Marty Esquivel is the President of the APS School Board.
He is an "open government" lawyer and a past recipient of the
NM Foundation for Open Government's soon to be much less
prestigious, link, Dixon Award, link, for transparency and
fighting in support of First Amendment freedom.
He also a hypocrite.
Though APS has the technology to stream audio and video
from committee meetings, just like they do with regular
board meetings, they choose not to. If you want to watch
a committee meeting, you have to attend the meeting in
person and during most people's work day.
There was a dispute at the Audit Committee meeting Wednesday.
There are those who want to make public, the fact that,
the leadership of the APS, by means of the Audit Committee,
is denying due process to more than 200 complainants in
APS' SilentWhistle whistleblower program.
There are those, the leadership of the APS, who would like to keep that fact secret from the public. The Journal, apparently, is following their lead, steadfastly refusing to investigate and report upon the ethics and accountability scandal in the leadership of the APS.
Last Wednesday, the leadership of the APS tried to keep the lid on the story by illegally arresting two stakeholders, who also happened to enjoy First Amendment protection as members of a free press.
Esquivel is seen here using a pocket video camera to record evidence that he hopes will aid in his defense in any litigation over the board's denial of First Amendment rights to the press and the people by means of the illegal arrest of dissidents.
He is seen here, an instant later, losing it because I took the above photograph of him recording us (I am nearly out of the frame and the target of his threatening gesture).
An added irony; the quilt on the wall behind Esquivel touts the virtues of the APS Student Standards of Conduct; the Pillars of Character Counts! none of which include hypocrisy and none of which apply, apparently, to Marty Esquivel, though he is the senior most role model in the entire APS, of the Student Standards of Conduct.
top photo ched macquigg
bottom photo Mark Bralley
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Esquivel loses it at Audit Committee meeting
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Marty is at it again in the University neighborhood, bent on building a new loop road at Jefferson Middle School without any input from the community, and in flagrant disregard of a near-unanimous City Council resolution directing APS to come to the table. His response to the city? Full steam ahead, and threats to sue anyone who delays the project. Meanwhile, behind the scenes emails obtained via IPRA show nothing but scorn and contempt from withn the APS administration for the neighborhood, the city, and anyone else who dares question their judgment. Of course, those emails arent' Marty's, because HE USES HIS PRIVATE EMAIL FOR APS BUSINESS AND THUS IS BEYOND THE REACH OF THE INSPECTION OF PUBLIC RECORDS ACT. Who is this guy and why is he still around????
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