“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...]
I’ve thought of several explanations, none of them convincing enough to repeat. Hamlet had mankind pegged.