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Post by fedup on Jan 5, 2007 10:04:08 GMT -5
Lawyers to consult with renters under Latino Leadership Alliance program
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 01/5/07
BY NICK PETRUNCIO
FREEHOLD BUREAU
FREEHOLD — Four lawyers have become part of a Latino Leadership Alliance program that will monitor the inspections of rental properties in the borough, the Monmouth County chapter of the alliance said Tuesday. full text @ www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070105/NEWS01/701050421/1004/NEWS01 |
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Post by Libyan Sibyl on Jan 5, 2007 10:12:37 GMT -5
Why don't we turn the Latino Alliance into the Human Relations Committee? It appears we would save a few steps...
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Post by Marc LeVine on Jan 5, 2007 10:27:34 GMT -5
I'm not so sure that our "cub" reporter got this one right. I think he meant to say that renters who feel they have been mistreated by "code enforcement officials..." I could be wrong, but the next quote seems to support my clarification.
I think that if Freehold residents really want to have a successful code enforcement program in town, related to ALL rentals in the Borough, they really need to turn out in great number to support the Rental Property Advisory Board's recommndations on the evening of January 16th. That's, of course, unless we all want the tail to continue wagging the dog. Three of the four advocate's attorney's offering their services to the renters, do not even practice in town or live here.
Marc
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Post by admin on Jan 5, 2007 10:34:21 GMT -5
I'm not so sure that our "cub" reporter got this one right. I think he meant to say that renters who feel they have been mistreated by "code enforcement officials..." I could be wrong, but the next quote seems to support my clarification. I think that if Freehold residents really want to have a successful code enforcement program in town, related to ALL rentals in the Borough, they really need to turn out in great number to support the Rental Property Advisory Board's recommndations on the evening of January 16th. That's, of course, unless we all want the tail to continue wagging the dog. Three of the four advocate's attorney's offering their services to the renters, do not even practice in town or live here. Marc Good point. Next question. What is the town doing for legal representation for the next law suit? Better start preparing now. |
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Post by Libyan Sibyl on Jan 5, 2007 10:54:06 GMT -5
Actually, it does not seem that the decision to have annual inspections is being attacked, it is the code enforcement's methods. I would think that code enforcement can handle the transition from other inspections to these sorts of inspections rather easily, and they are probably handling them under the terms of the settlement. But if not, that is where the legal problems may come in.
Here is a suggestion. An oversight of code enforcement - not a permanent one, but perhaps a third party state group or some sort of professional that could monitor code enforcement to see if they are doing what they are supposed to do.
Right now, it is just word against word. And we have only been hearing one side of the story.
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Post by admin on Jan 5, 2007 10:59:25 GMT -5
Sybill, I may have missed your point, but isn't the court that is overseeing the boro a third party?
Also, I have suggested that when the recommendations are made from the rental board, they should stay on for the purpose of insuring the code enforcement is done right. Even if the board is not permanent, there will be a need for citizens to have accessible people to vent their concerns. The board could also keep updating recommendations as needed. Just my opinion.
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Post by admin on Jan 5, 2007 11:01:38 GMT -5
Why don't we turn the Latino Alliance into the Human Relations Committee? It appears we would save a few steps... I think we need some PEOPLE supporters on the HRC ;D |
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Post by Marc LeVine on Jan 5, 2007 11:03:34 GMT -5
Brian:
Without going into greater detail, I believe you received a crash course and also gained a "bird's eye view" about what and whom we are dealing with on the "other" side. This having taken place in just the past 24 hours.
Welcome to their world where right is wrong and wrong is very often rewarded. There is no reasoning with them and they have no respect for OUR RIGHTS under the law. The inmates are running the insane asylum for all the wrong reasons - and are often rewarded in a system running amok.
In answering your question...I'm holding on to RK's telephone number in Virginia.
Marc
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Post by Marc LeVine on Jan 5, 2007 11:11:13 GMT -5
Precisely, and someone in the court system might be inclined to tell the Alliance..."who asked you to do this - you are not exactly an impartial body."
Seems like these folks jumped the gun without asking the courts and the other settlement party to intervene to offer a fair and impartial mechanism to address their concern. Sounds like taking the law into one's own hands and the courts should realize they have been bypassed and disrespected.
Just my view.
