Bob^2 to teach DPS about Corruption

I think Rochelle Riley should have a different headline. Like "Bobb to teach DPS against corruption." I think DPS knows all about corruption as it is. The way Riley constructed the headline, the first thing that crossed my mind, other than the racial demagoguery that Riley likely put in her article (alas, there was none here which was a breath of fresh air unlike some of her prior posts such as this and this), was that Bob^2 was going to teach them how not to do it so blatantly. Fact of the matter is that DPS can teach Bob^2 more "about" corruption than the other way around. In any case, onto Riley's article:

Did Robert Bobb, the new state-appointed emergency financial manager for the Detroit Public Schools, really have to tell employees in a broke school system to stop district-paid travel, to stop shredding financial documents and to cooperate with internal investigations?

He did ask, and made it public that he asked. But here's my question: Are you kidding me?

DPS is running an estimated $200-million deficit and owes the state a deficit-reduction plan. Yet somebody has to tell people to not spend money?

Uh - yeah. Yes he does. Is Riley kidding the readership? (apparently, she did write this in jest) Isn't this the same DPS that is in perpetual deficit? So yeah - stop spending money you don't have! In fact, can Bob^2 maybe tell the same thing to the state? Going further, maybe he can get an audience with The One, or - better yet - access to The One's teleprompter. And input into the teleprompter "I will not spend money we don't have." But I digress. Riley continues:

Bobb literally wants to change the way the district operates. That's hard to do in a district that still spends as if it's 1999. Bobb calls it a "vendor-driven system." The district hires vendors as if it were still the size it used to be.

...That's Bobb's other challenge: finding available figures in a district that largely still keeps reports on paper and does math on an abacus.

But Bobb? His task is different. While he creates a new, efficient model for educating Detroit children with available funds, he will pass substance to prosecutors. Good. Because somebody ought to go to jail.

The last part of that snippet isn't quite accurate. Bob^2 wasn't hired for any purpose associated with education. He was hired/appointed to drain the swamp on the financial side. That being said, I have two things to say to finish off this post. First, as I have said before, I like Bob^2. He seems to be doing the right things. But I expect to see results in the next few months. For one, the corruption needs to be rooted out. Two, all district finances need to be put online for anyone to see. To the penny. Nothing will keep the system from further corruption like transparency will. I will be sorely disappointed should Bob^2 not have those two taken care of expeditiously.

Secondly, this might be the very first piece that Rochelle Riley wrote that makes sense and I agree with. (and those two do go together in Riley's case) Keep going down this path Rochelle, and abandon the race baiting demagoguery! Onward Christian soldier!

Previously:
DPS: "Hey buddy, can you spare $162 Million?"
Bob^2 Trying to Drain DPS Swamp
DPS may owe $36 million more
More on DPS - None of It Good
Shock! - Ex-DPS official files federal whistleblower lawsuit
Bob^2, DPS to Get Undeserved Windfall
Throwing money into the DPS hole
Bob^2 starts tally of DPS troubles
Bob^2 says: DPS deficit larger than thought
Bob Bobb (Bob^2) on a mission to save DPS
Non-Shocker of the Morning - Former DPS Head Calloway: Detroit School Board Corrupt!
DetNews: Bring 'Marine Corps' of teachers to Detroit schools
DPS to good teachers - GET OUT OF OUR SWAMP!!!
Duh! - DPS fails kids, fed school chief says
freep: DPS may need payday loans