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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Board requests permanent suspension of Acevedo

The School Board Tuesday night voted unanimously to petition the governor to permanently suspend Schools Superintendent Randy Acevedo "pending removal by the Florida Senate."

The petition will be sent to Gov. Charlie Crist this week, once attorney Latour L.T. Lafferty delivers it to Tallahassee. Though Acevedo would have a hearing in the state Senate before bein...

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In amongst all this talk and banter,

there appears to be a considerable amount of red-herring and straw man fallacies being flung about. Anything, I suppose, to look good at this point; as they are all hanging on by their fingernails to the positions they presently occupy. Watch closely within the next few weeks as the fur begins to fly among them...it will be a vicious game that resembles 'musical chairs' as they pull the rug (or chair) out from under one another one-by-one. Wait and see...

The entire

School Board allowed the "P" Card system to flourish and still condone it's use. Even without any abuse it lends itself to over-spending that is costing taxpayers an unknown amount of dollars. I say unknown because they won't review the system to see what money they could save buying in bulk based on what was bought the years before.

It's so ironic...

... that the same people who used to criticize John Dick and Steven Pribramsky for asking financial questions and "micro-managing" the administration are now blaming the only two board members who asked questions for not finding out sooner that the Acevedos were robbing the district blind! All they got for so many months was BS from the administration and grief from their detractors. They were right to ask questions! Your ilk was wrong then to criticize them and obstruct their mission. How do you now have the nerve to say they are to blame because they should have found out earlier? They did not steal the money. Those criticizing Pribramsky and Dick should be ashamed of themselves.

No one other than the

No one other than the Acevedos [allegedly] stole money. The majority of the Schol Board acted as they should have and researched the matter before acting. Dick and Pribramski did nothing special except violate the Sunshine Laws. They should go or clean up their act.

Not True

There were many other acts of negligence by several administrators that have been documented in the forensics report that actually helped to enable the Acevedos' theft. You obviously haven't read the report because although what the other administrators did wasn't illegal it shows that they are for the most part grossly incompetent.

Cassander: More Bizarre Than The Onion

I just read thirty-seven tortured, mostly bizarre posts commenting on this article and I feel like I just finished reading The Onion.

If these are really the candid views of adult citizens of the keys who vote and are free to breed at will, I fear for our future.

Cassander

Free to Breed?

I guess we know who you support. So, people expressing their feelings about corruption scares you more than the corruption? And how many puppies have you bred?

Cassander: Spoken Like A True Lib

Not surprisingly, you missed the point of my post entirely. My comment was directed at the general shallowness of opinions expressed in this thread (yes, there is a difference between "opinions" and "feelings") and, although you might guess, there is no way for you to infer my "support" from what I wrote.

Your reference to "feelings" was partially on-message but you forgot to mention "the children" and "working families" (Give Jimmy Weekly a call; he can give you lessons in all of that lib lingo).

If your childish question about puppies was intended to insult me, you failed. However, it does illustrate the point of my original post.

Cassander

We have a jury? has this

We have a jury? has this trial started moving forward? I keep waiting to see a "breaking news" item but I got nada. anyone?

GOOD BYE

NA NA NA NA NA, NA NA NA NA, HEY HEY HEY, GOOD BYE!!!!!

Na Na

One too many Na Na's , but, good point. Can you do the wave to that? Maybe at the first football game on Friday.

DEBRA WALKER

" I ask this to be put on a hurry-up basis" she said " we need to move forward". What a joke she did everything she could to hinder the school board from doing the right thing a long time ago. She should hurry-up and resign. Now.

um, how do you think she has been on the board so long?

every politician worth his or her salt knows that you must talk out of both sides of your mouth to get elected. duh! you people up in key largo should be embarrassed to have this women represent your district for so many years running. what's wrong, can't find an honest person from up there to fill her shoes?

Not surprising

Just look at Walker's list of campaign donors and you'll understand why she had to be dragged kicking and screaming into admitting something was wrong. It reads like a "Who's Who" of the district office in Key West.

Absolutely....

This two faced politician has no one but her own personal interests in mind. Election day will come for her....just not soon enough...

BUM FARTO

Randy and Monique Acevedo should pull a Bum Farto and disappear while they still can. Randy won`t do any time but Monique will do 5 to 10. They should run for it now. It would save the Taxpayers Money.

BUM FARTO

Funny, people still want to bring up Bum. Reminds me of an old Asst.City Manager that used to think it was funny to make Bum Farto references. Now, as I watch him stumble deeper into senility, maybe all those candles Bum lit are working. NOW THATS FUNNY

Bum Farto

Fugitive, coke dealer, count up the list of adjectives and he still did more for the youth of this community than 90% of the people posting comments. His family is still here, still doing, while your great aunt Martha is in BF Ohio, same place you'll end up sucking up tractor dust. We built it, we own it, and we take great pleasure watching your rear end when you leave. This should P--- you off but at the end of it all... YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE!!!!!!!!!

Mandate boy Randy is in big trouble whether he is found guilty

not! If I was his croanies from henriquez to sunny Booker I would be putting out resumes!

From Everything I Read and Hear...

Sounds like Randy would make a great county commissioner! Maybe he can move north and run for Neugent's seat!

It's about time! Next get rid of the rest of the perps such as

Henriquez and the others that allowed this to happen. And also get rid of Frankie St. James contract, and all her relatives. Henriquez family needs to be gone. McPherson family - gone. No more nepotism.

and

you know so much. glad you are in the keys. Now go home.

Grow up...

you sound like a three year-old with your "go home" babble.

I 'm bored with the tired Conch 'go home' comment too.

They're like bullies who have suddenly found they have no power. They start with the childish crap. Thanks for calling this childish poster out.

Raw Nerve?

