First, it was an illegal executive session. To "have a meeting" is not a lawful reason to meet in closed session. Not even to "have a safety and security meeting".
Trustee-elect Amelia McKie's Motion was incorrectly worded. She failed to state the specific purpose for the executive session, and she failed to state the exclusion in the law that allows a public body to enter executive session.
Are there concerned citizen who will fund a legal move in court about that?
If a court declared the executive session as illegal, would that open all issues and discussions to public view?
What did happen behind closed doors? Who said what? To whom? In what tone of voice?
Teresa Holmes, as board chair (illegally, because she herself is not a legitimage board member (she has never taken the oath-of-office legally)) is known for cutting off discussions and interrupting other board members while they are speaking. Did she do that on April 28th?
The public has witnessed the chaos of open board meetings. You can review almost any of the past meetings and see the chaos for yourself. Usually, the other board members back down when Holmes is rude. Seeing how Holmes behaves in public, is it hard to imagine what might take place when the cameras are not recording?
Speaking of cameras, who grabbed her cell phone and began recording? Are recordings in executive sessions illegal? Or at least in violation of board policy?
I'm reminded of the 2015 incident at Sprng Valley High School, when Niya Kenny grabbed her cell phone in class and began recording a disturbance caused by a classmate. She was one of two students arrested for disrupting schools. That case fell apart, in part, because Sheriff Lott fired the SRO too quickly. The charge against Kenny is no longer in the public record; she must have had it expunged.
Should all parties involved in the April 28 incident be subjected to equal handling under the law?
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