Q. Have you ever wondered how to take large amounts of money from Legislative Lobby Groups without having to report it?
A. Get a job at a School District Educational Foundation and then run for office. Take a look at Sheryl Allen, who is the Executive Director of the Davis Education Foundation, and her Assistant Director, Louenda Downs. Sheryl is also the Utah State District 19 House Representative, and Louenda is a Davis County Commissioner. Any lobby groups who have business before the Legislature and the Davis County Commission, need only funnel their monies into the Davis Education Foundation, which has no obligation to report to anyone.
Take a look at what Sheryl was doing seven years ago. Please see: www.publicintegrity.org/oi/iys.aspx Do you think she is doing anything different today or is she just frying bigger fish?
Q. Have you ever asked how much these two ladies make in their Davis Education Foundation roles?
A. Go ahead and try...these Education Foundations do not have to tell you, even though their "purpose" is to bring in monies for the kids in the affiliated school districts. We are sure however that their salaries are much higher than the teachers that they are trying to help.
Q. Also, ask who gives them free office space and telephone lines on their telephone switch?
A. The Davis School District, and hence Davis County Tax Payers. So how does that work? A government entity in bed with a foundation that does not have to report anything like a government entity does. Looks like a way to cover up coruption....Take a look at what a secretary of the Weber Education Foundation was able to do. Please see: www.standard.net/live/news/97528/
Comment: It is always interesting to see Sheryl Allen posing for a photo in the Clipper with a big donor to the Davis Education Foundation, and then see our Elementary School Teachers send home notes stating they need monies for field trips, which are to be paid from School District monies. Where is all the money that Sheryl and Louenda are soliciting and obtaining? Oh we forgot, it was to pay the Ross' for their Title 1 books that were produced criminally to line their pockets. Also don't forget the Ross' appear to have been campaign contributors to Sheryl.