We received an email in response to yesterday's post about Claremont Unified School District board member Steve Llanusa, whom one suspects will someday in the not-too-distant future be the target of a censure motion by his fellow school board members.
Here's our reader's comment:
DATE: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 5:52 PM
SUBJECT: SCHOOL BOARD CENSURE POLICY
TO:Claremont Buzz
DID ANYONE NOTICE THAT AT THE END OF THE CENSURE POLICY (aka GAG LAW) THAT THE OFFENDING MEMBER CAN AVOID CENSURE BY APOLOGIZING FOR HIS/HER ACTIONS, STATEMENTS,ETC. BUT THAT THE BOARD CAN STILL RETAIN THE RIGHT TO CENSURE HIM/HER? TALK ABOUT A DOUBLE BIND!! PRETTY SOON THEY WILL TELL LLANUSA THAT HE IS FORBIDDEN TO SPEAK TO ANY EMPLOYEE, THEN ANY PARENT THEN ANY STUDENT. HAVEN’T WE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE?
Well, yes, this has been played out before in Claremont's City Hall. If the people who run things here, especially the local school board, don't respect their own rules, why should they respect things like opposing viewpoints or free speech?
As always in our small town, past is prologue. (If you click on the link, notice how current Claremont League of Women Voters president Barbara Musselman inserted herself into that prior city brouhaha.)
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