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Subject: [Lee Drury De Cesare's Casting-Room Couch] New comment on Stomping on the First Amendment.
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Stomping on the First Amendment": "Why are we wasting our valuable time discussing the abuse of a mere teacher? I am interested only in things that involve me, me, me, me."
You are so right in the above statements. That is exactly how the board members think, but they don't think they do. They believe they are doing the right thing at all time, but the fact that they have to pat each other on the back and constantly bring up the cracker jack awards the board and district win shows that they know deep down inside that they are not doing what is right. Bragging about cracker jack awards is an attempt to cover up.
Posted by Anonymous to Lee Drury De Cesare's Casting-Room Couch at 4:36 AM
My husband was mayor of our little beach town for a dozen years. I used to have to go to those wretched state political conferences with him as a Family Values barbie-doll wife. (My husband is Republican, God help me.)
I have never encountered a more narcissistic bunch of people than the politicians who congregate at those meetings. You would expect them to talk about projects for their cities and ways to improve their governments.
Not a chance. They talk about themselves. The only departure from discussing themselves is their discussing who is running for what office and who doesn't have a chance to win and blah blah blah.
Carol Kurdell was at a conference I particularly remember. She and a school-board member from another school district (these were state conferences given by the League of Cities) were up on the dais touting how great the schools are. I couldn't believe my eyes and ears.
At question time, I asked Kurdell why the county school board hired a guy as superintendent from ROSSAC's basement department of vo tech instead of a qualified person. That's where Lennard emerged from to become superintendent: the basement. And I asked why the board hired him when he had trouble writing. Kurdell practically turned herself inside out proclaiming how wonderful Lennard was. If she could have laid hold of some pom poms, she would have brandished them and caroled, "Sis Boom Bah!"
At the reception following, La Kurdell traveled from group to group exclaiming how astonishing it was that Lee De Cesare thought superintendents had to write and spell.
I got so tired of these hoedowns and the hip-deep narcissism that I took myself some books on these trips, stayed in my room, and got acquainted with the maids.
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Stomping on the First Amendment":
Posted by Anonymous to Lee Drury De Cesare's Casting-Room Couch at 4:36 AM
It's my understanding that the way Susan Valdez ran up $50,000 in tax-paid travel money was going around the country picking up these Crackerjack awards that school boards give each other constantly to prove how wonderful they are. Valdez can't have much sense to do that. I am ashamed to say I gave her over $500 in donations for her campaign. Somebody should kick me for that. lee
A reader asked me which board members collaborated in the crucifixion of Mr. Erwin. Answer: all of them. Three of these are still on the board, where they have sat for years and years. Kurdell, Lamb, and Olson. Olson even scolded Mr. Erwin for bringing out in the open the crimes against school property and warned him that he would have to prove his charges. Bricklemeyer, whom Mr. Erwin mistook for an honest board member, took him to Tom Gonzalez, the two pumped him for information, and then turned him back to twist in the wind with no protection from them so that Lennard, Hamilton, and Davis could continue their torture of the poor man. Tom Gonazlez, I believe, was hip deep in the crucifixion of Mr. Erwin. His firm does all the laber law in the Bay Area for fat cats and upper management to screw over the little people, the workers. Teachers are workers. His firm lost the Whistleblower suit in court however. Tra la la and zippety de do dah.
The board didn't fire Lennard as it should have. In fact, those spineless dorks didn't fire a single person for the crimes that took place. lee
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Carol Kurdell has admitted to people that she only speaks up when it is re-election time. She clams up the rest of the time. Only God knows how she can live with herself looking the other way at abuses within the system. Why is she even on the board? What is the point? Most people would prefer to stay home and watch soap operas instead of ripping off taxpayers.
Lee
Did you say that the person whose legal proceeding I read has asked you NOT to publish it? I believe a redacted shortened version would make for fascinating reading on Casting Room. I'd like you to leave the names in but I understand why the claimant would be afraid. Looks like a partial Doug Erwin job. It is absolutely amazing the sadistic and foolish lengths these amateurs will go to in order to try to slander a good person.
If it wasn't a real, flesh and blood, decent, hard-working and dedicated teacher they were screwing, this story would be laughable.
Please get this person to approve publishing this. My God, how much money was spent in this effort???
I never give people's stories publicity if they don't want it. We could ask Public Affairs how much money the schools pissed away on this torture project. But I would have to give a name; I don't want to do that.
No amount of money is too much to back up administrativr lies and torture of teachers. Look at how much money went for Smith's defense at Alafai; I am still trying to get that figure from Public Affairs. lee
lee
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