On the table Thursday afternoon:

There is going to be an audit.

The audit will be a full scale (forensic) audit of the leadership of the Albuquerque Public Schools;

or it will not.

Those in the leadership of the APS, the record of whose conduct and competence as public servants cannot stand an honest audit; will seek to except their record from audit.

...as a matter of personal survival.

Clearly, it will take an enormous amount of personal courage to stand up against Maes, Lucero, Modrall, et al; and to insist upon a full scale audit of the administration of the public trust and treasure in the Albuquerque Public Schools.

So far, the only people who have stood up against them have stood alone.

It is time for that to stop.


Someone else observed that;

"you can give without caring;
but you cannot care without giving."

You could show up at the meeting
without caring about what kind of audit is done;

But you cannot care about what kind of audit is done,
and not show up at the meeting.

There; to stand up for what you believe in,
for two minutes.


According to the agenda;
5:00pm, DeLay-Martin Community Room
APS Uptown Administrative Complex/Boondoggle
6400 Uptown Blvd.


Really, there is no equivalent gesture.