Marc
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Post by admin on Jan 5, 2007 11:23:22 GMT -5
Precisely, and someone in the court system might be inclined to tell the Alliance ..."who asked you to do this - you are not exactly an impartial body." Seems like these folks jumped the gun without asking the courts and the other settlement party to intervene to offer a fair and impartial mechanism to address their concern. Sounds like taking the law into one's own hands and the courts should realize they have been bypassed and disrespected. Just my view. Marc I hate to, again, refer to my union days, but could the town petition the court to censor or sanction the Alliance for unfair or unethical practices? I know that in a union context, be it grievance procedure, disciplinary actions, or negotiations, similar actions to what the Alliance is doing would not go un punished. |
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Post by Xenios Zeus on Jan 5, 2007 13:18:19 GMT -5
Sure Brian why don't you start working on this one, and let us know how you make out.
"could the town petition the court to censor or sanction the Alliance for unfair or unethical practices?"
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Post by admin on Jan 5, 2007 13:27:48 GMT -5
Sure Brian why don't you start working on this one, and let us know how you make out. "could the town petition the court to censor or sanction the Alliance for unfair or unethical practices?" I will not be working on that one, I have more important issues on hand for the betterment of our town. I was simply asking a simple question. So, again, do not get your panties twisted, relax. I have a nice day, I know I will ;D |
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Post by richardkelsey on Jan 5, 2007 18:04:43 GMT -5
Brian: Welcome to their world where right is wrong and wrong is very often rewarded. There is no reasoning with them and they have no respect for OUR RIGHTS under the law. The inmates are running the insane asylum for all the wrong reasons - and are often rewarded in a system running amok. Marc Marc -- I really hate to say this -- because it is not a knock at you -- but this is exactly why I never would have advised a settlement in the other action. There is no reasoning with the illegal lobby and its supporters. They view concession as weakness. They build off baby steps to platform to the next level. They thrive on peddling fear, hurling insults, and playing the race card. They have now branded Freehold as a racist town beaten in the Courts that must be on a watch list for its conduct. The illegal lobby uses its supporters. They play on social liberals -- particularly religious types. They appeal to the worst in humanity by playing the race card -- scaring regular folks away from speaking out, lest they be branded -- and inflaming to their support those worried and itching for a racial fight. As discussed previously, they play to liberal lawyers who share social issues, and who use their time to both placate their own feelings and guilt, and to pad pro bono hours. This is why fighting the lobby and the invasion is so difficult. They have not only passionate and zealous supporters -- and the backing of the Latin American governments, but they also fool unwitting supporters into helping, while scaring opponents from fighting. There can be no compromise. (I refer you again to my writing on "what I would do." Frankly -- in this case -- I would target the lawyer(s) for some publicity. Where were these folks in helping to explain US laws and compliance? Where were these folks when the legal residents needed protecting. Why are these folks trying to find legal loopholes and fueling illegal immigration by thwarting the will of the people to bring over-crowding and code violations under control. Why didn't these lawyers volunteer to help the town craft a solution? (pro bono) Why don't these lawyers volunteer, pro bono, to help target and stop the exploitation of illegals by unscrupulous landlords? These lawyers can give their services to whomever they want -- provided it is not in furtherance of a crime. But someone ought to ask, publicly, loudly, and repeatedly, why these people are not interested in helping the lawful residents of the town, and finding, productive solutions. I don't know these lawyers -- I certainly knew Ron Reich when I was a younger man. I don't know their respective practices, or what they hope to gain -- but I do smell a sense of self-promotion and opportunism here. Why not