Watch Khanwell again. Consider Board Policy BEDH

One more time, before a race war breaks out in Richland 2 school district, watch the February 8, 2022 school board meeting on livestream.com/richland2  Start at 1:46:30

You'll be subjected to three minutes of vicious, vile ranting by Craig Khanwell.

 

Set his remarks against Richland 2 Board Policy BEDH. Ask yourself - what action should Teresa Holmes, who acts as board chair (illegitimately), have taken. And since she failed to act, should James Manning have interceded? Or Supt. Baron Davis? But wait; it seems that he is a fraternity brother of Khanwell. And if they didn't, what action should Marq Claxton have taken? And if he took none, what about the RCSD deputies in the room?

Why didn't even one Trustee stand up and shout: "POINT-OF-ORDER"?

Board Policy BEDH - Public Participation at Meetings

- civil and professional manner

- No gossip, defamatory words, or abusive [emphasis added} or vulgar language.

- Board has the right to terminate any presentation not adhering to guidelines.

- Orderly conduct

- Speakers may offer objective comments on school operations and programs.

- no expression of personal complaints about anyone connected with the school system.

- any topic over which the board has jurisdiction

The chair (Holmes) allowed Khanwell to turn to and address the audience. Khanwell was allowed to yell at the audience. Khanwell was allowed to point his finger at and threaten the audience. Holmes allowed him to verbally assault the audience. How was that okay?

Compare that outburst by Khanwell with "Hello, I'm Gus Philpott", spoken politely on January 25 to a woman I did not know. I got kicked out and put on Trespass Notice through June 30, 2022, and the chair thanked Khanwell. 

Hold Richland 2 Accountable

Should the Richland 2 School District be allowed to get away with its lies about what happened on Jan. 25 at the board meeting? Should Pamela Davis be allowed to get away with the lies she told in her interview on WIS-TV? And what about Teresa Holmes' statements on WIS-TV? What is the best way to get them to tell the truth?

What is it that caused Craig Kahnwell to come out of the woodwork in the attack mode at the February 8th board meeting? Was he triggered by the lies of the District media relations office and Pamela Davis, or are there some undisclosed friendships? Why was he allowed to address and threaten the audience (and me) with impunity?

H.3256 Recall Bill

Should South Carolinians have the right to recall persons elected to office?

H.3256 is stuck in the S.C. House Judiciary Committee, where it has been languishing since January 12, 2021.

Go to www.scstatehouse.gov and read H.3256

Then email all members of the Judiciary Committee and ask them to wake up and vote favorably on this Bill to move it to the full S.C. House of Representatives.

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We elect people to office. We should have the right to remove them. We should have to endure their poor performance in office until the next election.

S. 203 - Stomped by the S.C. Senate

S. 203 was approved in the S.C. Senate and sent to the S.C. House. Instead of passing it and sending it on to the Governor, the House tampered with it and sent it back to the Senate.

Yesterday (2/15/2022) the Senate stomped on it, 0-38. What the heck did the House do to that bill?

Here's how it looks in the Senate Journal (at the end of 2/15/2022).

S. 203 (Word version) -- Senators Hembree, Gustafson and Bennett: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 59-19-60 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES AND FILLING VACANCIES, TO PROVIDE THAT DISTRICT TRUSTEES GUILTY OF MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE, INCOMPETENCY, ABSENTEEISM, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, MISCONDUCT, PERSISTENT NEGLECT OF DUTY IN OFFICE, OR INCAPACITY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL FROM OFFICE BY THE GOVERNOR, TO DELETE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND THE RIGHT TO APPEAL, AND TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES.

Was it the "delete Notice requirements and the right to appeal" that killed it? Or something else?

Now what happens? Can it go back to the House? Could the House approve it without amendment and now send it to the Governor?

Is something better than nothing?

S.F. Voters Kick Out 3 board members

San Francisco voters kicked three school board membes to the curb, including the Chair, the Vice Chair and one other.

Read all about it here.

Could a recall happen here? Does South Carolina law allow recalls?

If it did, would Richland 2 voters kick Holmes, McKie and others to the curb?

Holmes, for her choatic, disrespectful, dictatorial "leadership" as chair...

McKie for her $57,100 in unpaid fines owed to the South Carolina Ethics Commission...

Caution-Parker, for her expletive-laced comment to a parent after the October 12th board meeting and other disrespectful comments to board members.

November 9th won't come soon enough for Richland County.

Videos deleted.

This morning I started watching what were claimed as "full" recordings of Teresa Holmes' curbside interview with WIS-TV on January 28. Craig Khanwell, of February 8th board meeting fame, posted five videos on Facebook, whining that WIS-TV didn't broadcast the full interviews.

It would be nice if he hadn't deleted them from his Facebook page. I wanted to hear again Holmes' claims about the "disrupters" and all the emails that I have sent to the Board. Yes, I do send many emails to the Board.

A friend earlier this week told me, "If they'd just do things right, you'd never write to them." Yep. That about sizes it up.

When The Core Four are rude, disruptive, disrespectful, ignore Board Policies and Robert's Rules of Order, etc., I write to them. All of them. 

And Holmes complains that the three minority members just do what I say. No, they do NOT do what I say. Trustees Agostini, Scott and McFadden are independent board members, interested in the good of the District. 

Notice the constant defeat of motions the three make. Votes are 3-4, Fail. 

The Core Four (Holmes, McKie, Manning, Caution-Parker) stick together like bubble-gum on the bottom of a boot. 

If I offered the District the numbers for a winning $1,000,000 Lotto ticket, Manning would put his hand up as a Yes and then quickly pull it down. The Core Four would vote 3-4. (That's three "For" and four "Against".)