Torches and Pitchforks

Tonight, the leadership of the APS will vote to except from accountability; themselves, and the record of their conduct and competence as public servants.

They will vote to limit the scope of an administrative audit; in order to exclude administrators.

That audit has already been done. The Council of the Great City Schools audited the leadership of the APS and found no accountability to any meaningful standard of conduct or competence.

Their latest audit found that the leadership of the APS ignored the findings of previous audits. The system is unchanged. No steps have been taken to provide honest accountability to any meaningful standard of conduct.

If even one concrete step toward accountability has been taken; Monica Armenta could communicate it to you. She can't; none exists.

The leadership of the APS is damned by their record. Their only hope for survival is to except themselves and their records from examination during the upcoming audit.

It is time to clean the nest.

Whomever the new Superintendent is; s/he can be given an efficient and effective administration free of corruption and incompetence. It is as simple as an honest audit; and after the audit, transparent accountability to some meaningful standard of conduct, under a system over which they have no control; and even against their will.

There is every legitimate reason to conduct a full scale audit. There is not one single legitimate reason not to audit the conduct and competence of public servants.

The only reason to hide the corruption and incompetence; is to protect the corrupt and the incompetent.

They fancy themselves powerful enough to vote in a public meeting, to accept themselves from accountability.

The meeting will be sparsely attended; it is held in a place and at a time that is as convenient for the leadership of the APS; as it is inconvenient for working stakeholders.

The leadership of the APS is counting upon secrecy and apathy to minimize opposition this afternoon.

Despite an excellent editorial in the Journal blasting the unethical conduct surrounding the ACE; neither paper, nor any broadcast media outlet; has chosen to inform stakeholders that the vote that will be taken this afternoon,

... is likely the most important and far reaching decision that has ever been made in the APS.

If ever there was a fork in the road; this is it.

There comes a time when the great unwashed have no choice except to get together, armed with nothing but torches and pitchforks and do what needs to be done.


5pm, Uptown Centre, ...everyone.