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Don't mess with Texas' labor pool
BBQ - I think this is a superior suggestion, but wondered about the limits of board member activities in district operations. However, the Bylaws of the Board, in section 9000 (Role of the Board) seem to give the board wide responsibility beyond "employing the superintendent and setting policy for hiring other personnel." Sub-sections of section 9000 identify those areas for which the board has oversight responsibility and for monitoring thereof. I think that the responsibility for 'monitoring' various functions of the district's operations as outlined in the Bylaws actually DEMANDS that the board take a proactive oversight role. I would suggest that the president of the board not be assigned a specific area of oversight, and that each of the four other members of the board each be responsible for one as you have suggested in your post.— January 30, 2015 5:15 p.m.
Don't mess with Texas' labor pool
cvlancer....everyone in this community has paid for the toxic environment that has permeated the district for so long ...property values, lack of respect for tax payers and citizens who attempted to participate in the public process...so much has been lost by the entire community, not just employees and students.— January 30, 2015 5:07 p.m.
Don't mess with Texas' labor pool
miagd: Just who is the 'majority of the district'? Do you mean district employees? They are not the only stakeholders in this matter. In point of fact, everyone in the community comprises 'the district. ' We who pay taxes are also included in that 'everyone' and no one has shared with me who should be superintendent!— January 30, 2015 11:44 a.m.
Don't mess with Texas' labor pool
We can certainly hope that things will continue in this vein. I see that the board will conduct a hearing on the entitlement of the 5th avenue property next week and hope that there is a packed board room to weigh in on that action. Isn't the 5th Avenue property the first domino in the 'real estate tifecta'? Let's hope the board squashes that deal after taking public input on the matter.— January 29, 2015 1:56 p.m.
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eastlaker - many good questions still without answers. Perhaps some of them can be discovered via the PRA results sought by Susan Luzzaro. We shall see how it all untangles and whose names rise to the top of the muck. Your question 'why was this not news at the time?' is also a good one. I'm not sure that anyone was the designated 'director of squelching' but I am certain the so-called leaders found ways to avoid shining light on what they were up to. And we have seen how reticent one public body is to point fingers at another, let alone take responsibility for intervening. Perhaps the news outlets didn't think the issues were 'newsworthy'...the largely uninvolved and unsuspecting public had too much trust in the untrustworthy trustees who were wined, dined, and romanced by those who had their hands in the deals and therefore in the public till. With the possible exception of the erratic SDUT 'watchdog' and Susan Luzzaro's articles in the READER, there are no public-oriented news outlets interested or capable of investigative reporting. Although there were 'rumors' of the Trujillo-era 'deals' that reportedly sent district-owned computers to Mexico, nothing surfaced. That is exactly the kind of environment the swarmy perps like best, where they can wheel and deal undetected, especially when public interest is detached and oversight is lax . This has been going on for a very looooong time, perhaps since the mid 1980's, but certainly since 1990 when Sandoval and Cartmill joined the board. It is interesting if not coincidental that that is also when David Malcolm was wheeling and dealing at the City and at the Port. McCann is a 'johnny come lately' junior player but still in the game, it seems, just at a different table. The happy news is that we are now at an improved situation (thanks largely to those who have worked so hard to right the ship) with an all-new board and much more involved public interested in and watching the henhouse. We're not through yet, as there is much left to be revealed, and there are those need to be removed from the scene. That is what March 15 notices are for and what the FBI should be interested in. (We know the DA has ceased to care and the County Office of Education never did.) As long as there is a forum such as this Reader blog, and those such as Susan who are willing and able to delve into the records, there is hope.— January 27, 2015 2:25 p.m.
Okay…we'll take Steve
or cell phones— January 23, 2015 8 p.m.
Okay…we'll take Steve
Correction to the above: According to the Star News, Mc Cann replied to the inquiry that the two candidates for whom he did not vote were Hall and Clark. Wonder why?— January 22, 2015 5:47 p.m.
Okay…we'll take Steve
I recall that the 'nomination' process was touted as the same process used in filling vacancies on the city's boards and commissions. This is, to my knowledge, the first time there has been a challenge to reveal the nominations put forward by individual council members. IF the nominations are revealed, it will be most interesting...especially McCann's. He is reported by the Star News as not willing to say who he nominated. Wonder if he nominated only ONE person to try and skew the process to Shirley Horton?— January 22, 2015 5:24 p.m.
Okay…we'll take Steve
Curiouser and curiouser. We truly are in the Chula Vista version of wonderland. Looks like the folks at Open Government may have a valid position. Meanwhile, the clock ticks on. I wonder: if the appointment is invalidated, is the seat declared open and the process begins anew, or would it automatically go to an election instead?— January 22, 2015 2:29 p.m.
Condition: bleak
SlickEddy: Perhaps the FBI might be interested in some facts of these matters.— January 19, 2015 1:59 p.m.