LTISD Info

Raptorware, that do all, end all, magical solution used by the LTISD to protect our children, or so we are told to believe.

It must be so since the LTISD says so and they say “Lake Travis ISD lauds community support for use of Raptor visitor management system.” So it must be true?! Yeah, right!

“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’”

-George Orwell, 1984

If we look more into the question:

“Was this a problem in need of a solution, or was it a ’solution’ in search of a problem?”

If this solved a “real” problem, why then did Raptor Technologies, Inc. need to employ a lobbyist, Bradford T. Shields in order to get the state officially sanction, through legislation, the use of Raptorware?

(You can read more about Bradford T. Shields in “Connecting the Dots – Education … Attorneys … Lobbyists“)

The Texas Ethics Commission web site lists Bradford T. Shields as a lobbyist for Raptor Technologies, Inc. during the following years, they also include his reported “remuneration” for “services rendered:”

2005:

RaptorWare
P.O. Box 162925  Austin, TX 78716-2925

Shields, Bradford T. (00012135)
P.O. Box 162925  Austin, TX 78716-2925
Type of Compensation: Prospective
Amount: Less Than $10,000.00
Client – Start: 04/20/2005    Term Date: 12/31/2005

2006:

RaptorWare
P.O. Box 162925  Austin, TX 78716-2925

Shields, Bradford T. (00012135)
P.O. Box 162925  Austin, TX 78716-2925
Type of Compensation: Prospective
Amount: Less Than $10,000.00
Client – Start: 01/18/2006    Term Date: 12/31/2006

2007:

RaptorWare
P.O. Box 162925  Austin, TX 78716-2925

Shields, Bradford T. (00012135)
P.O. Box 162925  Austin, TX 78716-2925
Type of Compensation: Prospective
$25,000 – $49.999.99
Client – Start: 01/05/2007    Term Date: 12/31/2007

2008:

RaptorWare
P.O. Box 162925  Austin, TX 78716-2925

Shields, Bradford T. (00012135)
P.O. Box 162925  Austin, TX 78716-2925
Type of Compensation: Prospective
$25,000 – $49.999.99
Client – Start: 01/24/2008    Term Date: 12/31/2008

2009:

RaptorWare
P.O. Box 162925  Austin, TX 78716

Shields, Brad II   (00056074)
208 West 14th St  Austin, TX 78701
Type of Compensation: Prospective
Less Than $10,000.00
Client – Start: 01/15/2009    Term Date: 12/31/2009

Shields, Bradford T. (00012135)
P.O. Box 162925  Austin, TX 78716-2925
Type of Compensation: Prospective
$25,000 – $49.999.99
Client – Start: 01/15/2009    Term Date: 12/31/2009

Let’s see, using the numbers that were submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission, Bradford T. Shields made $75,000 – $170,000 to lobby the Texas Legislature on behalf of RaptorWare, aka Raptor Technologies, Inc.

Why does Raptor Technologies, Inc. use the name RaptorWare and an Austin address?

RaptorWare, P.O. Box 162925,  Austin, TX 78716

Isn’t Raptor Technologies, Inc. a Houston based company? Their own web site gives the following contact address:

631 West 22nd Street, Houston, Texas 77008

Also very interesting is the way in which Raptor Technologies, Inc. has registered themselves on the Internet. Here is a result of a “whois” query of “raptorware.com:”