APS Ethics Scandal hiding the truth

There is only one reason to hide the truth; to avoid the consequences that the truth will evoke.

According to state law, public servants and public institutions are required to tell the truth in so far as they are required to surrender public records upon demand.

The failure to surrender public records is one manifestation of the ethics scandal in the APS.

Rigo Chavez, APS’s Custodian of Public Records was asked to surrender the truth regarding a number of issues. To date he has not. Has he broken the law? A number of lawyers feeding at the trough of unwitting taxpayer support of “education” and at the behest of the leaders of APS would argue no. And they will continue to argue no until “…directed otherwise by a court of law after exhausting all possible appeals.”

They can afford to do that because of a virtually unlimited budget that will be used to suppress the truth.

If you want the opportunity to inspect and/or copy records of the truth it will cost you $.50 per page; tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees, and years of your life.

I would like to know how much money the Modrall Law Firm makes off APS. That is particularly important because the President of Modrall, and the President of the School Board are married to each other. My request for pertinent public records did not result in the disclosure of the truth.

I am curious why the media will not investigate or report upon the APS Ethics Scandal. My request for public records revealing the amount of money that local media make off of APS did not result in the disclosure of the truth.

I believe that members of the APS Character Counts Leadership Council have a right to know about details of the scandal. My request for public records revealing contact information for council members did not result in the disclosure of the truth.

I believe that employees, parents, and students at school sites have a right to know the truth about the ethics scandal. My request for public records that would enable practical contact with school sites did not result in the disclosure of the truth.

Subordinate administrators have a right to know the truth. My request for useful contact information did not result in the disclosure of the truth.

Board member Robert Lucero argues that he and other board members are not accountable even to the newly lowered employee standards of conduct. He maintains that he and other board members are not “really” employees. My request for the truth about their “employment” did not result in the disclosure of the truth.

The record of a previous board meeting was falsified before its broadcast on TalNet. My request for the original video tapes of the meeting has not resulted in the disclosure of the truth.

I could go on, trust me. The point is made. The Leadership of the APS has an ethical and legal obligation to surrender the truth, even the inconvenient truth, and they will not. Their ethical obligation is unenforceable because they have eliminated accountability to any code of ethical conduct. Their legal obligation is unenforceable because they have a virtually unlimited legal defense fund, and because their lawyers are willing and able in the practice of Juris Mustelidae Mustela. If you are powerful enough and have resources enough and are so inclined; you are unaccountable even to the law.