And the media enabled lynching continues....Sigh

Today Mr. Stephens, as a mouthpiece for the superintendent and the board of education, told the city that, “it’s time to redraw school zones throughout Huntsville.” 

 It's the paid job of the media we have to tell us what they want us to know, I guess it's my unpaid job to tell you what you need to know to in order to make informed decisions, so here goes.

District 6 Madison County Commissioner Robert "Bob" Harrison,  and District 1 Huntsville City Councilman Richard Showers, Sr. are going to rue the day they dared represent the people who elected them.  They are being called everything but a child of God investigated and prosecuted.  The latest salvo, under the capable command and control of Colonel Casey Wardynski and his cabinet (also known as the Board of mis-Education)was a  vote to conduct another audit of Harrison's now-defunct non-profit, and reclaim 40K in grant money.  Good luck with all of that.

OK, so that's what the school district, via the media, wants you know, let's get down to what you need to know about this media-enabled weapon of mass distraction from the real scandals.

Huntsville school leaders voted unanimously Thursday to approve a resolution requesting a forensic audit on some $40,000 awarded to a local non-profit. They also revealed they have turned the matter over to the Alabama Attorney General after uncovering more evidence of questionable practices.

What Dr. Wardynski doesn't know is the author of  this newly uncovered evidence of questionable practices is a fired, disgruntled, former employee of District 6 who never had the responsibilities claimed by the superintendent.

The money was awarded to employees of the Circle Project, an operation run by the non-profit connecting school students with social work programs.

The Circle Project was the brain child of former U.S. Congressman Robert Bud Cramer  operated through the National Children's Advocacy Center.  Cramer  asked Harrison take the project over because they no longer wanted to run the program out of the advocacy center.  After evaluating and reviewing the request to operate project through NWHCO, Harrison consented.

The program was housed in schools and provided community resources to parents and students needing assistance.  The BOE doesn't need a forensic audit to find out how the money was spent,    it was spent on parents and students needing assistance. FYI NWHCO is not and was not a so-called quasi-governmental operation, it is/was an IRS  certified 501c3.

This current scandal is a continuation of a previous scandal.  For those with a short memory, during this time former Madison County Commissioner Fay Dyer (R.) complained about Harrison spending some of his discretionary funds on "social services".

 "She doesn't like to see taxpayers' money used for what I use it for," he said, a reference to the programs run by his Northwest Huntsville Community Service Organization that help ex-felons, the poor and children....

Never mind some of the best legal minds in the city and county, and an internal audit cleared Harrison of any wrongdoing, it's easier for them to baffle the people with some Bull Poop  than investigate the real and present scandals.

Maybe this explains why District 1 School Board representative, Laurie McCaulley doesn't even try and represent the wishes of her constituents.  Who wants to be persecuted and prosecuted for doing the job you were elected to do?  I mean, really?

While I'm at it let me clear up another media-enabled misconception (for lack of a better word) concerning the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's so-called support of the Huntsville City Schools rezoning plan. If you notice the media keeps repeating the LDF (Legal Defense Fund) did not oppose the district's plan, inferring their support for the plan, but what they don't tell you is the special counsel for the plaintiffs (Norman J. Chachkin) is not opposed to the building plan because of penalties the BOE would incur if they don't start construction of the new Grissom and the new Johnson High Schools by a certain date, which may be why they are in a rush to start construction without proper environmental test for both sites.  The attorney reserved the right to oppose the rezoning plan and further litigate whatever issues they deem are in the best interest of the class.  In other words, the LDF has not dismissed this lawsuit, no matter what HCS via the media tells you. 

Also in the motion filed by HCS BOE, they request the courts' approval and DOJ agreement to build a new Johnson High School and a new Grissom High School (footnotes page 4).  The court did not approve, and the DOJ did not agree to close Johnson, renaming Johnson, or closing and combining Butler High School with Johnson High School.  The closing of Butler is part of the rezoning plan which the LDF reserved the right to oppose.

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