Why do I use this salutation in my emails to the Board of Trustees?
In February 2019 I first addressed the Board about Holmes' and McKie's not being legitimate members of the Richland 2 school board.
The Board, the District, the attorney for the District, Richland County Sheriff's Department, SLED and the South Carolina Attorney General's office have all heard me continue to use this term.
Never once have I been challenged about it.
If I were wrong, don't you think they would have come after me?
They know I'm right. Holmes and McKie are not legitimate board members. They have never taken the oath-of-office legally. An oath-of-office was administered to them on November 13, 2018, but that was three weeks before they were first eligible to take the oath.
Why is following the law so hard for them?
In March 2019 I suggested they take the oath and become legal board members. They had filed their Statements of Economic Interests with the South Carolina Ethics Commission on December 4, 2018. On that December date they first became eligible to take the oath.
At that time the District would have had to correct only four months of votes by the board, removing all votes by Holmes and McKie.
If Holmes and McKie take the oath (legally) now, the District will have to go back to November 13, 2018 and remove all the votes by Holmes and McKie. Taking out those votes will change many decisions. The Core Four controlled many decisions 4-3. Throwing out two of those four votes will mean that many decisions will become 3-2 (Agostini, Scott, McFadden vs. Caution-Parker, Manning)
Holmes and McKie have been in office illegally more than three years. McKie continued to serve as chair until June 30, 2019; Holmes served a year as Vice Chair; Holmes now serves as Chair; McKie now serves as Secretary.
Holmes and McKie are not entitled to serve as officers, because they are not legal board members. Yet the majority of the board elected them!
Board Officers are elected at the last board meeting of the School Year. Last June 29th I addressed the board and asked them to nominate and elect only fully-qualified board members as officers. What did Manning do as soon as nominations opened? He nominated Holmes as chair!
It didn't take long for chaos to ensue.
Only one thing is keeping me from hauling Holmes and McKie into court. Money. An attorney asked for a $10,000 retainer and told me I'd need more very soon after that. Are there 1,000 residents in Richland 2 School District willing to contribute $25 to seeking removal of Holmes and McKie from the school board before the November election? Email your $25 Pledge to gusphilpott@gmail.com
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