5 Million added to project to DMB's directors brother

**MizMotown** · November-20-13, 11:04 AM

Sorry, I messed that title up...lol

5 million added to budget for DMB's Director's brother to fund private project...

When the heck is this crap going to stop? Let this guy go get a $5 million dollar loan and do his own damn project instead of MI tax payers who've had no say and don't even have a clue about it.

As much as I dislike the news when it comes to digging up dirt I give them credit. The gov says it's transparent? Make em prove it.

http://www.freep.com/article/2013112...ool-Campus-LLC

**MizMotown** · November-20-13, 12:33 PM

Firm That Pitched $5M For School Tech Run By Nixon's Brother

The idea for putting money in the 2013-14 fiscal year budget for a private firm to handle technology at several public schools came from a company run by the brother of Budget Director John Nixon that has since become one of six firms to bid for the project.
But the family tie between Utah-based iSchool Campus, whose chair and CEO is William Nixon, and the $5 million in PA 60 of 2013 was downplayed by John Nixon, an official with iSchool Campus and majority Republican legislators involved with the K-12 budget said. Not only did John Nixon recuse himself and his staff from any discussions about whether to provide funding for the program, but the money will be awarded through a competitive bidding process managed by the Department of Education instead of DTMB, which handles procurement and, like the budget office, is helmed by John Nixon.

YEA< WE'LL SEE WHO GETS IT...

**Honky Tonk** · November-20-13, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by MizMotown

Firm That Pitched $5M For School Tech Run By Nixon's Brother

The idea for putting money in the 2013-14 fiscal year budget for a private firm to handle technology at several public schools came from a company run by the brother of Budget Director John Nixon that has since become one of six firms to bid for the project.
But the family tie between Utah-based iSchool Campus, whose chair and CEO is William Nixon, and the $5 million in PA 60 of 2013 was downplayed by John Nixon, an official with iSchool Campus and majority Republican legislators involved with the K-12 budget said. Not only did John Nixon recuse himself and his staff from any discussions about whether to provide funding for the program, but the money will be awarded through a competitive bidding process managed by the Department of Education instead of DTMB, which handles procurement and, like the budget office, is helmed by John Nixon.

YEA< WE'LL SEE WHO GETS IT...

As Nixon himself said "I am not a crook".