If only Jon Barela had the character and courage

to provide candid, forthright, and honest answers to legitimate questions,

the current controversy would end.

Obviously the controversy must end with either his acquittal
or his indictment.

If candid, forthright and honest answers led to his acquittal,
character and courage would not play.
The responses would be offered out of self interest.

Clearly, Jon Barela's self interests are not served by
standing up and responding to legitimate questions;
candidly, forthrightly and honestly.


Doesn't that mean that the public interest
is not being served either?



We are at a point in this process, imho, where
Jon Barela not only has to be candid, forthright and honest,
but he now has to explain why he has refused to be candid,
forthright, and honest, heretofore.





end note; I use a specific phrase repeatedly;

candid, forthright, and honest,

because those are the words Jon Barela will use when he
explains to 89,000 of our son and daughters,
the standard he expects them to set as their own.
He will tell them that their character counts.
He will tell them that their character depends on their
willingness to hold themselves honestly accountable to
meaningful standards of conduct and competence.

Jon Barela's code of conduct as a school board member
does not include even the mention of accountability to
ethical standards of conduct.

The leadership of the APS deliberately denied whistle blower protection to students and employees who expose the ethical misconduct of administrators or board members.

The leadership of the APS has systematically removed the word ethical, from every standard to which they might be held accountable.

To avoid being held accountable as role models, and
to avoid being held accountable to a meaningful standards
of conduct and competence,

they changed the wording in their own code of conduct.

They removed the phrase and the expectation that;

In no case, shall the standard of conduct for an adult, be lower than the standard of conduct for students*.

*which, as of today, is still;

honest accountability to a nationally recognized, accepted, and respected code of ethical conduct.