Exactly how much does the Henriquez family soak the taxpayers for every year? Bookie, his son and all their relatives who work for the school system? Probably makes what Monique stole look like chump change. No wonder they are hanging on for dear life!

He gave them an education

He gave them an education and they ran with it. They have a passion for what they do. I work for one and she is doing a great job. That woman puts in many hours and runs a tight ship and has well qualified employees. She earned her degree and deserves every ounce of respect. Bottom line they earn their keep.

" I worked for one"

You just proved my point. The only ones who support them are people like you who owe them a debt, are related, or who have some other connection to them. They are shaming all conchs!

Who paid for that education?

makes you go hmmmmm! Although if I were Bookie, I would want my money back from Mikey!

Where does Sunny Booker get her info?

As recently as this morning and for the last couple of weeks health groups are saying there won't be enough swine flu shots to give to everyone. They are advocating regular flu shots to help keep most of the population relatively safe (not weakening the immune system to be able to fight off swine flu later, if exposed). Right now the high risk groups are elderly, children (under 9 I believe), pregnant women, and health workers.

If he comes back......

then it's critical that we citizens ensure that school board members are replaced as needed as they come up for re-election. It's time we had a board that provides strong supervision. In fact, the school superintendent should be HIRED not elected.

The Board

The problem is that our School Board has their hands tied because the Super is Elected and has too much power, if the super were appointed that Fat Cat would have been gone ages ago and his tribe of Bubba's.

The People Want the Board OUT!

The board is just as responsible for this horrific scandal as well as the district administration. The whole district is still on edge and will continue to be until everyone involved is OUT.

Another psycho conch comment!

How about speaking the truth about the board. The gang of three. Need to go! John and Steve need to stay! John should be board chairman!

John Welsh

Our favorite SNITCH, John Welsh, should run for school board once he retires from KWHS! Use the Force John! Steve and Dick would love to have you on their side!

Mr. Dick does not have the

Mr. Dick does not have the ability to be Chariman. He broke the sunshine laws.

And here's another pyscho conch comment!

John and Steve had their heads in the sand when Monique was robbing the district if not she would have been caught sooner. They all need to go!

I think you people need a brain transplant

because obviously yours does not function. They tried constantly to draw attention to all the money problems and waste and misuse in the district but Griffiths said they were 'micromanaging'.

You people are going to learn once and for all that you cannot steal from the taxpayers and get away with it anymore. There are no excess funds now and it's all getting leaner and leaner. The waste is going to be uncovered at all levels.

Just the opposite,

Just the opposite, Griffiths, Walker and Matthewson have acted in a manner that is completely appropriate. They lead without malice and have done exactly the right thing to get through this terrible mess. Pribramsky and Dick are under investigation for Sunshine law violations. Dick acts out of personal vengence. (Now watch the wackos reply.)

Finally!!!! Bubba support! Randy will win even if he is guilty!

We bubbas will wrestle conch land back from you carpert baggers! We will run Monroe county the way we wanna run it! Andy griffiths should stay on as chairman he is a bubba! He is the reason we should hve the whole county commision and the school board all bubbas. We bubbas know how to run the county and spend our tax dollars! What Randy did was not wrong. If Monique paid back the money she has not committed a crime! Yeah baby Bubba power!

Bubba Power?

Give me a break. Your comment is an embarrasment to most conchs. The conchs I know are ashamed of what Bookies cronnies Randy and Monique have done. Are you a complete idiot or just stupid. Stealing from children and lying to cover up what your wife does is a crime and this Bubba is not buying your lame excuses.Your "bubba" crap has ruined this place and our ancestors would roll over in their graves if they heard this BS

Finally

Now the rest of us honest key west citizens can see how stupid the fat and eregant bubbas are they cant win against the true key west klan.

Now watch the wackos reply

I think we just did.

I don't know who your 'the people' are, but Gang of Three must

GO! Keep John Dick and Steve Pribramsky. If it weren't for them, this mess would still be going on and we'd be none the wiser, and the Acevedos would have more crap in their home bought on our tax dollars, thanks to Monique and Randy's excessive greed.

D & P did NOTHING

other than violate the Sunshine law. Dick and Pribramski did absolutely NOTHING, repeat NOTHING to stop this graft by the Acevedo's. Kathy Reitzel finally did her job as per existing board policy and brought this mess forward. Griffiths, Walker and Matthewson have acted appropriately in this matter. (More wackos will reply below.)

Not so fast

They kept asking questions and would have stumbled upon it sooner or later. Now I would like to ask you what would have happened if we didn't have John D. & Steve P. Do you think the rest of the board would have had the nerve to follow through on the investigation and get Acevedo out there? I don't think so. Andy would have caved, Debra would have done whatever Randy wanted, and Duncan would have sold out so Tina could get a district job running band camp. So you should be thankful that John & Steve are on the board but I understand you just can't get over the fact that they have right all along and you have been so WRONG!

Worse

What would have been even worse would have been if Lydia Estanoz and Luis Gonzalez had won those Board positons over Pribramsky and Dick in the last election. It would then have been a "Gang of Five" in favor of business as ususal.

Wish the auditors would dig deeper

Gonzalez Landscaping has gotten "sweet deals" as one of Acevedo's avid Marathon supporters. What about roofing issues? Does anyone know who got new roofs on their homes after Hurricane Wilma using school district insurance money?

CHANGE IS HERE

Finally, the winds of change have arrived. The new Superintendent seems to bring a new attitude with him and the Acevedo is out. The students of this county may finally have top priority again. The next change--have JOHN DICK as Chairman of the School Board. Two competent people leading our schools will restore needed confidence.

If found

Not guilty Randy will be back

Sorry to inform you,

but the auditors have already found Randy guilty.
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