will or will not happen, based on the performance of its two new board members.
they have a difficult row to hoe.
the leadership of the aps is rife with corruption and incompetence as the natural result of a system which has demanded of them,
no accountability to any meaningful standard of conduct.
those who benefit from that system, those who have misconduct or incompetence to hide, will vigorously oppose any effort to change the system in a manner which will threaten their interests.
in truth, it will be all that either of the two apprentice board members can do just to resist becoming corrupt themselves.
how will either or both of these new members be able to establish honest accountability in the leadership of the aps; against such formidable opposition?
it will be of enormous advantage to them if their reform efforts can be illuminated by the light of day. public servants cannot be corrupted, nor can they be corrupt, in daylight and transparency.
standing in opposition to transparency and illumination of the issues will be the "old guard"; who will continue to stonewall and suppress the truth in order to dodge accountability.
the new members will be expected to fall in line; and they will feel enormous pressure to do so, off the record. they will find it difficult to marshal support for reform because they will be denied publicity of the need.
the public forum will continue to be off the public record to prevent the tv broadcast of accountability issues to the community.
and the newspapers can be expected to continue their deliberate decision to neither investigate nor report upon any reform issues.
i do not envy the newcomers, that which awaits them.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
the reformation of the leadership of the aps
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3 comments:
Well put, Ched. I can see the palpable sense of futility manifesting through your post. I feel that sense of pushing that damn rock up a series of higher and higher hills just for saying what was TRUE and defending what was RIGHT. It is true, a metaphor for the fact that with information about the state of affairs a person, through the social contract, has responsibility and mandate to act. But you end up pushing the rock for what will be the rest of your life. Its why lots of smart but gutless people never rock the boat - they don't want to push the rock, they dodge responsibility.
Lets push the rock together Ched; you, me and everyone else who is powerless but has knowledge. Who have no entrenched allies, who have no vested interests in keeping things the same to keep the easy money rolling in. Its true, however the source came to realize it - "I can help more from the outside than from in." Darrel Harrel told me that after he left for his inflagrante dilecto with Ms. Joyner. An APS Security Director and his dispatch supervisor, twenty years ago, and now again today. If that is not a twenty year view up an ever steepening hill, I don't know what is.
Lets get good boots, sturdy gloves and just push the damn rock, someone has to.
J. H. Lopez
Former school employee
that you sir, for your attention and kind offer.
i hate that you can't correct typos in comments. i meant to "thank" you sir, not to "that" you.
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