The Trib: APS renovation costs going up

The question is not so much whether a new boardroom is worth $625,920; as it is; should we be spending that much money unnecessarily; when there are so many other more important needs? Lest you worry that your representatives on the board are not on top of things; Gordon...

The burden of proof falls reasonably upon whom?

I aver; the leadership of the APS offers no opportunity to be held accountable for their character or their competence. And further, that that is proof of mal, mis, and non feasance as public servants; and as role models for 98,000 of our sons and daughters. Am I to prove...

I’ll mail twenty bucks

to the first person who posts an ethical explanation of the Albuquerque Journal and Tribune’s failure to investigate or report upon the APS ethics and accountability scandal. Diogenes’six

Mayor Chavez, tell the Journal and Tribune to tell the truth

 Sir,If your interest is in accountability for APS Leadership, and not in empire building, tell the papers to tell the truth.  Allow stakeholders to decide whether to replace the current leaders with those who will hold themselves honestly accountable to a...

Accountability behind Mayor’s Plan for Albuquerque Public Schools

…wrote Journal editors. I disagree. Mayor Chavez’s plan is building an empire that includes control of the public schools; the lack of accountability in the APS is merely a convenient excuse. If Chavez had any real concern over the lack of accountability in the public...

APS sez: the heck with public input

The public forum is no longer on the agenda of meetings of the APS Board of Education. The Board and Superintendent do not want the broadcast version of the truth to include their individual refusal to be held honestly accountable for their character or their...

There is a story still unwritten

There is an election February 6, 2007. Voters will elect three members of their board of education. They will also decide whether or not to tax themselves another hundred millions dollars to maintain schools. The board members that are elected will be among the stewards of...

APS Ethics scandal; more proof

There is evidence of a deliberate distortion of the truth in the broadcast version of ten public forums; the forums during which the school board members and superintendent each refused to hold themselves honestly accountable to a meaningful standard of conduct. If you...

APS Board hides its misconduct

During the last board meeting, the Public Forum was moved 'outside of the APS board meeting" by putting it before the agenda. By their reasoning, the record of the public forum could then be edited from their “broadcast version of the truth”. And their constituents would...

APS “Ethics scandal”

So far as I know, I am the only person using the phrase, ethics scandal; is it fair, is it responsible, is it ethical? You tell me. Clearly the word ethics is used correctly. The issue is the ethical accountability of the Leadership of the APS. Is there scandalous...

APS Board of Education, District 2, Candidate needed

Robert Lucero, according to the Trib, intends to run for re-election in board district 2. Someone needs to oppose Robert Lucero’s effort to be reelected to the board. Someone needs to ask Robert Lucero to answer a few questions. As a board member, why is he accountable to...

APS Leadership renounces accountability until further notice

What ever else they say about their accountability for their misconduct; they cannot show to you: • Any system in APS that provides that a complaint against an administrator or board member will see a principled resolution. • A record of having stood up to the...

APS Praetorian Guard fails to investigate

According to the Journal, the Commander of the APS Praetorian Guard, Gil Lovato, failed to investigate allegations of criminal misconduct by a fellow APS administrator. That illustrates the problem with the APS Leaders’ ownership of the system by which they are held...

Corrupt politicians usurp power

Public servants wield a great deal of power. They yield it legitimately only in the interest of the people whose power it is. The power is entrusted to them for no other purpose. Any other use is illegitimate; it is an abuse of power. Our power is certainly not entrusted to...