Pinhead
Never a dull moment at the CUSD board meetings. Last night was a full crowd again with lots of interesting events. We had finally been successful in getting the election waiver back on the agenda last night (although it was at the very end of the meeting when most people had left).
But after I made my one last plea, we were treated to several speakers who are the board’s paid political supporters. Most notably Jennifer Beall who got up and told the audience that she hasn’t attended board meetings in a while. She must have a very short memory because she was there last month when the trustees gave both her and her husband a full 3 minutes to ramble on about how “great” the school board is. Hard to have a lot of credibility when the first thing out of your mouth is a lie. Anyway, she then spoke about Bill O’Reilly and his “patriots and pinheads” segment. She told the trustees that they are the patriots and I am the pinhead.
Of course, this made me laugh but almost everyone else in the audience was offended. Not that she called me a silly name, but that she does it in an inappropriate forum. Standing at the podium to address trustees is for exactly that purpose. To question, comment, or tell them something. It’s not a forum to express your views of people in the community. Apparently she is too afraid to speak to me face to face.
But what is most egregious is the fact that President Bryson did nothing about it. She allowed her to continue on rambling. And of course, Beall did the same thing last month speaking about another parent and the trustees again did nothing. Now of course last month, they were all over me to stay on my agenda topic and had I dared to say something negative about one of their “people” I’m sure I would have been reprimanded but there is a clear double standard. They even allowed their latest recruit to speak on in 3 separate agenda items, two of which she was completely off topic and her comments made no sense.
Their people can act inappropriately and say whatever they want, but the rest of us (the majority) must follow the rules. A true double standard and just one more reason why this board does not have the respect and support of the community.
Tags: Capistrano Unified, CUSD, erin kutnick