BENNETTAPOLOOZA

AFTER MUCH NOISE, COMMITTEE PASSES SCHOOL BUDGET

A couple of things,

     That $18 K mentioned below is paid to the same company that employs the "journalist" that wrote       this story.
         $18,000 — the amount that would fund the program — from the superintendent’s public             relations account.

     Also that same company is paid an additional tens of thousands of dollars to produce two public          relations type magazine, "THE EDUCATOR" which I saw piles of last night because the last copy      was delivered too late in the school year to be distributed properly.

PLUS, doesn't it make you a wee bit ccurious why they choose to go with a picture of city hall to go with this story? The meeting was held at 100 BENNETT STREET at the LPS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

I don't know maybe they were hoping for a mayoral sighting since she was absent from this important meeting.

PATTI CAPANO, the vice-chair, apologized for the mayor's absence from this crucial meeting, citing a conflicting commitment. Honestly though, there are only a couple of excuses that might be valid (death or family emergency and of course if there was the need to give a sworn deposition in some ongoing criminal investigation)

Too much was at stake to passingly excuse her absence. Why she was being DERELICT (interesting choice of words) in her duties,