| Previously we reported
that Governor Jeb Bush, his wife Columba and his Lieutenant Governor Toni
Jennings, along with other prominent Florida Republicans had joined the
advisory board of Straight under its new name--Drug Free America Foundation.
That report is here.
DFAF has now publicly disclosed its members and backers, so we have some
new names to add to the list. Historically, Straight targeted the children
of affluent white parents for drug treatment (See $95
million charity for white kids) Thus it is not surprising to learn that
Darryl Rouson, President of the St. Petersburg Chapter of the NAACP, has
joined DFAF's Advisory Board. Susan Latvala, the Pinellas County Commissioner
who is so chummy with the Church of Scientology, joined Rouson along with
Christy McCampbell, Director of Public Safety, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security. (See Advisory
DFAF Board. See Never
Again on Advisory Board.) Foundation founder Betty Sembler's biography
is here.
More surprising than
the inclusion of Darryl Rouson is the revelation that Stephanie Haynes
of the Drug Prevention
Network of the Americas is now a special DFAF advisor. In 1996 Texas
Governor George W. Bush appointed Stephanie Haynes to the board of directors
of the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA). In 1989 TCADA
yanked the license of Kids of El Paso, Miller Newtons's brutal rendition
of Straight, and in 1991 Straight-Dallas closed after being advised by
TCADA that it was going to revoke Straight's license for reports of child
abuse. (See Haynes)
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