Brooks being sued again; Walz on top of it

Kent Walz and the Journal had no choice but to publish information on the most recent lawsuit filed against APS Supt Winston Brooks; this one further alleging his misogyny and bully behavior. They met their obligation this morning, link.

There are two stories here;

1. the suit against Brooks and
2. the Journal's coverage of yet another lawsuit that is going to go very badly for taxpayers.

If Walz had had a mind to, he could have minimized Brooks' negative exposure; he could have helped his friend manipulate his public perception.

He could have used miniscule type face for the headline.
He could have hidden the story in a corner, and he could have held the really damning information until four pages later. He could have broken the story on a Friday and by Monday it will be old news; a commonly used and unscrupulous tactic to manipulate and minimize public outrage.

Oh yeah, he did all of those.

In the future, if Walz had a mind; he could investigate and report upon,

all of the lawsuits in which Brooks is, or was,
a named respondent, and upon all the related costs
including cash settlements.

It is legitimately newsworthy. His ongoing failure to meet his obligation to fully inform voters, has made it impossible for voters to hold board members accountable for their stewardship over public power and resources in their hiring of a superintendent like Brooks.

Instead, Walz is doing everything he can keep the truth hidden from stakeholders.

He and school board enforcer Marty Esquivel teamed up to give Brooks a Dixon Award for transparency at the same time they were all covering up felony criminal misconduct in the administration of the APS Police force; a publicly funded private police force who bungled the only investigation of their own criminal misconduct.




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