I have written on numerous occasions about the “corrupt black political culture” in Detroit that has been sucking the life out of Detroit for decades and I also reported that since Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sent away to jail, the voters of Detroit elected a honest, non-politician Dave Bing as mayor and a city council that appears to be fresh, intelligent, honest and caring about the city BUT…
There are vestiges of the former culture that still exist and in this case, in the form of the Detroit School Board which is fighting a loosing battle to preserve that culture of incompetence and corruption.
The school board has been fighting for its very existence with an emergency manager appointed by the state to sweep out that culture and bring Detroit schools to a functioning level. Robert Bobb is a strong manager and does not take any shit from the board and in fact is supporting efforts to do away with the board and give the mayor power over Detroit schools – I wholeheartedly agree with that move but back to the current elected school board.
The president of this school board, one Otis Mathis, was recently exposed as someone who could not compose a proper sentence. Looking into his history, he did get a degree from Wayne State University but only after they removed a graduation exam that tested one’s fluency in the English language. He actually sued the university on the grounds that the graduation exam was somehow racially motivated.
In all fairness, I remember taking the exam but also tutoring some friends taking the exam who were very well versed in math and science but weak in English.
Otis Mathis recently added to his resume a charge of lewd behavior by improperly touching (fondling) himself while meeting with women, specifically with the female school superintendant. He has subsequently resigned, tried to un-resign and then was arrested on a sexual harassment charge.
The Reverend David Murray (Reverend is his first name) who is a member of the school board, defended Mathis (56) as a young man still learning basic rules of deportment – can you believe it.
The school board had a choice for president; a black academic officer at the University of Michigan or Mathis and they picked Mathis, why? Because Mathis is part of their culture and the other guy was not.
The scary part is that these school board members that will soon lose their jobs when the board is eliminated will run for some other elected office to continue living off the city while giving the city nada. I hope Detroit voters remember these bozos in the next elections and make sure they don’t serve the city ever again.
There are vestiges of the former culture that still exist and in this case, in the form of the Detroit School Board which is fighting a loosing battle to preserve that culture of incompetence and corruption.
The school board has been fighting for its very existence with an emergency manager appointed by the state to sweep out that culture and bring Detroit schools to a functioning level. Robert Bobb is a strong manager and does not take any shit from the board and in fact is supporting efforts to do away with the board and give the mayor power over Detroit schools – I wholeheartedly agree with that move but back to the current elected school board.
The president of this school board, one Otis Mathis, was recently exposed as someone who could not compose a proper sentence. Looking into his history, he did get a degree from Wayne State University but only after they removed a graduation exam that tested one’s fluency in the English language. He actually sued the university on the grounds that the graduation exam was somehow racially motivated.
In all fairness, I remember taking the exam but also tutoring some friends taking the exam who were very well versed in math and science but weak in English.
Otis Mathis recently added to his resume a charge of lewd behavior by improperly touching (fondling) himself while meeting with women, specifically with the female school superintendant. He has subsequently resigned, tried to un-resign and then was arrested on a sexual harassment charge.
The Reverend David Murray (Reverend is his first name) who is a member of the school board, defended Mathis (56) as a young man still learning basic rules of deportment – can you believe it.
The school board had a choice for president; a black academic officer at the University of Michigan or Mathis and they picked Mathis, why? Because Mathis is part of their culture and the other guy was not.
The scary part is that these school board members that will soon lose their jobs when the board is eliminated will run for some other elected office to continue living off the city while giving the city nada. I hope Detroit voters remember these bozos in the next elections and make sure they don’t serve the city ever again.
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