When my son was very young, he had some unique revenue generating ideas and career goals. His first career choice was to be the voice for the countdown of NASA rocket launches. Later, I heard about plans to have shrimp cocktail stands or hot chocolate stands. He progressed to lugging cases of canned sodas that were on sale, in his backpack and selling those cans to teachers for a dollar each. But what I think was his most creative dream job, was to be hired to "live" in IKEA, moving from vignette to vignette. A typical day would include cooking in the fake kitchens, sleeping in the bedrooms, and pretending to use the fake computers. I'm beginning to think that Timmy and Jan are sitting in front of those fake IKEA laptops at school board meetings.
Will someone please tell me why Timmy and Jan have laptops in front of them? What are they doing? Playing games? Retweeting Dr. Davis' tweets or tweeting more covers of concert programs? Ordering take out for those breakfasts and lunches with gr8 student leaders? Coming up with new spreadsheets changing FY Ending August 2017 bottom lines?
Why do we have to hear, "We'll get back to you" at school board meetings? Or "We'll find out" when the answers can easily be pulled up on their laptops? Within seconds, answers can be retrieved from those laptops. The school board has approved thousands of dollars worth of fundraising software. The Director of Finance can find money that nobody else can, but is never asked for financial accountings at school board meetings. Why is she there? Is she just a cardboard cut out that may someday be used as a prop in one of the office displays at IKEA? Or is she just vying for my son's dream job of being an actor at the Pittsburgh IKEA? She would have a shorter commute to work.
How about utilizing those taxpayer funded laptops at school board meetings, Mary? It would cut down on Right To Knows, freeing up more of Jeanine's schedule to make Timmy look intelligent, and would create the illusion of transparency during your last two school board meetings of your presidency. It will appear like you are being respectful during comments and questions from residents. Who knows? We might even get some answers for a change.
Vote for Riemer, Strotmeyer, and Diamond!
3 comments:
They could put all the accounting for the fundraising campaign in the Quickbopks software and have instantaneous access to an overview or individual line items by day, quarter, half-year, year or a complete history.
It’s basically idiot proof and as I wrote instantly accessible so that when a resident ask a question about campaign finances it’s right there on the laptop. They could even order a print out and give the resident a copy on the spot.
If memory serves the laptops were discussed a long time ago, perhaps on the old Lebo blog, that messages were being sent off the record at board meetings.
Not sure if it was ever proven though.
Could’ve been a rumor.
To the person who submitted the anonymous comment, thank you for that information. It has already been forwarded to the proper authorities.
Elaine
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