Esquivel calls for investigation

If the Journal is to be believed, link;

"School board president Marty Esquivel ... wants an independent party to examine the events and decisions ... that led up to ...." the snafu at Rio Grande High School

On its face, this sounds like a good thing; famous open government lawyer, Dixon Award Winner and School Board President Marty Esquivel is calling for an independent investigation.

If you didn't know better,
Esquivel looks like one of
the good guys.











Scratch a little deeper.

He is not calling for an independent investigation that will report to the public record. He is not calling for an investigation that goes to the highest levels of responsibility. He is not demanding individual identification of corrupt or incompetent administrators or board members; this in apparent deference to Board Member Paula Maes who said she would "never agree to any audit that individually identified" corrupt or incompetent administrators and board members.

He is not demanding a district wide independent investigation of standards and accountability. (In fairness, he actually did make that demand once; then Paula Maes set him straight.)

He is not demanding any investigation into the School Board's denial of due process to whistleblower complaints.

He is not demanding any investigation into executive and administrative role modeling of the Student Standards of Conduct.

He is not demanding any investigation into public corruption and incompetence in APS' Praetorian Guard.

In my opinion, you don't
have to scratch very deep
at all before you find,
just another thug
abusing the power
entrusted to him.

He not one of the good guys.
He's just another one of the
good ol' boys.

He's a thug.




photos Mark Bralley