get some news coverage on a hot issue for exposure -- particularly when he coverage, such as the Press story, will cast them as pro bono do-gooders? My guess is that's the motivation. Make your own press -- and cast them as you see them. That's my advice -- strictly on a political basis. I would not yield an inch -- not one -- to this movement and its lobby. Ever. When they throw a rock, I would not return fire with a rock. I would return fire with a nuclear missile -- every time. Go haunt some other town. Freehold is only 1.9 square miles -- I am sure there are hundreds of millions of acres in this country where illegals and their supporters can go and be welcomed. Start in Crawford Texas where Vincente Bush will give you a work permit to cut brush on the ranch. As long as the Federal government refuses, outright, to address this issue -- Freehold should only be concerned with pushing illegal immigrants out of its town -- and no further. Freehold is a wonderful town -- and it thrives on great immigrants who came and who have come here lawfully. Those immigrants have assimilated, risen up and raised families, helping to build a common and stronger culture. The Borough has no use for, nor should it welcome those who come here under any other circumstances. They are law breakers, or both political pawns and the economicly exploited. |
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Jan 5, 2007 18:42:16 GMT -5
Lawyers to consult with renters under Latino Leadership Alliance program
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 01/5/07
BY NICK PETRUNCIO
FREEHOLD BUREAU
FREEHOLD — Four lawyers have become part of a Latino Leadership Alliance program that will monitor the inspections of rental properties in the borough, the Monmouth County chapter of the alliance said Tuesday. full text @ www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070105/NEWS01/701050421/1004/NEWS01The lawyers are Ron Reich, 9 Broadway; Jackeline Biddle, 703 Broad St., Suite 201, Shrewsbury; and Patricia Bombelyn, 402 Livingston Ave., and Alexandra Larson, 1224 Livingston Ave., both in New Brunswick. Freehold Borough Board of Education Members Mr. James Keelan, President Mrs. Stella Mayes, Vice President Mr. Andrew DeFonzo Mrs. Audrey Evans Mr. Frank Gill Mrs. Annette Jordan Mrs. Victoria Muller [glow=red,2,300] Mr. Adam Reich
Mr. Ron Reich [/glow] Andrew D, your on the Board, you sit across the table from Ron, and look Hom in the eyes and tell him what you really think!!! Think this board member is making it any easier? Maybe to sell a home, which he'll GLADLY represent you at you closing!
NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS MONDAY NIGHT PEOPLE!!! |
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Post by admin on Jan 6, 2007 9:18:55 GMT -5
Fiberman,
Good point, I am surprised that no other picked up on that. It appears we have a tangled web which needs to be unweaved. Could there be a wee little conflict of interest here?
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Post by guest on Jan 6, 2007 9:34:26 GMT -5
By being on the Board of Ed, one would think that having the best interests of the schools would be paramount. Working with the illegal community seems to be in total contradiction of that task. It also does not build a good relationship with the Council, which for years the Board of Ed has tried to do.
There seem to be some reasonable minds on this Board. Please, please, someone come forward and run for the Board of Ed election when the proper time comes.
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Post by Freehold Lover on Jan 6, 2007 16:15:02 GMT -5
Here again I fail to see how Mr. Reich is in error by offering to defend people whose rights may have been violated. If the code officers are treating people badly then I would think the borough would want to know that. I commend Mr. Reich for his actions.
Why would anyone on this board want anyone's rights violated? Help me understand your thinking.
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Post by Xenios Zeus on Jan 6, 2007 22:48:19 GMT -5
Thank God we have honest attorneys with the necessary integrity and courage to defend those that need it most. These attorneys are willing to confront the abusers. We must continue to be watchful of an administration with such a bleak record on Civil Rights, particularly when it comes to our Latino brothers and sisters. It is essential that we continue to expose any and all abuse that targets or threatens to target the weakest amongst us.
