At last week's Commission discussion meeting, Joint Discussion Meetings was an agenda item. Evidently, the Commission has been trying to set up another meeting between the School Board and the Commission to discuss, among other things, the Joint Maintenance Agreement. Remember that fateful night when Josephine Posti said that I have hate in my heart, so she was praying for me? Apology to Josephine Posti That meeting included Dave Brumfield, Kristen Linfante, Steve Feller, Elaine Cappucci, and Josephine Posti. There has not been another meeting since February 28.
In Citizens' Comments, I expressed my feelings and thanked Dave and Kristen for all the abuse they were getting from Josephine Posti. It was revealed during the Discussion Session that Josephine wanted to see an agenda before she would commit to another meeting. I had said that if the Commission felt that they should have another meeting, then they should have a meeting. This time, the Commission wanted to have a public meeting with as many Commissioners and School Board Directors present, as possible.
In so many words, Josephine blew off the Commission. So I filed a Right To Know on September 13, 2012, asking for all communication between the Commission and School Board Directors concerning joint meetings between Municipal and School Board representatives.
Here it is. Not only is she much too busy for any meetings, but Josephine also encouraged the Commissioners to attend the School Board coffees along with the rest of us.
Joint Discussion Communication
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Wow! Just...wow.
I don't know how much more disrespectful a human being can be.
You go Jo! Show those true colors!
Hahaha, "If you want my time go to a coffee", really?? For Pete's sake we have got to get this woman out of our pockets! How very pompous!
Thanks, Elaine, for shining the light so true colors come through!
And thanks to Matt for always doing the right thing!
All the while the punchline is to sign her letter "Respectfully". SNL couldn't come up with material this good.
Yes, thank you Matt for stepping up and defending your fellow commissioner.
The tone of Jo's email was unbelievably rude and condescending.
It's interesting how differently the two bodies work.
Elaine says in her email that the Board will wait to make recommendations based on the recommendations of staff (Klein and Grogan).
So they won't propose the Board's recommendations, but instead the recommendations of their highly paid staff.
On the municipal side, the commissioners are actively trying to get involved in the process and trying to figure out the best thing for the community when it comes to field use. The commissioners want to dig in (all of them I assume due to the nature of Kristen's email) and figure this out. The school boards wants staff to tell them what to do.
Which of these two bodies will make the better decision?
Isn't it interesting how Josephine wants to consult with the solicitor? According to the $850,000 of cost reductions (hmmm, what a coincidence!) a reduction of $10,000 in legal fees was listed as number 22.
I admire the Commission's flexibility and willingness to go to a school board meeting. Also, the reason that Dave gave for both bodies to meet as a whole rather than sending representatives, would be to eliminate the need to go back to the decision makers and discuss. It would be more productive if the entire Board and Commission could attend.
Elaine
Yeah 9:21 AM, but JOPO may not want to meet face-to-face with a couple of particular Commissioners, you see. It all get's kind of complicated, and it is this type of crap that impedes any real progress in our community.
School Board coffees accomplish nothing and that is exactly what the school board wants. Since Ms. Cappucci and Ms. Linfante both live on Liberal Lane (Roycroft Ave.)I guess street parties will be a thing of the past. Ms. McGinty the Activities Director also lives on Liberal Lane. Someone should do a RTK regarding how many hours she was in her office at the school district during the summer.
I only occasionally come upon your blog and am certainly not a regular reader, but those time that I have, I notice that you do have hate in your heart. Jo Posti was right.
Did you ever watch the Muppet Show in the 1970's? Do you remember those grumpy old guys who sat up in the balcony? They never actually did anything but just criticized the performers. You and some of the commentors here ("anonymous" ones and otherwise) remind me of them, criticizing everyone but not actually doing anything except, in your case, running a blog -- which is fine, but unlike those you so readily and pettily criticize, you have zero accountability.
Instead of being defensive, if someone tells you you have hate in your heart, you should think about it.
I had to laugh when I approved this comment. All I "do is run a blog." That is hilarious. Thanks for reading.
Elaine
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