From: John Cuccia 

No, she should have just handed it to Neal.

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:50:28 -0500, "Mark"
 wrote:

>Well, then, I guess she should have just kept her money to herself?
>
>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>news:92q622dmii059eqihg4lq5cpaqg871tdrl{at}4ax.com...
>> Her action was the equivalent of you telling United Way that you'll
>> contribute, but only if they spend your contribution on products your
>> wife sells.
>>
>> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:51:11 -0500, "Mark"
 wrote:
>>
>>>I'm not familiar with "Ignite" is it a bad program or
something, or does
>>>it
>>>work well to help students learn?
>>>
>>>"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
message news:44235d63{at}w3....
>>>> Propping up Neil Bush while calling it charity
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/state/14170174.htm
>>>>
>>>> Barbara Bush earmarked Katrina donation for son's company
>>>> HOUSTON - Former first lady Barbara Bush gave relief money to the
>>>> Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund on the condition that it be spent to buy
>>>> educational software from her son Neil's company.
>>>>
>>>> A spokesman for former president George H.W. Bush would
not disclose the
>>>> amount earmarked for purchases from Ignite Learning.
>>>>
>>>> Since Barbara Bush's gift, the Ignite Learning program has
been given to
>>>> eight public schools with high numbers of Hurricane
Katrina evacuees.
>>>>
>>>> "Mrs. Bush wanted to do something specifically for
education and
>>>> specifically for the thousands of students flooding into the Houston
>>>> schools," said Jean Becker, the former president's
chief of staff.
>>>>
>>>> Barbara Bush chose to promote Ignite because she supports
her son and
>>>> has
>>>> genuine enthusiasm for his company's program, Becker said.
>>>>
>>>> Former presidents Bush and Clinton founded the
Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund
>>>> to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina, which
slammed the Gulf
>>>> Coast in August.
>>>>
>>>> Becker would not say the total amount of money the Bushes
have given to
>>>> the fund, but said only the Ignite portion is specifically
earmarked.
>>>>
>>>> Two years ago, the Houston school district board wrestled
with conflict
>>>> of
>>>> interest concerns over the Ignite program. Neil Bush had
helped raise
>>>> $115,000 for the district's philanthropic fund from donors
who insisted
>>>> the money be spent on his company's software.
>>>>
>>>> The district accepted the donations and used them to pay
half the costs
>>>> of
>>>> new Ignite software, which cost $10,000 per school.
>>>>
>>>> Currently, Houston public schools use 15 Ignite programs
and the Houston
>>>> area has 40 programs, said company president Ken Leonard.
>>>>
>>>> Neil Bush founded the Austin-based company in 1999.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>

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