatar

Let’s find out who regulates this and tell them!

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Tom Hayden's avatar

My suggestion is the DoE Ombudsman who might be able to work with the SEC

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Karl's avatar

(Googling DoE ombudsman)

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Tom Hayden's avatar

Oops. I meant the DoE OIG:

https://oig.ed.gov/

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