What's THE REAL STORY HERE in Mesa? When all the pulp-fiction and manipulated media narratives are over and done, it all boils down to Mesa City Manager Chris Brady, who is the city's chief executive officer - what happens here happens on his watch. That's more than 15 years now as story-after-story breaks in local and national news. It's time to get clean, stop scrubbing the books, and if you want to see some "dirty laundry" there's plenty. This one is from yesterday
New spending audit shows Mesa schools superintendent's staff salaries nearly doubling
Posted: 8:18 AM, Feb 12, 2020
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HOLD ON!
This sounds so very familiar - very familiar - to a story last year about what they said were "financial irregularities" in the close circle of friends working for the former Superintendent of Mesa Public Schools Michael Cowan.
He resigned ostensibly to "go on a mission" to an undisclosed location responding to a calling from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. No criminal charges were either pursued or followed in that case - they have a generation-old bad habit of "circling the wagons" to protect one of their own. It's the same thing all over again!
Here's the new excuse:
"The Governing Board did not have a full picture of the facts at the outset. In many cases, pertinent details were not disclosed that would have allowed the board to make informed decisions. . ."
Surely a weak and disinguous disclaimer that the members of the Mesa Schools Governing Board - 4 who also graduated from BYU - 'did not have a full picture of the facts."
DUH !
It's the same old tired dishonest Play-Book all over again.
Period.
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It goes like this (same rhetoric used for Maricopa County Assessor scandal) or just change the names and dates:
> The Mesa Public Schools Governing Board voted to place Superintendent Dr. Ember Conley on paid administrative leave last November following concerns within the district
> The district assigned Dr. Conley to paid administrative leave on November 18 and initiated an internal audit.
Appoint someone (preferably someone from inside the system)
> A message about the report was posted on the Mesa website by Interim Superintendent Pete Lesar Wednesday morning, addressing what's to come after the findings
SAY NOTHING TO MEDIA DURING THE INTERNAL DISCUSSION
> The district, however, did not answer our questions regarding if any legal action would be taken.
> Delay as much as you can and hope it all just goes away, unless it all comes back to bite you
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BLOGGER NOTE: Thanks to the Freedom of Information Action that require disclosure, the ABC15 Staff got this information, not naming any names.
At Monday's Mesa City Council Study Session the mayor and City Manager Chris asked the council to approve A PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTION for City Auditor Files and papers