Thank you counselors
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Jan 7, 2007 0:35:19 GMT -5
Thank God we have honest attorneys with the necessary integrity and courage to defend those that need it most. These attorneys are willing to confront the abusers. We must continue to be watchful of an administration with such a bleak record on Civil Rights, particularly when it comes to our Latino brothers and sisters. It is essential that we continue to expose any and all abuse that targets or threatens to target the weakest amongst us. Thank you counselors "Thank you Johnnie Cochran"...OJ Simpson "Thank You Bruce Cuttler"...John Gotti AND...Robert Chambers was defended by the prominent lawyer Jack T. Litman, who had previously used the "blame the victim" strategy. I'd go on, but I know to many honorable, respectable attorneys. Yes we see that even swine are provisioned access to legal representation in the great US-of-A (even in IRAQ)...good to see that Mr. Reich has enough free time on his hands and his practice is robust enough to allow him time for these pursuits! If one offers free legal services to felons, those who are FALSELY documented using stolen Social Security Numbers and other forms of forged government identification, tax cheats, how pathetic for him! And has this been the ethic of leadership portrait by his representation on our school-board for the last 7 years, as our schools have been in decline??? Has his legal advisement been the framework and basis by which relaxed enrollment has been assessed, thus our SERIOUS overcrowding, thus the over the top school referendum? You may choose to associate criminality with brother and sisterhood, to bad for you. Members of my family exhibit ethical behavior and respect civility Let’s see the LATINO Leadership Alliance lobby against human trafficking, unfair economic conditions caused by the Corrupt Mexico Federal Government, The Drug trafficking shamefully rampant in Neuavo Laredo , as well as other part of Mexico, and the unfair US Farm Subsidies creating conditions that bankrupt tens of thousands of Mexican farmers (who end up in freehold as day laborers). These are the real issues facing Latinos. The real issues are in Latin America, not Middle America…unless there is a hidden agenda! THERE IS NOTHING CIVIL OR RIGHT ABOUT FELONIOUS CRIMINALITY. WHEN CRIMINALITY IS ON A MASSIVE SCALE, ‘WE THE PEOPLE” WILL NOT BE VILLONIZED WHEN CALLING ATTENTION OR EXPRESSING OUTRAGE!. |
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Jan 7, 2007 1:06:44 GMT -5
Fiberman, Good point, I am surprised that no other picked up on that. It appears we have a tangled web which needs to be " unwoven". Could there be a wee little conflict of interest here? Unfortunately no clear conflict of interest...this is just the results of have very weak public attendance at BOE meetings, not questioning, not voicing criticism or opposition at the poles. AGAIN....Next School-board meeting is THIS MONDAY @ 7:00 PM!!!! Bring your pitchforks ;D Listen, maybe we're looking at this the wrong way, if Ron is REALLY good, he'll make life so miserable for Landlords, they'll want to sell out of FB, to quality home owners, and Ron can be the Attorney at the Closing...that maybe your conflict of interest! FIGFY |
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Jan 7, 2007 1:29:45 GMT -5
BTW....BLEAK RECORD......PLEASE QUALIFY BLEAK AND RECORD, maybe you can earn my support ?
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Post by Libyan Sibyl on Jan 8, 2007 7:06:39 GMT -5
Listen, maybe we're looking at this the wrong way, if Ron is REALLY good, he'll make life so miserable for Landlords, they'll want to sell out of FB, to quality home owners, and Ron can be the Attorney at the Closing...that maybe your conflict of interest! FIGFY At first glance, this sounded like a good take, but this ad hoc committee is not going after the landlords, they are going after the town. Which begs the question, why are these people going after the one group that is trying to ensure that they have safe living conditions? Shouldn't they be begging people to help them deal with unscrupulous landlords? (Or don't they care about their living conditions?) |
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Post by Marc LeVine on Jan 8, 2007 9:54:31 GMT -5
No. This is about maintaining the status quo. Leveling the playing field is poison to their situation. No overcrowding means paying expensive rents, in full - like we all do. The landords can't survive on the hope of getting paid. And, the renters will be put out of the FB market if they can't cheat the system.
With the advocates agenda, availability and affordability trumps safety. If people die in a fire, will the blame be accepted (by the advocates), ignored or placed soundly on the shoulders of the Borough? Very Teflon approach.
Marc
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Jan 8, 2007 9:55:18 GMT -5
Momentary lapse of rose coloured glasses on my part, but PRESUMING, that these lawyers are making their services available as advertised, then their function will be to represent tenants vs. landlords.
I have total faith that Code enforcement is managed (as it has been), with respect, honesty and faithfulness upholding a tenants right to live in a quality compliant home or apartment!
An attorney, who lives in town and especially one who holds public office would sees the truth of the matter, tenants need protection from Landlord abuse. And that code enforcement is a mechanism supporting this ethic. They, the attorney's, NEED the cooperation of code enforcement to help prosecute the slum lord, not smart to bite the hand that feeds your cause.
Rental property code enforcement goes hand in hand with Civil Rights, and that I would bet dollars to donut that there is no evidence of uncivil wrongness on the part of code enforcement, or I am sure it would have been reported in the APP.
This has been a Non Issue being USED to heighten hysteria and create a BUZZ for advocates.
Lets see any post or any information on the public record, where code enforcement has been abusive with their pursuits? AS OF TODAY...IS there been any single, or multiple (History of)incidents on the public record? If anything, I see the boro being relaxed on code enforcement, frankly!
