--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycheech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> -
> >
It must of killed Robert to do that, that's a team player. It could
of turned into a Public nightmare if your fight went public. Like I
said before make sure this guy doesn't elected. Do you think Giberson
would actually run with this guy? I would doubt it. I can't wait to
hear why he did what he did. Maybe he did it for the same reason
Robert voted yes. Nip it at the bud. The Public could have made a
scene if this guy didn't get appointed.
-*bd of education meetings were taped in the past, has this practice
> > stopped? this started because of franks post about an
appointment of
> > hopson, i also do not know him, but know frank is sincere , yet
he as
> > been asked several times who voted for this man, he has posted
others
> > yet does not answer this important question, why? it is public
> > information and will eventually come out, if frank is correct he
is
> > wrong to put the blame on the vice president, it takes a
nomination a
> > motion to second it and then a vote of the entire bd.
>
>
> You are quite right. The BOE records the public portions of the
> meeting digitally on CD, which is a matter of public record. I did
> respond individually re the vote, but not to the whole group. So
I'll
> correct that now. Since there were only seven people on the board
> rather than a full board of nine, it only took four votes to name
> someone to the board. Garrett nominated Mr. Hopson, Mrs. Sanders
> seconded it, and the other two votes that seated Mr. Hopson were Mr.
> Brewington and the Rev. Smallwood, both (in my opinion) people of
good
> will and heart. The last person to get to vote because he is the
> Board President(thank God)is Robert DiSanto. When the vote got to
him
> it was, as they say, a fait accompli, so he could either register a
> protest vote or affirm the vote. He has to try to work with the
> entire board, including Mr. Hopson; Robert's thankless job is akin
to
> herding cats. Although I certainly cannot speak for him, I can say
> that Robert voted yes, which at that point was the diplomatic thing
to
> do and in keeping with the "team spirit" admonitions in board
policy.
> The point that is missing here I obviously did not make very
> clear in my initial or subsequent postings. So I'll try to make it
> less opaque now. After all four candidates were interviewed in
public
> (that's an interesting CD right there), the board went into closed
> session, as is permitted, and did the necessary straw polling to
> present what would hopefully be a unified board in public, prevent
any
> hard feelings on the part of the candidates not chosen, and have an
> expeditious process. Those executive sessions are not recorded,
> although minutes are kept as the Open Public Meetings Act provides.
> Suffice it to say that what then transpired in public session
> immediately thereafter was not consistent with what had transpired
in
> closed session. More than that I cannot say. Thank God, however,
> there were over a dozen witnesses present in that executive
session.
> I would think the word "treachery" is not an unfair
characterization
> of what took place that night, and it had nothing whatever to do
with
> race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. I have never said that what
> took place was illegal; it most certainly was not. It is a matter
of
> honor and integrity. It certainly cleared up for me once and for
all
> who I would and wouldn't want to share a foxhole with.
> Frank D'Alessandro
> Sorry for being so long-winded. It's that old retired teacher thing.
>
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