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olddad56

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20. I believe she is stepping down to run her husband's charity.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 01:55 PM

Aug 2014

When her husband does favors for businesses, in his role as mayor, the businesses then donate money to his charity, the St. Hope Academy. She has recently taken over running that entity.

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Michelle Rhee to step down as StudentsFirst chief, take �next step in life� [View all] alp227 Aug 2014 OP

Her next steps in life should be repentance and atonement. merrily Aug 2014 #1

Which she could do well in a quiet pasture! riversedge Aug 2014 #5

Peddling another kind of fertilizer now. 6000eliot Aug 2014 #2

Same shit, different day? merrily Aug 2014 #3

Exactly. SoapBox Aug 2014 #6

Miracle-Gro is synthetic fertilizer. This move is almost Dickensian in bullwinkle428 Aug 2014 #13

+1 Meeellion! 6000eliot Aug 2014 #19

Ugh. blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #4

soulless opportunist KG Aug 2014 #7

Yup! Plucketeer Aug 2014 #9

then she married the guy who is right for her. olddad56 Aug 2014 #27

Couldn't stand the heat rpannier Aug 2014 #8

Something bad about her is about to come out MannyGoldstein Aug 2014 #10

I agree weaselbit Aug 2014 #23

Make that "next step" a long hike, Ms. Rhee. (nt) Paladin Aug 2014 #11

Hopefully her next step is over a theoretical cliff. blackspade Aug 2014 #12

Lobbying for whom i wonder? PoutrageFatigue Aug 2014 #14

As a lobbyist she may be radioactive for a while yet. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #16

To spend more time selling out her family. n/t Orsino Aug 2014 #15

Stepping down? Name change? Blue Idaho Aug 2014 #17

Probably exposure from some yet-to-be-named scandal Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #18

She is a nasty piece of work... Blue Idaho Aug 2014 #21

Her new name is generic enough to render google useless. LeftyMom Aug 2014 #25

I believe she is stepping down to run her husband's charity. olddad56 Aug 2014 #20

Another doofus.. sendero Aug 2014 #22

Next step should be off a short pier n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2014 #24

StudentsFirst never made much money. She's moving to new, better grifts LeftyMom Aug 2014 #26

whatever gets him out of Sacramento. olddad56 Aug 2014 #28

lets not forget the $50,000 donation to his favorite charity (his own charity) by Nestles olddad56 Aug 2014 #29

You heard he has a new one? LeftyMom Aug 2014 #31

The big point of all this: Michelle Rhee has failed. And, will continue to fail. kwassa Aug 2014 #30