Code enforcement is being painted as abusive falsely, I have seen NO EVIDENCE of abuse, in fact I have see the evidence of code enforcement doing a fair and judicious job!
Lets give this a few months and we'll see that when the truth is known, the "Advocates" chicken little truths will show the world that FB is being goat-ed and baited.
Why are "Latino Advocates" not focused on Newark, Paterson, Camden, Asbury Park even, etc...look at the housing there please, now explain why FB is is their necessary Focal Point on this non issue. This spells out agenda, not solution to a problem! Maybe because a focus on those community's gets lost in the press. And if you have an "AGENDA" you need the press to help stimulate your BUZZ!
This they do well, stimulate a BUZZ.
FIGFY
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Post by Marc LeVine on Jan 8, 2007 10:25:00 GMT -5
If charges are NOT manufactured, there is no harm. My real concern is more about the tenants and landlords creating "helpful" situations that work for them to lawyers to defend.
And, enough already with the "Civil Rights" thing. This slogan is getting overused and tired. It's disrespectful to African Americans, who were beat over the head, thrown onto a ship, sold into slavery, beaten daily and made to sit at the back of the bus in the 1960's. They EARNED their citizenship - even more than you and I. They didn't try to steal it.
These are illegal aliens - lawbreakers. We don't want to see them harmed, but we don't want them to think that Freehold is a "sending district" or sanctuary for for Mexico, because our tiny town has sold out its legal residents and is lax in the compliance and enforcement that everyone's taxpayers dollars are targeted for.
As long as the illegals are here, I am most in favor of getting them to comply with our laws and to try to become good neighbors. When they gain legal status, they will be welcomed. However, Freehold Borough needs a reputation of standing up to all forms of LAW breaking, including violation of its ordinances. No one gets a free pass to being "BELOW" (not under) the law and intimidation of the town will not be acceptable either.
Only traitors would sell us down the river to favor lawbreakers. That's sedition in my book. Talking semantics, this even is a worse charge than the bigotry baloney.
Marc
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Post by Marc LeVine on Jan 8, 2007 10:46:02 GMT -5
These are towns that have sold out to blight and crime. A history of government corruption and the false sense that poverty is their destiny have rendered each DOA. These towns gave up fighting for themselves years ago and many of the more concerned residents left town decades ago, when the state and the feds began placing magnet services in those cities/towns to attract the the problem populations they later received. Their demises were PLANNED. These particular cities and towns, you mention, also have long established gangs that prey on Latinos, who carry their money on them. When I was a Brickforce Staffing, the horrible immigrant muggings and beatings I observed were disproportionate to what we have in Freehold Borough. Asbury Park might have even been worse than in Camden. We had offices in all the towns you mentioned, by the way - so there are Latino populations in each of them. Some more prominent than others (examples: Union City, Passaic, Perth Amboy and West New York) ( www.brickforce.com/locations.html) And, by the way - in the examples I cited above, the people there haven't integrated well with others - they have DOMINATED. Marc Marc |
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Jan 8, 2007 11:31:13 GMT -5
These particular cities and towns, you mention, also have long established gangs that prey on Latinos, who carry their money on them. When I was a Brickforce Staffing, the horrible immigrant muggings and beatings I observed were disproportionate to what we have in Freehold Borough. Asbury Park might have even been worse than in Camden. We had offices in all the towns you mentioned, by the way - so there are Latino populations in each of them. Some more prominent than others (examples: Union City, Passaic, Perth Amboy and West New York) ( www.brickforce.com/locations.html) And, by the way - in the examples I cited above, the people there haven't integrated well with others - they have DOMINATED. Marc This is exactly my point....Why are these "ADVOCATES" NOT....lurking the streets there, establishing their so called cause's where is it needed MOST... Maybe because they want to clear out the human being's to create a SAFE NEW Latino Community, because the existing Latino Communities are so out of control, so unsafe, that they will get shot by there own before they can make a named for them selves as the Latino Al Sharpton (FF). And that is the difference Sharpie Al Sharpton, addresses issues (like him or not) in the Hoods that need him the most to improve their quaility of life first, by becoming LAWFUL and Vigilant. This is how he STANDS up to his own, and aganda is to pulls them up, and out of the squalor ghettos of the 70's where he launched his gig. He may have softened his public persona over the last few years (like hosting SNL..OMG Was he a cracker sell out?), but like him or not, he's done a few things right. I know the truth, and my post maintains a flavor that is part rhetorical, part hopeful optimism and part "Telling-Statements" as to public and hidden agendas. Marc...you and I know the real deal, its Senor's and Senoritas that are being played like Mariachi Violin's who need to wake up and smell the salsa! FIGFY |
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Post by andrewd on Jan 8, 2007 11:47:53 GMT -5
Let me apologize for not responding sooner to Fiber's earlier post, calling on me to say something about Ron Reich's decision to join this Latino Leadership Alliance at tonight's school board meeting.
