As a board member, I refrained from speaking on many
issues with the public. Since I am being
vilified for my free speech pertaining to this blog, I believe the taxpayers of
Lodi have the right to know what I was doing behind the scenes which led to me
being targeted. Below is one of many
emails where I was looking out for the Lodi taxpayers and calling out
abuses. The
current board attorney and the “interims” took complete advantage of the Lodi
taxpayers over the summer and beyond. Other board members sat
silent because they thought it would be a reflection on them if the abuses came
to light since they were responsible for the appointments and the chaos of not having a superintendent for the month of July. As I was targeted for blog posts, I was the
one board member actually reviewing payroll, vouchers, contracts, etc. and
calling out abuses no matter who was involved. The public can see for itself that the attack on my blog was a smokescreen created by those abusing the system.
September 17, 2019, 8:06 PM
Hi Dr. Fedina,
I have reviewed the attached vouchers for Mr. Brown's meeting attendance. I matched them to our approved meeting minutes.
June 25, 2019- Mr. Brown billed from 4:00- 8:45 (minutes 6:00-8:29)
June 26, 2019- Mr. Brown billed from 4:00-11:45 (minutes 7:00-11:29)
July 1, 2019- Mr. Brown billed from 6:00-8:45 (minutes 7:00-8:27)
July 5, 2019- Mr. Brown billed from 5:15-7:00 (minutes 6:00-7:04)
July 10, 2019- Mr. Brown billed from 7:00-8:30 (minutes 7:00-8:28)
July 17, 2019- Mr. Brown billed from 4:00-7:00 (minutes 6:00-6:53)
August 5, 2019- Mr. Brown billed from 4:00-9:45 (minutes 6:00-9:35)
Mr.
Brown has been paid 11.5 hours more than length of our meetings. I have
attached his contract. We are not required to pay him for any waiting
time before our meetings. I don't know if that is Frank Quatrone's
signature on the first two vouchers but he was already gone by 7/5/19. My signature appears on the 7/18/19 voucher.
I don't recall signing it or ever seeing a meeting time from 4:00 to
7:00. I first questioned Mr. Brown about my payroll concerns in early
July.
Other concerns:
Mr.
Brown opened mail addressed to me from the School Ethics Commission on
two occasions. He didn't give me my first mail for over a month after
receiving it. I had to ask him for my second mail weeks after he
received it.
Mr. Brown signed a contract with
the board attorney on the behalf of the board and never provided us a
copy (I received it yesterday). Signatures are not dated. Mr. Brown
did not allow for the board president's signature. He did not ask us if
we agreed to the terms.
Mr. Brown has stated to me that his office received prices for work appearing on bills only for __________ to send me emails later stating that no prices were sought or received.
Ryan Curioni
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