Julie Woestehoff, head of Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE), a PAA affiliate in Chicago, pointed out:» Though Michelle Rhee has consistently refused to disclose her funders, according to press accounts, they include billionaires and hedge fund operators who support a destructive agenda to privatize our public schools. (parentsacrossamerica.org)
Duh... It's the same reason the NYS Republican senate campaign committee and the Independence Party never objected to Bloomberg's money... And, now she's endorsing former Wall Street hedge fund operator Reshma Saujani against Carolyn Maloney... Have these people ever met a rich person they didn't like..? (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com)
Republican county and state committees, along with their associated housekeeping and campaign accounts, have raked in roughly this amount in contributions from charter - friendly billionaires including the Walton family, heirs to the Wal - Mart fortune; hedge fund operators Daniel Loeb and Paul Singer and others. (uft.org)