Some laughable thoughts relative to their naivety: I—David Cortright—am a taxpayer residing within the Los Altos School District. My tax dollars help to fund the public schools there. I believe I have a right to not only inspect testimony given in a public court proceeding relevant to the finances of these public schools, but also to share, discuss, and debate with other interested members of the community. Solo private inspection would prevent my ability to do this. Given that Bullis Charter School is asking taxpayers such as myself to pay them $1.5 million in attorney fees claiming that the outcome of this lawsuit was in the broad public interest, I am confused as to why they would fight to prevent public access to information relevant to that claim. Although Im not a lawyer or legal expert, I dont believe I need to give any justification for me to exercise my constitutional right that matters pertaining to government must be open and accessible to all. When BCS holds board meetings, anyone can attend and if they so choose video record the meeting and disseminate that recording publicly. BCS has itself just this month published video of Ken Moore clearly identifying him by name to promote their school. Countless government officials who serve might prefer to keep a lower profile, yet by taking on these positions they are knowingly placing themselves in the public domain. What he doesnt mention is that he is running up the tab for the taxpayers in the selfsame lawsuit. He posts how the Bullis side is having to spend money to fight his desire for video to play with. I am sure they are worried he will make animations and so forth to parody the situation. And whats the rush? Court cases are not supposed to be decided based on public opinion. This is not a governmental decision of the executive branch where the public an weigh in. This isnt legislation being made. There is a difference. Its about the same principle whereby the courts can prohibit videotaping of any proceeding with the presumption being on the side of no such public broadcast. Hasnt he been paying attention? This comes up all the time. And this $1.5 Million being sought is not a gain for Bullis. This is a reimbursement for funds spent to defend the public laws that LASD was found to have broken. It has nothing to do with their funding sources. Any private source at all is eligible to be reimbursed for this kind of win. LASD should have known this going into things, and they should realize the same applies to the future. They drag out all these legal actions and increase the legal fees and in the end they are very likely on the hook for them.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:00:31 +0000
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