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What happened to the rest of the facts concerning Betsy DeVos and her Senate hearing? The Tribune article published Jan. 18 gave a glorious review of the person Donald Trump has nominated as secretary of education, billionaire DeVos. I listened to the televised hearings and came away with a different picture.
First, she has contributed $200 million to the GOP, essentially buying the position. Second, she didn't bother to have her paperwork completed for the ethics committee prior to her hearings. Third, she is painfully ignorant of the concerns of the K-12 public education system. And last, she would not commit to using current federal laws and rules to prevent waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars. The complete picture of DeVos is much more complicated than it appeared in your article.
Marjory Beaudin
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