The Recent History Series
The Battle Cry
An Omen of Things to Come
An introduction to the Recent History series
The Master Plan – Not!
Lessons from 2001 & 2002
Renovations to the Landfill
Lessons from 2003
Lessons from 2004
Lessons from 2005
Lessons from 2006
Lessons from 2007
We need more money! Lessons from 2003
“It’s meeting time; where is everybody?” or “Hey! Aren't we supposed to be involved?”
2003 - It is becoming apparent that the so called bond accountability commission is failing at its job. The commission itself is not accountable. Members do not attend meetings, while others are quitting. And this is happening only two years since its formation. Luckily for the BAC, the citizens have started to forget the promises of accountability made two years ago in 2001.
April, 2003 - City and school officials have all but ignored the request for public involvement.
(Note: this will be brought up again in the 2005 lessons when school officials decide to blame the citizens for not being involved. Stay tuned.)
Link 1
Here is a link to a story chocked full of good intentions. Does anyone remember hearing anything about this story?
Link 2
June, 2003 - The BAC is almost dead. Accountability? Where did it go? How can the commission be called independent when appointed by the Mayor? Oh, the broken promises of accountability. Where are the tax payers? Where is the teacher’s union? Have they forgotten what they were promised two years ago? Oh the humanity.
Link 3
In other news, students are dropping out of school. These students have chosen not to exercise their right to an education even though the property owners are forced to renovate and build schools on their behalf.
Link 4
There are other controversies coming to light. There are some major discrepancies with attendance numbers at the Cleveland schools. The numbers are up yet the teachers can’t find the students. Oh the accountability problems keep increasing. What gives?
Link 5
August, 2003 - The mayor of Cleveland drops a bomb on the taxpayers. The school CEO will receive a hefty bonus. With two solid years of mismanagement, the CEO is awarded a $54,000 bonus.
Link 6
August, 2003 continued - The mayor steps in to get the BAC to reconvene. Reconvene? Wait a minute, when did the BAC stop functioning? Check out the third story from 6th and Lakeside:
Link 7
November, 2003 - After reconvening when nobody realized they had stopped meeting, the new members of the BAC have stated the obvious that their commission had not been doing their job. The new membership wants to take some action. Or so the citizens were led to believe.
Link 8
November, 2003 continued - Its time to hire a high paid consultant from Texas. City and school officials will pay him $5,500 a month to help run the district’s facilities rehabilitation effort. It is becoming apparent that as far as the Cleveland school administration is concerned, there seems to be an endless supply of money. Unfortunately, the citizens of Cleveland fail to ask the question – why cannot the BAC do their job? Don’t they know what they are doing? Why do we need to hire consultants?
Link 9
December, 2003 – More consulting is needed. Another consulting firm is hired at a cost of $4000 a month. Any outside observer would believe that the city must have an endless supply of money. Thank God for those property owning taxpayers. Check out the first story from 6th and Lakeside:
Link 10
Stay tuned for our next episode:
We need more money, 2004:
“Keep the money coming” or “Why don’t we just lower the standards”
“It’s meeting time; where is everybody?” or “Hey! Aren't we supposed to be involved?”
2003 - It is becoming apparent that the so called bond accountability commission is failing at its job. The commission itself is not accountable. Members do not attend meetings, while others are quitting. And this is happening only two years since its formation. Luckily for the BAC, the citizens have started to forget the promises of accountability made two years ago in 2001.
April, 2003 - City and school officials have all but ignored the request for public involvement.
(Note: this will be brought up again in the 2005 lessons when school officials decide to blame the citizens for not being involved. Stay tuned.)
Link 1
Here is a link to a story chocked full of good intentions. Does anyone remember hearing anything about this story?
Link 2
June, 2003 - The BAC is almost dead. Accountability? Where did it go? How can the commission be called independent when appointed by the Mayor? Oh, the broken promises of accountability. Where are the tax payers? Where is the teacher’s union? Have they forgotten what they were promised two years ago? Oh the humanity.
Link 3
In other news, students are dropping out of school. These students have chosen not to exercise their right to an education even though the property owners are forced to renovate and build schools on their behalf.
Link 4
There are other controversies coming to light. There are some major discrepancies with attendance numbers at the Cleveland schools. The numbers are up yet the teachers can’t find the students. Oh the accountability problems keep increasing. What gives?
Link 5
August, 2003 - The mayor of Cleveland drops a bomb on the taxpayers. The school CEO will receive a hefty bonus. With two solid years of mismanagement, the CEO is awarded a $54,000 bonus.
Link 6
August, 2003 continued - The mayor steps in to get the BAC to reconvene. Reconvene? Wait a minute, when did the BAC stop functioning? Check out the third story from 6th and Lakeside:
Link 7
November, 2003 - After reconvening when nobody realized they had stopped meeting, the new members of the BAC have stated the obvious that their commission had not been doing their job. The new membership wants to take some action. Or so the citizens were led to believe.
Link 8
November, 2003 continued - Its time to hire a high paid consultant from Texas. City and school officials will pay him $5,500 a month to help run the district’s facilities rehabilitation effort. It is becoming apparent that as far as the Cleveland school administration is concerned, there seems to be an endless supply of money. Unfortunately, the citizens of Cleveland fail to ask the question – why cannot the BAC do their job? Don’t they know what they are doing? Why do we need to hire consultants?
Link 9
December, 2003 – More consulting is needed. Another consulting firm is hired at a cost of $4000 a month. Any outside observer would believe that the city must have an endless supply of money. Thank God for those property owning taxpayers. Check out the first story from 6th and Lakeside:
Link 10
Stay tuned for our next episode:
We need more money, 2004:
“Keep the money coming” or “Why don’t we just lower the standards”
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