Florida attorney general: High-quality schools lawsuit is "baseless"

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Florida Attorney General (and Republican gubernatorial candidate) Bill McCollum issued this statement a few minutes ago about the high-quality schools lawsuit:

These lawsuits appear to be driven by political and financial motives with little or no regard to educating our children. Florida's focus must be on making progress with our children's education, not on fighting baseless legal battles. Our office will provide quality legal representation on behalf of our clients, and I look forward to bringing this matter to a quick resolution.

Posted by Ron Matus at 4:44:20 pm on November 23, 2009 in

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