tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056623500729895802.post5227893952037850867..comments2023-09-28T09:42:41.827-04:00Comments on MiddletownMike: NEW YEAR, SAME OLD B***S***MiddletownMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03946279860423730921noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056623500729895802.post-27145987523442326072019-01-09T12:54:39.287-05:002019-01-09T12:54:39.287-05:00The TC had ample time to notify the BOE of their i...The TC had ample time to notify the BOE of their intention to move the election well before late on the afternoon of December 3rd. They waited until the last minute on Thursday to have their lawyer hand deliver the notice to the BOE because they knew it was a few hours past the deadline to advertise in the newspapers any meeting the BOE intended to have in response before the TC meeting on Sunday. <br /><br />Why didn’t the TC simply mail the notice to the BOE? Because they couldn’t risk the BOE learning of their intentions before the newspaper deadline. Why not a courtesy phone call to the superintendent when they first decided to move the election? How about an email? Why was it necessary for the TC to revert to the antiquated practice of using a personal messenger? And why did a lawyer have to be the one to deliver the notice? How much did the TC spend to have a letter drafted by their lawyer and hand delivered to the BOE? $500? Wouldn’t a 50 cent stamp or a free phone call or email have been a better use of our tax dollars? In the end, whatever they did spend on their ill-fated attempt to avoid public scrutiny was a complete waste of money. <br /> <br />The TC made every effort and spared no expense to make certain that the BOE and the public did not interfere with their self-serving plans to move the BOE election to April so that they might have the option to arbitrarily cut the BOE budget as they had done in the past. If the BOE had not called the emergency meeting on Sunday, the move would have been a fait accompli.<br /><br />At Sunday’s BOE meeting, Tony Fiore made a point of rationalizing exactly what had led the TC to do what they did, in effect blaming the BOE for the TC’s bad behavior. Then he added that he didn’t want to “opine” about what had led up to what was occurring, that he instead wanted to move forward. First of all, who “opines” about anything? Secondly, what Tony was really saying is that he wanted to tell his side of the story, which he did, but he wasn’t interested in hearing the other side of the story. Keeping in character and ironically so, that is precisely the attitude that necessitated the meeting at which he was speaking.<br /> <br />Our TC considered all the available options for dealing with this matter and collectively chose the most unethical and underhanded method possible. If you think this is a departure from the norm, you haven’t been paying very close attention, this is business as usual for them. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com