Former AZ Politician/Educator Mesa resident Richard Crandall Gets The Boot in Colorado
Dear readers, this will take some time to get through, so let's start with the most recent and most clear reporting first, followed by another one three days earlier and one going back to March 2011.
From the get-go - five years ago - any reasonable person might get curious about the overlapping roles of so-called "educators" [with no degree in teaching] becoming politicians who get entangled in questionable real estate deals or other irregularities, then go back into education thanks to an illegal appointment and tendering his immediately-effective resignation admitting "personal and professional limitations" . . . this went down two days ago! With a big family to support he'll need to find another job sometime soon.
This all might have dropped out of the news or gone under-the-radar screen locally, except for what happened to Mesa resident Richard Crandall in conservative Colorado where he was Commissioner of Education for just four months, after nine months in the same position in the state of Wyoming.
"Colorado’s Commissioner of Education announced Thursday he is quitting after just four months in the position. The job was more than Rich Crandall could handle, according to a joint statement from the board and him. Crandall’s resignation takes effect immediately . . . Crandall is a former Arizona state senator who served six years before resigning to take the helm at the Wyoming Department of Education, a job he started in July 2013, overseeing 91,000 students statewide. Crandall was appointed by the governor but the state’s Supreme Court said in January 2014 that the governor did not have the authority to appoint what had previously been an elected position. [Blogger note: The position of Director was dissolved when the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled the legislation that created the position unconstitutional.] Crandall left Wyoming in April, 2014 and returned to Arizona, where he owns a nationwide company that provides consulting dieticians to assisted living and long-term care facilities. The Colorado Board of Education hired Crandall despite his lack of significant management experience in education. Prior to his time in Wyoming, Crandall’s most-closely related educational role was as chair from 2005 to 2008 of the Mesa Public Schools (AZ) Board of Education, a district with 69,000 students. He acknowledged in his job application he has never worked as a teacher or principal. In announcing his departure, Crandall cited family responsibilities and the demands of the job.That same news release included a statement from board Chair Steve Durham, which said that while he appreciated the importance Crandall put on family needs, he also recognized his own “professional and personal limitations in this demanding position.” Blogger's note: image and excerpts from Marianne Goodland's report is the following link
A report from an investigation commissioned by the Fiesta Bowl disclosed unseemly ties between the Scottsdale-based bowl and politicians, who included lawmakers who pushed legislation that benefited the Fiesta Bowl.
[AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin]
An investigation that revealed disturbing levels of corruption at the Fiesta Bowl entangled prominent Arizona political figures, . .
Senate President Russell Pearce was a big recipient of the tickets and campaign donations from Fiesta Bowl employees, and his name is mentioned dozens of times in the report. Pearce, a veteran lawmaker who has drawn national prominence for sponsoring legislation against illegal immigration, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
The Mesa Republican, Gov. Jan Brewer and U.S. Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl were in a bipartisan array of 23 federal, state and local candidates who the report said received contributions totaling at least $46,539 since 2002. The report said the bowl-affiliated donors were then illegally reimbursed for the donations by the bowl.
(However, there was no indication that any of the politicians who received the contributions knew of the secret reimbursement arrangement, the report said.)
In another political tentacle of the scandal, the report identified several lobbyists and political consultants Sen. Rich Crandall, a Mesa Republican who was a representative at the time of the 2008 trip, said he asked about the propriety and that a bowl lobbyist assured him that the arrangement was traditional and proper.
“That was what we were told,” Crandall said. “Of course you look back now — what a naïve move on my part.”
Read more: http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/03/30/arizona-politicians-figure-in-fiesta-bowl-scandal/#ixzz49ClQoXjK
Education
M.B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1997
MA, Accounting, Brigham Young University, 1993
B.S., Accounting, Brigham Young University 1993
He is a Certified Public Accountant and he is the Founder and Chair of CN Resource and is also the CFO/Partner for Crandall Corporate Dietitians, and a managing member of Delos Development
He currently serves on the board of directors of digital marketing firm ChannelNet. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he is married to Leann Larson Crandall and together they have 13 children (seven from Rich's first marriage to Patrice Webb and six from Leann's first marriage) Crandall is a moderate Republican former member of the Arizona State Senate and Arizona House of Representatives. Elected in 2007 to the House and 2010 to the Senate, he resigned from the Senate on August 16, 2013, and the seat was declared open when President of the SenateAndy Biggs (R) received his paperwork on August 20, 2013.
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