Well, that was an interesting 'Special Meeting' last night over there on Mythomania Lane, at the crossroads of Dysfunctional and Local Dem-party Infested Streets.
Perhaps that's not the best description - more like is there no limit to the inept leadership of Jerry 'ReferenDumb' Shi?
Aside from his usual lack of courtesy and dictatorial demeanor when it comes to the Public and, at times, other Board Members in search of transparency, his insistence on hiding behind that 'No Give and Take' which just further heightens the tensions of those seeking information and apparently he's never learned Not to Raise the Volume of Your Voice but rather Raise the Level of Your Arguments if you want to be successful - but there's something more troubling going on here.
Of course, none of this should surprise you about this guy. He's the same guy who wasted two years putting together a Failed Bond Refendum to fix the Overcrowding with his band of architects that was so bad and so over-priced for what we would be getting that the People of Edison shot it down twice, the same guy who claims to of saved the taxpayers millions but never saved anything and ignores people around him who don't agree with what he wants.
But I digress so let's move on. Seems Mr. Shi-shed wants the Board to approve an ethics complaint he wants to file against Board Member Biral Patel. In addition, he says he also went to the State AG route to boot. On what, who knows what Mr. Patel is being accused of in these complaints. Mr. Shi-shed can't comment because the AG told him not to and you can't see the complaint until he files it and it becomes subject to OPRA.
Of course, if Mr. Patel is being accused of violating any laws or breaking any school board ethics, then he should rightly be asked to come forth and defend himself against those accusations.
But - you have to ask yourself why Mr. Shi-shed needs the rest of the Board to approve of his decision to file an ethics complaint and why now at a hastily put together 'Special Meeting' where even some Board Members didn't receive the agenda until a few hours before the meeting? Kind of think there are a few more pressing things going on that need the Board's attention.
Be that as it may, he can certainly file a complaint by himself without the need to call a 'Special Meeting' and try and get everyone on the record. Seems the only votes of approval were from his usual 5 Votes - Shi, Mohin Patel, Cheng, White and Chen. The others were No's and Abstentions.
Now maybe you'll finally see what a mistake it was to move the School Board Elections to November. You've turned the supposed non-political School Board into a civil war among the differing factions within the Local Dem-party for control and power over all Your money. Once you did that, it was never about what's Best of the Kids but what's Best for the Political Powers that Be.
You'd have to be blind not to see that last night's meeting was just a continuation of the Bhagia/Joshi race to the bottom.
Nice, isn't it?
Jerry Shi-shed Needs to Go and you should only elect People to the School Board this November who will finally take away his leadership position. He's the biggest detriment there is to the proper functioning of the School Board and the School District's ability to work with all the stakeholders.
Here's the meeting:
...and absolute power corrupts absolute-Shi. The idiotic voters of Edison deserve this imbecilic megalomaniac. (I used a couple of big words, 'cause it is about the Board of Education.)
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