Georgia School Chief Turns Herself In

[bemildred]

More Republican "values".

ATLANTA - Georgia's former schools superintendent surrendered to a federal magistrate Monday on charges she stole more than $600,000 in education funds and spent it on plastic surgery and her failed campaign for governor.

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A grand jury handed down an indictment last week accusing Schrenko, 54, of stealing federal education funds intended to buy computers for students.

The government is seeking the return of at least $614,387.

Acting U.S. Attorney Sally Yates says nearly half the money went to Schrenko's failed bid for the Republican nomination for governor in 2002. The indictment says Schrenko spent more than $9,000 on cosmetic surgery.

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[SoCalDem]

1. More republican family values in action..

They amaze me.. Total hubris.

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[Duncan Grant]

37. LOL! Difference is the RepubliCON is certainly implicated -

and your opinion is anecdotal blustering.
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[Elidor]

41. Bit of a reading comprehension problem you have there

The bitch is a republican. But don't let facts stop you from jumping to conclusions.

[cubsfan forever]

2. Wonder if part of the

"plastic surgery money" would have been better spent on a brain transplant. Just wondering.

[xultar]

3. I LOVE IT. Way to steal money RETHUG! n/t

[sonias]

4. Actually stealing public money is a repuke value

I'm sure she feels she felt justified since she was doing God's work. Notice that she's pleading not guilty. Another repuke value - never admit you're wrong and never take responsibility.

Sonia

[Dora]

29. That's right! Let's bog up the courts with frivolous

criminal defense arguments.

Cheese-and-rice! I hope she has ulcers. Lots of them.

[bleedingheart]

5. "no wrinkle left behind"...

what a disgrace.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. Oh, but those kids couldn't have used the computers...

Computers are just for white kids.

[whistle]

6. Failed republican bid for governor? There must be some mistake....

....God fearing, Christian republicans are never accused of stealing public funds. They are never supposed to get caught! The U.S. Attorney, Sally Yates is obviously a godless, atheist, liberal, pink-communist filing totally baseless charges. Besides, if a republican ever got their hands on $614,387.00 tax free, that kind of money would have been laundered and hidden away in off-shore secret accounts. This is a totally trumped up set of charges and will be thrown out of court by a Christian conservative federal judge before it ever gets into the records. Move-on please!

[Blue_Tires]

7. i hope she gets what's coming to her

[shawcomm]

43. A cabinet appointment?

It wouldn't surprise me...

[ozymandius]

8. She was always a paranoid freak.

She would never go live on the radio because she believed that hostile callers would ambush her. Her press secretary knew her to be insane and always apologized for her odd behavior at a whisper's volume.

[bunkerbuster1]

30. About three feet from where I was sitting on Saturday

...at a county Democrats breakfast meeting, I got to hear GA's former governor Roy Barnes refer to this woman as "a nut." The phrase he used, IIRC, was, "I'm glad everyone can see what a nut I had to deal with," when she was his Sec'y of Eddication.

This was the same woman who discouraged parents from joining the PTA because it's a "liberal organization."

Come to think of it, she's the reason I voted in the Republican primary in 2002. I was so worried about her securing the party's nomination and, potentially, becoming governor of the state that it was worth it to cast a vote against her (and for Sonny Perdue, god help me.)

[ozymandius]

40. Georgia has such bad luck with the State School Superintendents.

Schrenko defeated Werner Rogers. Werner Rogers was a total hack. He new nothing of running an effective organization - just ballooning its size to the point of gross rediculousness and busting budgets. Then we have Cathy Cox who capitulated to the fundies with the policy feint of teaching evolution as just an imperfect alternative to Christian creationism.

Is it any wonder why Georgia's school officials look at the results of standardized tests and shake their heads?

[Neshanic]

9. She obviously missed the seminar "GOP Educational opportunities"

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[gWbush is Mabus]

10. make her return the money...AND THE FACE

[DemBones DemBones]

11. LOL, now there's a thought! Force her to undergo

a reverse face-lift. I guess that would be a face drop?

Never did trust ole Linda, now I know why.


On edit:

Actually, it was her support for teaching creationism in Georgia's public schools that turned me against her.

Also, she hired her pastor and his wife once she took over the state department of education!

[skypilot]

13. This face????

Good Lord, no. Let her keep it.

[kodi]

31. gracious me, one more face lift and that woman's sportin' a beard

i hope they throw her in a state prison and learns the difference between penn state and state pen.

[skypilot]

35. sportin' a beard.

