Jon Barela is a manifestation of the "appearance of a conflict of interest"

School board policy prohibits creating the appearance
of a conflict of interest.

Damage is done by the mere appearance,
and it cannot be tolerated.

The Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education
has two priorities;

1. avoiding an honest audit of APS/Modrall, and
2. covering up the organizational structure of the leadership of the APS.

Jon Barela is hooked up with Modrall, and
he is hooked up with the good ol' boys that run the APS.

There appears to be a conflict of interest.


The process is already damaged.



Fortunately for school board head honcho Paula Maes,
her husband's law firm Modrall, and for the good ol' boys
the run the APS; the code of ethical conduct that
applies to them, is by their own admission;
completely unenforceable.

LINK

If we really want our children to grow up to embrace character and courage and honor, someone has to show them what it looks like.

Every generation expects the next generation to be the first generation to hold themselves honestly accountable for their character.

Every generation tells the next, the story about George Washington and the cherry tree. And then leaves it at that.

1. meaningful standards
2. enforced absolutely
for at least the few hours a day that
they hold children accountable to those.


It is not power that corrupts;
it is the lack of accountability for the abuse of power that corrupts
absolutely.



The are refusing an impartial audit
because they can.