Demagogue

There's been a lot of media coverage related to the capture of fugitive Warren Jeffs, the leader of a fundamentalist polygamist sect who was on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List. But is there an angle to this story that the media has missed? John at LetsGetItRight.org thinks so.

He notes that Jeffs' sect has been accused of misusing Arizona education funds that were provided through the public school district in Colorado City, Ariz., a small town that the sect basically runs. John writes:

According to the (Arizona) Republic:

"The district pre-paid multiyear leases on buildings owned by the sect, returned the school buildings before the lease was over, and allowed the owners to keep an over payment of nearly $200,000 ..."

The article also notes that the school district bought a $200,000 airplane, spent $20,000 to maintain it, and paid the son of the board's president $50-an-hour to fly it.

Was this Arizona's idea of a "faith-based" initiative?