(1) I did some reading on Robert Runcie, the Broward County Superintendent. A few days ago, he was the first official to confirm David Hogg was a student at the high school in Parkland, FL.
Turns out... It's a small world after all.
miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/…
Turns out... It's a small world after all.
miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/…
(2) "Runcie has several connections to the Obama Administration. His former boss in Chicago is Arne Duncan, the current U.S. Secretary of Education. In Chicago, the school district must answer to the office of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was the previous chief of staff to Obama."
(3) Then I read an article that said Robert Runcie has a brother named James. James Runcie was Chief Operating Officer of the US Department of Education Federal Student Aid until he resigned in May 2017.
poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/201…
poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/201…
(4) Why did James Runcie resign last May?
To avoid testifying before Congress. There was some money missing.
judicialwatch.org/blog/2017/05/e…
To avoid testifying before Congress. There was some money missing.
judicialwatch.org/blog/2017/05/e…
(5) Judicial Watch reported that James Runcie "got hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses despite his well-documented failures… The extra cash was kept off the books, away from the public, and doesn’t appear on his official government salary record."
(6) They also reported that James Runcie was "skirting federal rules to hire friends and family and hefty off-the-books cash bonuses."
And the "Education Department Inspector General told Congress that the FSA made an astounding $6 billion in improper payments in 2016 alone."
And the "Education Department Inspector General told Congress that the FSA made an astounding $6 billion in improper payments in 2016 alone."
(7) "Each year the problem gets worse, according... Inspector General for the Education Dept. Improper payments for the Fed. Direct Loan program swelled from $1.28 billion in 2015 to $3.86 billion in 2016 and from $562 million to $2.21 billion for the federal Pell Grant program."
(8) "Runcie, a political appointee of the Obama administration, was scheduled to testify at the same hearing before the House Subcommittee on Government Operations. Instead, he resigned abruptly to avoid congressional scrutiny."
(9) So there we have it. Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie and his brother, James Runcie, have strong ties to the Obama clan. It's an interesting tidbit at the very least.
As I said in the first post... it's a small world after all.
As I said in the first post... it's a small world after all.
