No doubt they were inspired by the Duluth School Board:
The evening’s most bizarre moment came when Helmberger handed Rutzick a copy of the district’s official board minutes from Feb. 14, 2011, which showed that the original Jan. 31 motion to close the Orr School had been subsequently rescinded by a 4-3 board vote. Those same Feb. 14 minutes also indicated that a motion to delay the closure of the Orr School until 2012 was approved, again 4-3. Helmberger questioned school administrators’ authority to close the Orr School, based on the district’s official minutes.
Caught off guard, school officials huddled later with their attorney for about 20 minutes, then reopened the hearing with two new witnesses. Board members Chet Larson and Bob Larson both testified that the minutes were apparently in error. When asked if they had approved the minutes, attorney Knutson said the board was not going to answer that question.