Oh...my...God!!!

LOL!!! I can't believe you said that. You are a sick individual.

[kodi]

36. yes, i am, but i'm clean

:evilgrin:

[jukes]

12. horrible person

i believe she also borrowed huge sums w/her daughter's dentistry practice as collateral for her campaign.

bent over backwards to appease fundies & home-school nutjobs whilst in office as head of GA education.

she was so unpopular, even w/GOP, that she may well do some fed time over this. very "soft" time, o/c, if she pleads.

[toopers]

14. While I agree with most of these posts,

what is your issue with home schooling?

[MissMarple]

15. Right, folks homeschool for a variety reasons.

[DuaneBidoux]

18. Well other than the fact that it is a virtual guarantee not yo go to a

good university,none.

[arwalden]

16. Wow... A REPUBLICAN!!! Who Would Have Guessed It?

[MacCovern]

17. Adjustment needed to her medication!

As a Georgia resident, I can tell you Schrenko went down hill
quickly after taking office. It seems that almost everyone in
the state noticed her strangeness and ineptness before she
ran for governor in 2002. She was an early favorite in polls
for the governors race, but eventually disappeared off the campaign
trail and was never a factor in the race. Yesterday's Atlanta Journal quoted someone in the know and they said she became bedridden due to an old injury or medical condition, and could not campaign any longer. Wonder if she is on pain killing medication.

Whatever it is I hope she gets her just desserts for ripping off
taxpayers. Maybe the prison guards will be impressed by her face lift.

[DuaneBidoux]

19. Was the one involved in the whole creationism thing?

If so, I think I sit next to her at a Georgia Educational Conference and talked about the weather.

[MacCovern]

20. Check out her pic - reply #10

see the pic skypilot posted of Schrenko.

[stanwyck]

21. but, but, but

She had a 100% approval rating from The Christian Coalition!

[maddezmom]

22. UPDATE: She Enters Not-Guilty Plea ....BWHAAAAA

Schrenko did not speak to reporters and said little during the hearing, except to tell the federal magistrate that she is taking medication for injuries from a car accident. She said it would not interfere with her ability to understand the proceedings.


A grand jury handed down the indictment against Schrenko, 54, last week, and the government is seeking the return of at least $614,387.


Acting U.S. Attorney Sally Yates says nearly half the money went to Schrenko's failed bid for the Republican nomination for governor in 2002. The indictment says Schrenko spent more than $9,000 on cosmetic surgery.


Two of her former associates were also indicted. Appearing with Schrenko at Monday's hearing was Stephan Botes, who also pleaded innocent Monday. Schrenko's former deputy superintendent, Merle Temple Jr., also is indicted and was to appear at a later hearing.




http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=718&e=6&u=/ap/20041115/ap_on_re_us/superintendent_indicted

[GoddessOfGuinness]

26. Rate the story...

Looks like it's being Talibornagained.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. Here's another photo...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041115/480/ax10111152009

Give this one a good rating...It's at least as good as any of the Martha Stewart photos.

[hatrack]

28. Geez - Uncle Jed & the Vegas "Hostess"

And she had a serious shot at becoming governor? Blechh!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

34. Heheh...Looks like Bob Barker

back from the dead!

[yorkiemommie1]

24. if it's not about gays, guns and god...

little things like larceny and betraying the public trust are just incidental; after all she is just following her national role models.

sarcasm off---

[Ima]

27. It's rated 5

I was the third vote. Rate it up.

[Duncan Grant]

38. Too delicious not to kick!

:kick:

[donheld]

39. More Republican "values".

Bush will probably make her secretary of education

[OutsourceBush]

42. Her real crime was not sharing her loot with fellow Republicans

and the anti-Christ Bush. Couple thousand of that would have given her immunity.

[varun]

44. Made my day...

I used to live in Atlanta when she became the School Superintendent...and advocated teaching Creationism...

she belong in jail...

[Must_B_Free]

45. Best part?

she's still ugly...

[Malebolgia]

46. Republicans, once again, just proved they are hypocrites.

They profess they care about schools, but instead, steal money that's intended for schools and use it on themselves.

:grr: :puke:

[struggle4progress]

47. This is SO unfair. Nobody told her that the ownership society ...

... hadn't quite begun.

[Dr Fate]

48. Is this a big story on cable news???

Like the NJ Governor's scandal?

OH- I'm sorry- I did not see that giant "R" behind her name.

Sorry- move along-nothing to see here, folks...