Dats da way demb young mens be.
Posted on 06/18/2010 4:42:19 PM PDT by Kieri
DETROIT -- School board members refused Friday to reinstate the group's former president, who resigned a day earlier following allegations he fondled himself repeatedly in front of the district's general superintendent.
The board members gave Otis Mathis a letter stating his request for reinstatement has been denied.
Vice President Anthony Adams said Friday that Mathis submitted a letter of resignation to the board Thursday afternoon -- the same day district Superintendent Teresa Gueyser filed a complaint of improper behavior.
Gueyser alleges that during a meeting in her office, Mathis had his hands down his pants and was fondling himself for 20 minutes.
"During the discussion, President Mathis began to stroke his genital area with his right hand," Gueyser wrote.
Adams announced Mathis' resignation and said it was effective immediately and that it reportedly involved health reasons.
"It is with great regret that I submit this letter of resignation from the Detroit Board of Education, effective immediately. Due to health issues, I'm unable to continue to serve; however, the strong passion that I have for public education remains. I am fully committed and dedicated to public education," he wrote in his resignation letter.
But on Friday, Mathis' sent a letter admitting that he acted "inappropriate actions toward a professional employee of the board."
"I deeply regret my actions," it stated.
Mathis also asked for his resignation to be rescinded.
Watch: DPS School Board President Asks For Resignation Rescinded
Gueyser said this was not the first time Mathis has behaved improperly. She said she has had to leave meetings before and refuses to shake his hand because of similar incidents.
"This is the usual habit of President Mathis during any private meeting with me before he became President of the Board of Education and after."
A spokeswoman for financial manager Robert Bobb has confirmed a police investigation into the allegations has been launched.
Mathis was attending a court hearing on another matter Friday and declined comment when approached by reporters.
Mathis was elected to the board several years ago and became its president this year.
Adams now moves into that role.
"The conduct as alleged is reprehensible. This board will not accept it. This board has a zero-tolerance policy," Adams said.
That was quite a loaded post. LOL!
He probably can’t even spell masturbation. According to the article, there have been reports that he may be illiterate.
OOooooh, it gets better!!
From the Detroit newspapers:
At least one DPS board member said today he has no problem with Mathis remaining on the board amid allegations that he fondled himself in a meeting with the superintendent.
Reverend David Murray said Mathis took responsibility for his bad behavior toward Gueyser.
“He’s a young man; maybe he didn’t know it was offensive to her,” Murray said of the 55-year-old Mathis. “It’s not something I would do. He’s a young man. That’s just the way it is.”
Yes, folks, THESE are the people working to educate the future Detroit!!
Just when you think Detroit could not get any more fouled up.........
And I live in Southern Calif
Black-on-black crime. Another black man, being abused, getting beat down or beat up, or just beat.
From Ace of Spades, some examples of e-mails this genius wrote.....
“Do DPS control the Foundation or outside group? If an outside group control the foundation, then what is DPS Board row with selection of is director? Our we mixing DPS and None DPS row’s, and who is the watch dog?”
“If you saw Sunday’s Free Press that shown Robert Bobb the emergency financial manager for Detroit Public Schools, move Mark Twain to Boynton which have three times the number seats then students and was one of the reason’s he gave for closing school to many empty seats.”
Oh, man! “He’s a young man,” at 55? These people have to be fictional.
Thanks for posting. Sheesh!
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Sounds like Otis Mathis got creamed!
http://www.collinsreport.net/2010/04/19/maybe-they-should-start-filming-survivor-detroit%e2%80%9d/
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You ain’t going to believe this one.
Dats da way demb young mens be.
I believe it.
“This is the usual habit of President Mathis during any private meeting with me before he became President of the Board of Education and after.”
OK, my first reaction was ewwwww...
Now, while the action of this disgusting creep is reprehensible — I’m glad the Board didn’t honor his reinstatement request (he really must be insane to even ask) - what was with the fellow board member (the woman) to allow it to continue for as long as it did?
Numerous meetings over the course of what sounds like several years? Even if she could tolerate his behavior didn’t she perhaps think it was important to get a sick man OUT of the area of working with children?
I think she needs some help as well, and someone should replace her, too. Obviously her judgement in a host of areas is impaired.
[And, if she truly is psychologically a victim of this perverted psycho (perhaps due to growing up in an abusive situation which can make some people impotent to address issues like this) then I mean to tell her that getting help would be a good thing for her - not in a mean way...]
The only problem is, it would need to be called “Death in Detroit”, because I don’t think there’d be any survivors at the end. [This would be a great skit on SNL, though]
I’ve thought of several explanations, none of them convincing enough to repeat. Hamlet had mankind pegged.
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