More on John White’s SalaryGate. When will a reporter or constituent ask Bobby Jindal about this behaviour? Is this his Bobby’s idea of a smaller, transparent, honest, accountable government?
It has become so easy to catch Superintendent of Education John White in a lie that the exercise has also become boring.
The latest fabrication to come out of the Department of Education (DOE) was a simultaneous falsehood delivered to both LouisianaVoice and Crazy Crawfish and we’re both calling him out on it—simultaneously.
On Sunday, Oct. 14, LouisianaVoice submitted a public records request to White at 7:08 p.m. and a read receipt showed that he opened our email at 11:32 p.m. that same day.
Our request was straightforward enough, asking that White provide us with “all documents which indicate which employees, including your executive staff, in the Louisiana Department of Education have or will receive pay increases.”
A simple request to be sure and one with which it should have easy to comply.
Instead, the response we received on Monday, Oct. 14, was a lie, pure and simple.
“Our public information…
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John White’s SalaryGate! This is exactly what this is . White goes unchecked and it is time something is done about this . He is a LIAR!!!!!
The headline just reminds me of what someone now in a district central office who had been in management at LDOE for many years told me-paraphrasing closely “We were listening to JW and counting the times he told the truth because it’s easier than trying to keep track of the times he lied.” People who have been at the department for decades can’t remember a time when the distrust and lack of confidence in a supt. has been so extreme both outside and within the LDOE!
It makes it real obvious the “real” media is not doing its job, unless their job is to passively report JWs ridiculous lies.