There is not one wit of difference between the highest standards of conduct and competence, and the the lowest, if neither is enforceable.

If a police officer wanted to hold Chief Ray Schultz honestly accountable for his conduct and competence, where would the complaint see due process?

If a city worker wanted to hold Mayor Richard Berry honestly accountable for his conduct and competence, where would the complaint see due process?

If petitioners wanted to hold APS School Board President Paula Maes accountable for her unlawful response to their petition, where would the complaint see due process?

If a teacher wanted to hold APS Supt Winston Brooks honestly accountable for his conduct and competence, where would the complaint see due process?

If a reader wanted to hold Journal Editor Kent Walz honestly accountable for his journalistic malpractice, where would the complaint see due process?

The answer is nowhere. The privilege of the privileged class is
that complaints against them have no due process.

The privileged class are accountable only to each other, and
they are especially not accountable to any of the great unwashed.

Due process is fundamental.

Without due process there is not one wit of difference between the highest standards of conduct and competence, and the lowest.

Control over the spending of our power and resources has been usurped by people who deny due process to allegations of abuse. It is the manner in which control over the control was first usurped, and it is the manner in which control over the control will be maintained.

The end to public corruption and incompetence lies in due process for every allegation of abuse, even against the most powerful public servant or politician.

It is as simple as that.