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Otis Mathis, Detroit School Board Chief, Resigns Amid Complaint
AP (via FoxDetroit.com) ^ | June 18, 2010 | AP

Posted on 06/19/2010 1:32:30 PM PDT by Comparative Advantage

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 superintendent.

"I have made inappropriate actions toward a professional employee of the board," Mathis wrote in a letter to new board President Anthony Adams announcing his resignation. "I deeply regret my actions."

In a 2-page letter to the board, Gueyser detailed Mathis' action during a private meeting Wednesday about contracts and other matters in school board offices. She said she tried to ignore him and on several occasions "asked him not to touch himself."

"During the discussion, President Mathis began to stroke his genital area with his right hand," Gueyser wrote, adding that Mathis made similar gestures during past meetings.

Gueyser's letter, dated Wednesday, said Mathis fondled his genital area for about 20 minutes during the meeting and she used papers to block her view.

Mathis unzipped his pants, then pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and placed it "in the zipper area of his pants, appearing to wipe himself," according to the letter. He later began "moving his hand as if to be masturbating in front of me," she wrote

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mathis; otismathis
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Might this be culturally ingrained behavior? For instance, I've seen it with some hip hop music performers. /s
1 posted on 06/19/2010 1:32:31 PM PDT by Comparative Advantage
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To: Comparative Advantage

Okay, who has a pic of President Mathis?

MM


2 posted on 06/19/2010 1:35:00 PM PDT by MississippiMan (http://gogmagogblog.wordpress.com/)
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To: Comparative Advantage

Imagine any school board chief doing this...and just thinking that he will get away with this. The guy has to have a drinking or drug problem...that goes hand-in-hand with this.


3 posted on 06/19/2010 1:35:14 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Comparative Advantage

Hands on kind of guy.


4 posted on 06/19/2010 1:37:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Comparative Advantage

“For instance, I’ve seen it with some hip hop music performers.”

Diversity makes us strong!/s


5 posted on 06/19/2010 1:42:17 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: MississippiMan

Here you go.

6 posted on 06/19/2010 1:44:08 PM PDT by Hardraade (I want gigaton warheads now!!)
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To: Comparative Advantage

Nature versus nurture?


7 posted on 06/19/2010 1:44:46 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: cripplecreek

He say Baraq doin the hand jive during the Tuesday speech.


8 posted on 06/19/2010 1:47:12 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Comparative Advantage

This is the same guy that can barely write coherent English. Amazingly enough, that wasn’t a firing offense.


9 posted on 06/19/2010 1:48:54 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Comparative Advantage

These people are in CHARGE in Detroit. Anyone still wonder why the city is a disaster?


10 posted on 06/19/2010 1:49:26 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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"During the discussion, President Mathis began to stroke his genital area with his right hand," Gueyser wrote...

Gueyser? Oh, man.

11 posted on 06/19/2010 1:51:13 PM PDT by Crawdad (Obamacare will lead to back-alley physicals.)
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Is he the same guy who couldn't put a coherent paragraph together?
12 posted on 06/19/2010 1:52:24 PM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Professional Politicians are a Threat to the Republic! Remove them on 11-3-10!)
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The dude’s a perv, and this kind of behavior shouldn’t be tolerated in any public place.


13 posted on 06/19/2010 1:52:51 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Democrats = authoritarian socialists)
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Detroit Public Schools are a disgrace.

Spending per pupil: 91st percentile

Teacher Salaries: 96th percentile

Student Performance: 3rd percentile.

Enough said.

14 posted on 06/19/2010 1:58:51 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President)
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Impressive stats.

The “Great Society” has achieved results the KKK could only dream of.

Maybe B. Hussein Obama will show up for a “Mission Accomplished” photo op.


15 posted on 06/19/2010 2:02:38 PM PDT by nascarnation
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They have “pride” days in the public schools to glorify worse behavior and teach “toleration”.

I guess massive brainwashing hasn’t yet changed the morality of the people who dismissed this guy, but the future adults are on the road to getting rid of all sexual morality through the “toleration” and “non-judgmental” programs forced on our young people.

The Brave New World describes well a society which throws out Judeo-Christian morality so there are no sexual taboos. It is really a sick place where no sane person would want to live.


16 posted on 06/19/2010 2:06:11 PM PDT by savagesusie
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Such people are fools, and should be widely regarded as fools.


17 posted on 06/19/2010 2:10:29 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Democrats = authoritarian socialists)
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To: Comparative Advantage

They got him to resigned, huh? Guess he got creamed.


18 posted on 06/19/2010 2:10:49 PM PDT by shiva
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It is hard to tell what he was doing without a picture of what he was confronted with. Who knows..he could have had some itchy form of STD that just had to be itched..or an inspiration.
Any pics of the accuser your honor..? The jury is still deliberating.


19 posted on 06/19/2010 2:21:25 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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Is he the same guy who couldn't put a coherent paragraph together?

Yes

He failed the English Proficiency Exam required at Wayne State University more than a dozen times.

They removed the requirement so he received his degree.

20 posted on 06/19/2010 2:34:46 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President)
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