First of all, I implore all who are reading this to read the whole thing, not just parts and pieces.
Ron Reich's decision to offer his services to this group has no impact on his role as a school board member, so long as he does not use his position as a board member to somehow influence the work he does with this group.
I know that this is not the answer people want to hear, but it is the truth. As a school board member, our responsibility is simple, we have to find ways to provide the best possible educational opportunities for all of those children who are enrolled in our schools.
Now I know...everyone is going to scream back about the issue of allowing children of illegal immigrants into our schools and how we should make it tougher for them to get in. As it has been stated (over and over again) the laws are set by the state, and despite the popular opinion on this site, Freehold Boro has restrictions that are just as stringent, if not more stringent, than the surrounding towns in regards to enrollment.
That's not the issue here, though, and I don't want to lose focus on the issue of this thread.
Basically it boils down to this, Ron Reich is allowed to have his own opinions, just as I and every other board member are allowed to have ours. If he uses his position as a board member to somehow influence a decision, or if he tries to use the board in some way to aid his work with these groups, then it's a conflict of interest. Until then, it is simply something he is doing with his time outside of the board.
I have inquired about this with the legal team with the New Jersey School Boards Association to ensure that my thoughts are correct.
What someone on the board does outside of the board is not something that is to be addressed at a school board meeting. If you have a difference of opinion with Ron Reich, or any other board member for that matter, I suggest you make your opinions known in the voting booth.
I will add this personal note...
I am on the other side of this issue regarding the illegal population in town. Outside of my work on the Board of Education, I have written letters to and tried to get action from various State Assemblymen, and Senators as well as Federal officials. But when I come to a BOE meeting, it is my responsibility as a member of that board to provide the best education for every student currently enrolled in the schools, and I will continue to do just that.
For those of you who read this and feel that I do not represent your ways of thinking, you too should exercise your right to vote against me when I run for re-election.
I realize that this issue is a very hot topic in town, and that it's effects are felt in many different areas of the town, but do not confuse the roles of BOE members with the roles of town and or state legislators.
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Jan 8, 2007 11:54:45 GMT -5
the laws are set by the state, and despite the popular opinion on this site, Freehold Boro has restrictions that are just as stringent, if not more stringent, than the surrounding towns in regards to enrollment.
But laws are also interpretive, thats why we have lawyers, so how much advisement has Mr. Reich issues to the board on this matter is the real question, now that we know Mr. Reich's tendencies!
Its' not fair to expect an answer from you here, this may not be the appropriate venue...but...if you care to..... ;D
Is there a school board meeting to night???
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Post by andrewd on Jan 8, 2007 12:13:12 GMT -5
There is a school board meeting tonight, and as I have done repeatedly, I implore anyone and everyone to attend.
That being said, let me tell you that since I was elected to the board back in April, I have not seen one instance where Ron Reich has advised the board on a legal issue. The Board has an attorney of it's own who we contact with any legal issues that we may have question about. As I stated earlier, we also have the New Jersey School Boards Association and their legal staff at our disposal, so Ron Reich, as long as I have been around, has never been asked to interpret laws for the board.
I will say this again, differences of opinion with Ron Reich's activities outside of the BOE do not need to be brought up at the BOE meeting, and quite frankly I doubt that they will even be entertained if brought up...reason being, it does not directly relate to the running of the schools.
Another thing...whether you choose to believe it or not, I will tell you that the board is very good at policing itself, and if there is ever a moment where any board member's actions appear to be unethical or a conflict of interest, it will be dealt with immediately.
Again, tonight, 7pm in the Park Ave School Library.
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