Posted on 10/08/2010 9:50:00 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
Catholic Trustee Barbara Poplawski doesn’t remember making any hand gestures at a May 2008 meeting but said even if she had, they “definitely, definitely” would not be an attempt to influence the vote.
Poplawski testified Friday in Ontario Superior Court in a conflict-of-interest case where it is alleged she removed herself from a vote on teacher layoffs — her daughter is employed as an education assistant with the Toronto Catholic District School Board — but then stood on the sidelines and made a thumbs-down gesture with both hands.
Three trustees, as well as the head of the local Catholic elementary teachers’ union, say they saw an animated Poplawski move both arms in gesturing.
“I definitely would have remembered making something like that,” the veteran trustee told court.
“I do not recall making any, any hand gestures,” she said.
Poplawski also said the board was made up of “seasoned politicians” who wouldn’t be influenced by any type of gesture.
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