I’ve spent the last couple hours reviewing the documents our attorney has prepared for the Sixth District Court. Some I had not yet read in full and I had not fully cross referenced what I had read with the many affidavits, all JCI/School District documents. I was once again taken aback by the simple and to my mind undeniable nature of every charge we’ve brought. The School District’s documents damn them.
I was struck once again by my friend Tim Grover’s opaque comment, “it is what it is.” Because in this case the “is” is a contract that was never bid out and that had never been seen by the Board when they authorized then Chair Wasson to sign it. The ever helpful Superintendent Dixon wrote to his board, “The terms and conditions and fees are identical to those outlined in the proposal you received for action.”
This was a lie pure and simple. The proposal Dixon was reminding the Board about was JCI’s offer to preform the LRFP’s preliminary work not including the building or implementation phase for $250,000. The plan Chair Wasson signed after the Board had been given this misinformation was for the implementation phase…..the phase which would end up costing $293 million dollars not $250,000. Maybe the Board understood this and Dr. Dixon’s letter was intended simply to provide the appearance that the District was following a routine protocol. (Although Tim Grover’s surprise when Gary Glass first showed him the master agreement suggests they didn’t understand this.)
I’ve speculated before about whether Dr. Dixon has encouraged his Board to consult attorneys. If he has found it so easy to lie to them about what they were approving – the stuff that punitive damages could be levied against them for approving – what are the odds he would downplay their vulnerability now? Hey, if they got cold feet they might not keep approving more contracts and designs. I guess that depends on how potent his Kool Aid is.
