In reading about Richard M. Powell, I got curious about Neil Bush, and his Ignite software company, which is educational software.
There are several controversies that it has been involved with.
According to the Houston Chronicle (Feb 2004), Houston ISD didn't have money to purchase the software, so Bush evidently brought investors in for Houston's Educational Foundation. After they donated money to the foundation, then HISD bought the software for the district. (Over some amount of protest).
and this from the Tampa Tribune on Nov. 1, 2002:
"The Miami Herald reported this week that the family financial genius Neil Bush, who runs a Texas software company called Ignite Inc., is trying to position himself to sell a computer program designed to help Florida's public school students pass the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.
Perhaps Neil might have a computer program designed to help him understand the concept of nepotism.
Or cronyism, too. One of Ignite's board members is Mike Eason, formerly the top technology officer for the Florida Department of Education. Yeah, he probably got the job because he always brings fresh Danish to directors' meetings."
You get the idea...and there is more...