Back in the 1980’s, after following our local school board for a couple of years, I caught them with dirty hands. I talked it up to a few people. They got madder than I was and we shortly recalled the whole school board. That bought 30 years of peace and quiet in the district. And current management still realizes they need to keep it straight.
But that is the fix. A few local folks need to keep notes, make a case, then take it to the voters. The arrogance of union bosses, out-of-town type managers, and the “takers”, the ones with the phony no-bid contracts, will moderate in a hurry once the recalls start.
When it got to be obvious to TPTB’s they all wanted to take me out for coffee. And I went a few times——to tell them that I was coming after their whole program. They never bothered me and they never bothered my son who was in school at the time. It seems that command presence is a real thing and can be a benefit.
Absolutely.