Comments on: September 19 roundup

By: gitarcarver

gitarcarver — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:54:33 +0000

Here in Florida, a somewhat new high school was told their baseball team would be cut due to school funding issues. The parents of the players got together and agreed they would fund the team, paying all costs including equipment, uniforms, managers, transportation and insurance.

The parents were denied because the school board lawyer said the parents promoting and contributing to one specific male sport was a violation of Title IX.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:29:55 +0000

The House is trying to pass a fix for this, following Rick Perry’s corporate jet travel arrangements making the front page of the Wall Street Journal a few weeks ago. I guess they figured out that the disclosures apply to politicians as well, and they care about that.

By: GregS

GregS — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:06:20 +0000

Re: “DoT insists on exposing private flight plans online”.

The only reason I can think of why the DoT would do this is that it’s part of the administrations hostility to corporate jets. If your company uses a corporate jet to fly someone to an important meeting, you probably don’t want your competitors to know about it. With this change in place, you’re less likely to use the corporate jet for the trip since your competitors will figure out pretty quickly that they can keep tabs on your movements through the DoT’s website.