A Lodi resident that pays a lot in taxes was turned away
from our Board meeting last night. He
took this picture showing people forced to wait outside while the meeting was
taking place.
What the picture doesn’t capture is all the people
that didn’t hang around. They were
turned away and left very upset.
The Board should do what they do in every other district-
use a school auditorium that can accommodate large crowds.
The “machine” denies access to public records. The “machine” shuts the public out of meetings. No transparency. They have something to hide.
Here is an email I submitted to the administration and
Board members on Saturday, September 23rd (I raised the issue many
times prior):
I believe there may be a capacity problem at
this Wednesday meeting. I heard some of my customers say today that
additional people will be attending the meeting to honor Emil Carafa. The
union members usually occupy our small meeting room.
I know residents were angry the last
time they were turned away.
Maybe the meeting should be relocated to a
school building that can accommodate the public.
