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IPS School Board Member Can’t Hide Her Hypocrisy

Gayle Cosby Says She Isn’t Backed by Special Interest Groups—Except for That Pesky 25 Grand She Took From the Teachers Union

Newly elected IPS school board member Gayle Cosby was recently quoted saying, “I think it means a lot to have the voice of someone who is not backed by special interest groups,” claiming to be free from such influence.

Yet, Cosby accepted a $25,000 donation from the Indiana PAC for Education, a special interest group affiliated with the Indiana teachers union.

Ironically, she posted another blog in September, that includes the Cambridge definition of special interest groups—defined as “a group of people who have particular demands and who try to influence political decisions involving them.”

We’re not sure if Gayle thinks the teachers union gave her $25,000 out of the goodness of their heart, but we’re pretty sure they will have some very specific demands of the incoming school board.

We don’t know about you, but we’re looking forward to four years of lectures from Gayle Cosby about how virtuous and righteous her ideas and leadership are.

After all, she’s never railed against the very type of schools that she sent her own son to…

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