Maybe this email is the sort of “threat” ex Chair Miernicki considered worthy of our hiring police to watch over our school board meetings. This one is directed at our new Chair Judy Seliga-Punyko.
A little background:
Mr. Nemmers has a website that exposes the wrongdoings of public officials and operates out of north central Minnesota. He got in touch with me and we had words – email words. Mr. Nemers did not regard me as being an ardent enough defender of Art Johnston. I stopped emailing him but didn’t discourage him from contacting Art’s antagonists on the school board. Mr. Nemers is not giving up.
He is a thorough researcher. I have written so many posts I’ve forgotten most of them but Mr. Nemers found one from 2010 that I’d long forgotten. It is remarkably current. Judy was eager to get rid of Gary Glass back in 2010 just as she is eager to rid herself of Art Johnston today.
Judy Seliga Punyko, Chair ISD 709:
First and foremost you are being put on notice that my Chapter 13 data requests for free electronic are not being fulfilled. Second you are put on notice that this email is my Chapter 13 data request for the audio for the ISD 709 01-05-15 board meeting. Email me the data. Finally, you are put on notice that I am demanding a written apology from you. You will issue the written apology on school board letter head. It will be a heartfelt apology for your passive-aggressive behavior. Your passive-aggressive behavior was hanging up the phone on me on after I identified myself. I fully expect that you will not apologize for your passive-aggressive behavior. So I will start making regular calls to (218) 525-4688. I will string all calls together and post them onto the internet to prove to the world that you are rude, indifferent, a hater of justice, and a malicious waster of time & resources.
Terry Dean, Nemmers
“The resolution drew a strong response from Burke’s attorney, Fred Finch, who said it was the first time he’d ever seen a school board censure someone “on the basis of a report that they didn’t allow the subject to see.” Attorney Jim Martin, who conducted the investigation, turned over his findings to Waldspurger last week. Burke said he and other board members were given a copy of the report’s executive summary on Friday, but said he had not seen the full report — which runs to hundreds of pages — until Waldspurger put a copy in front of him during Monday’s board meeting. Farmington school board votes to censure member Burke. The board also asked the county attorney to decide whether criminal charges should be pursued”. Article by: SARAH LEMAGIE , Star Tribune. Updated: December 14, 2010 – 12:00 AM.
[quoting my blog] “Board member Seliga-Punyko sent the Board members a copy of a story about the Farmington Minnesota School Board where the majority of the Board is attempting to publicly rebuke a Board member who asks too many questions. I suspect Judy longs to do the same to one of the minority Board members that she serves with. “an uncensored copy of [the Superintendent’s] employment contract†” Friday, December 17th, 2010. http://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=3415
