Which is it? (A) or (B)
So far, it's not clear with which alleged "crime" Lashonda McFadden has been charged. The penalty range differs beetween (A) and (B).
The P.R. bond granted by the judge leads me to believe that Section 16-3-1040(B) is the one.
Is there anyone who believes that Holmes actually felt threatened? Listen to her taunt Lashonda. If Holmes had actually been fearful, wouldn't she have fled from the room and dialed 9-1-1?
Didn't Holmes know exactly what she was doing by continuing to engage in the argument and especially by announcing how many times she was "threatened"? Why didn't Holmes take control as Board Chair and regain control of the meeting? And, if she couldn't, she could have declared a recess and walked out of the room, ending the argument.
Miscellaneous Offenses
SECTION 16-3-1040. Threatening life, person or family of public official or public employee; punishment.
(A) It is unlawful for a person knowingly and wilfully to deliver or convey to a public official or to a teacher or principal of an elementary or secondary school any letter or paper, writing, print, missive, document, or electronic communication or verbal or electronic communication which contains a threat to take the life of or to inflict bodily harm upon the public official, teacher, or principal, or members of his immediate family if the threat is directly related to the public official's, teacher's, or principal's professional responsibilities.
(B) It is unlawful for a person knowingly and wilfully to deliver or convey to a public employee a letter or paper, writing, print, missive, document, or electronic communication or verbal or electronic communication which contains a threat to take the life of or to inflict bodily harm upon the public employee or members of his immediate family if the threat is directly related to the public employee's official responsibilities.
(C) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A), upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(D) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (B), upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
My question to you is why does this matter? These board members are suppose to be in office to serve our students, parents and community. Anyone that displays a lack of self control as she did does not need to be leading or making decisions for our students. I would expect for someone with power over our children's education to have more self control. She should not even be allowed to come back to another board meeting. There should now be 5 new positions opening in November. In addition, If Holmes was indeed taunting and acting immaturely, unprofessionally, she needs to go also. That leaves 6 new positions. Lets fill this board with people that actually care about our students and taxpayers. Parents are done with the drama. We want change and want it soon! We demand it and it will show in November.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for your comment. If you have attended (or watched) many hours of board meetings, you are familiar with the disrespect Holmes has shown McFadden for months. That meeting should have been an open, public meeting; Committee planning does not qualify for an executive session. Then we all would have seen the whole thing.
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