Couldn't the Alb Journal cover even one allegation concerning the leadership of the APS?

Perhaps a story the size of “an ethics, standards and accountability crisis in the leadership of the APS” is too big for the Journal to undertake, even in the face of school board member elections, a mill levy and a bond issue worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

So here is a smaller bite; well within the capabilities and responsibilities of a newspaper like the Alb Journal.

Investigate and report upon the money the leadership of the APS has spent on lawyers, litigation and legal weaselry in the past two decades.

It’s all a public record. The Journal has only to get their hands on the records and read them. Else, report to stake and interest holders that the leadership of the APS will not produce the requested public records.

The investigation and report will reveal at the very least;

• excessive and unjustifiable spending on what amounts to cost-is-no-object legal defenses for school board members and senior administrators accused of corruption and or incompetence. The spending is so excessive, the district (taxpayers) are paying higher insurance premiums than comparable districts.
• the funds being squandered are “operational funds”; money which should, could and would be spent in classrooms was it and the public trusted not being squandered in courtrooms instead.
• inappropriate connections between the school board and the law firms that have profited so greatly from the unlimited spending, Ok’d by the school board in meetings in secret, of which no recordings are made, and without oversight. Subordinate oversight is not oversight, it is an oxymoron.

What could be easier?

Having cut their teeth on the tip of the iceberg, perhaps they could be persuaded (compelled?) to investigate and report upon the entire allegation.

There is a full blown ethics, standards and accountability crisis in the leadership of the APS.

Or there is not; newsworthy either way; in particular on the eve of elections.

If the Journal continues to refuse to print the truth, taxpayers can still take control. Simply stop giving them money. Stop giving them money until they resign or finally get around to holding themselves honestly accountable to meaningful standards of conduct and competence within their public service.

No accountability
No more money.