06-09-2009, 08:42 AM
The question isn't are these people in their private lives wonderful people to someone - I'm sure they are. The question is do the issues/allegations in this professional/public situations have merit. Batiste answered that question with his statement, "I tried!â Board member Mark Hawn put the exclamation point on it when his statement contradicted Batiste's statement completely. Hawn spoke for the entire board. Otherwise good people, people that are known in their own communities as pillars of the community, are caught doing things that SHOCK their friends and family, including things that are illegal. My point is I'm not the only one blaming the board. The Waukegan Public School Superintendent Dr. Donaldo Batiste blames the board including now Board President Mike Rodriquez. I know this pains some people but he blamed the board. He did NOT blame me and he did NOT blame the victim my wife.
To show just how wrong these people were at that time, remember that the very same people involved in our situation, about some of the very same issues, claimed that Artley and Williams did illegal things. They were found innocent of all charges because the judge found there was NO evidence of wrongdoing. In other words the trusted senior administration, board attorney and board were completely wrong in pursuing criminal charges against these two.
Prior to the time that the criminal investigation was announced, the same senior administrators were falsifying time sheets and forging timesheet approvals before they mailed and faxed those same documents to Katherine. The day before they wrote their letter to you the first of Feb 2008 they called us in to reconcile the $33,000 that they had owed her for 4 months. That letter about timesheets/overtime accounting, meant to assure the public that they were professional administrators and board members doing a professional job, was a complete lie. And it was released to the public, while I was sitting in their office trying to resolve $33,000 worth of falsified timesheets and forged documents by the very same senior administration, board attorney and board.
By the way it was only a few weeks ago we met with Director Brian Luosa who blamed all of them because he still hasn't changed his story, he was afraid and just couldn't go to the police. He restated that he and Deputy Superintendent Jules Gaudin have agreed that they STILL owe her the money. Thanks for your input but the issues STILL have merit and that is at least 5 people that still blame the board for all the wrongdoing and cover up.
To show just how wrong these people were at that time, remember that the very same people involved in our situation, about some of the very same issues, claimed that Artley and Williams did illegal things. They were found innocent of all charges because the judge found there was NO evidence of wrongdoing. In other words the trusted senior administration, board attorney and board were completely wrong in pursuing criminal charges against these two.
Prior to the time that the criminal investigation was announced, the same senior administrators were falsifying time sheets and forging timesheet approvals before they mailed and faxed those same documents to Katherine. The day before they wrote their letter to you the first of Feb 2008 they called us in to reconcile the $33,000 that they had owed her for 4 months. That letter about timesheets/overtime accounting, meant to assure the public that they were professional administrators and board members doing a professional job, was a complete lie. And it was released to the public, while I was sitting in their office trying to resolve $33,000 worth of falsified timesheets and forged documents by the very same senior administration, board attorney and board.
By the way it was only a few weeks ago we met with Director Brian Luosa who blamed all of them because he still hasn't changed his story, he was afraid and just couldn't go to the police. He restated that he and Deputy Superintendent Jules Gaudin have agreed that they STILL owe her the money. Thanks for your input but the issues STILL have merit and that is at least 5 people that still blame the board for all the wrongdoing and cover up.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere / Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter / Injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates - Martin Luther King Jr.