If you asked ten people

What does it mean to be honest?

You would get ten, at least slightly different answers.

As Character Counts Trainers; we had a definition that we represented as the truth, that we taught to children. I personally taught the standard to thousands of students, community members and even a governor. I know what I am talking about.

If you are curious about this standard; a widely recognized, accepted and respected code of ethical conduct, you may first source here. It is well worth the read.


In any event, the leadership of the APS requires that students be held accountable to a very specific higher standard of conduct.

Despite the fact that they are the senior role models for almost a hundred thousand of our sons and daughters, the leaders of the APS will not hold themselves accountable to that same standard of conduct; they refuse to role model accountability to the student standard of conduct. The have methodically and deliberately abdicated as role models. And kept it all secret from stakeholders.

Submitted as proof;

The Journal and Everitt would have you believe that;

"She" (Everitt) also wants more public reporting from the police agency, as well as some type of public oversight of the department."

Yet the Journal and Everitt are still being less than honest about the lack of oversight which precipitated Lovato's firing, and Everitt's resignation. Their production of the truth, their "honesty",
falls below the student standard of honest production; far below.

Fortunately for them, the "leadership" of the APS is not accountable to the student standard of conduct. They are not accountable to any code of conduct that actually uses the word ethical. They are not accountable even to the law; as irrefutably proven by their record.

The Journal and Everitt would have you believe that;

the Journal and Everitt ""... want to make sure everything is as transparent as possible...".

All you have to do to believe in that transparency,
all you have to do to maintain your faith in
the character of the leadership of the APS,
all you have to do to defend your faith
in the journalistic integrity of the Journal (et al)

is to come up with a good reason why

the leadership of the APS
does not have to hold itself honestly accountable
to the student standard of conduct.

As the senior role models in the district, how can
they simply except themselves from accountability
to the same standards of conduct and honesty
that they establish and enforce upon students?

Come up with a good reason why the leadership of the APS should not be absolutely and honestly accountable to the student standard of conduct,
for eight measly hours a day.


And then please come up with a good reason why
the Journal and Everitt have not, and will never,
explain, defend, or even acknowledge that reason in the paper, and on the record.