Texas AG blocks release of ‘burn in hell’ audio
FOIFT2016-03-23T18:51:04-05:00By Kenric Ward Watchdog.org Originally published March 23, 2016 The Texas Education Agency and state Attorney General Ken Paxton are blocking Watchdog.org from obtaining an audio recording of a teleconference during which a school board member told the TEA commissioner to “burn in hell.” Watchdog independently confirmed that an unidentified school board trustee told then-Commissioner Michael Williams that Williams should “die and burn in hell.” The remark was made as the state ordered La Marque ISD to shut down over failing academic and financial performance. Neither a recording nor a transcript of the contentious teleconference was released. TEA asserted that the [...]