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New and Old Grifters Take Center Stage in State Auditor’s Report

1:51 PM EDT on June 28, 2023

Now that it’s been about 24 hours since the release of the 256-page State Auditor's Report that documented approximately $30-million in wasteful government spending, mismanagement and shameless grifting of federal pandemic dollars, we’re starting to get a better sense of the key players involved the scheme. 

Some we already know about – like State Superintendant Ryan Langston-Walters. 

Before he was a devout theocratic culture warfighter, Ryan was handpicked by Trent Smith, Jennifer Monies, and other “school choice/privatization” activists to earn a six-figure salary leading the “Every Kid Counts Foundation.” Not too long after, Kevin Stitt would name Ryan his Secretary of Public Education.