Thursday, August 19, 2010

A "Book Gate" Update



Ahem. Some facts:

According to the AJC, although she claims these books were ordered by principals all over the system, in reality, Yvonne Sanders-Butler personally ordered $11,494 worth of her own books - using school system money. On top of that, her sister, Annette Roberts, principal at Rainbow ES, ordered $14,184 worth of Butler's books.

She is correct in saying that others were selling books, which is what may have lulled her into a false sense of security. Certainly, she was referring to Assistant Superintendent Ralph Simpson, who has sold more than $15,000 in books to the district. The AJC reported, "All told, the school system found three educators-turned-authors raked in a total of almost $100,000 in sales to district schools."

Now, how can you think this is ethical? These educators need to put themselves in an imaginary corporate job. Say you are an IT professional. You write a book about widgets. Then, you use a company purchase order to buy $10,000 worth of your books. Do you really think you wouldn't be fired for that? Really?

There's a bigger issue here and it's one of paradigm. How can anyone have thinking this wrong-headed? How can anyone think that they are entitled to taxpayer dollars? How can anyone actually have the nerve to sit down, write up a government purchase order and buy $11,000 worth of their own book?

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Anonymous said...

@ Burroughston Broch and Anonymous
Thaddeus Mayfield is not the CEO of Ennovy, Inc. The Secretary of State records are incorrect and are in the process of being corrected.

Anonymous said...

Hey, where are the bookgate folks? Did Gwen Keyes dismiss Ms. Butler's case where she wrote a check to herself for her own books?
No one seems to know if she's had her hearing . And received her proper departure papers from DCSS. Everytime I think or read about these money hungry get rich crooks I get upset. Then they have the nerve to say they will be vindicated or will fight these accusations. Is Long and Butler related? Both seem to dupe people out of money and love a large crowd of self promotion?

Anonymous said...

What happened to Butler-Sanders? Was she terminated or still using the DCSS with the missing books that she bought using school funds?Anyone knows where she is now playing her cooking games?

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