John, no one is even hearing you anymore. No one is interested in your political deflection. What you have done to the teachers and tax payers of this community is unforgivable. You have overseen a shell game where it appears the intent is to show the financial picture as dire as possible in order to justify treating our teachers and support staff poorly and then get a review at a school board meeting that shows things are not as bad as your justification for your actions. And here, in this article, it is somehow the teacher's unions fault that you have hired inept people at huge salaries who you have no faith in providing valid numbers to work from and a labor attorney to act as a blocking dummy to the whole collaberative process. As a board, instead of directing administration to work hand in hand with the people effected by a tight budget year and find the least damaging way that everyone could bite the bullet together with minimal impact to the classroom, you have decided that you would establish a regime where John Dick can do what he wants and put in place measures to make sure no one can get to you. With my tax dollars. It must be the Union's fault for defending a contract that you directed to be negotiated and voted to accept unanimously as a board. Hopefully this election cycle will clear out both Duncan and Andy. Your re-election cycle can't come soon enough.