Today I learned that the Directors above Mary on this page have conspired to censure Mary Kelleher.
This censuring is scheduled to take place at 9:30 tomorrow, Tuesday, April 29 at the Tarrant Regional Water District's headquarters at 800 E. Northside Drive in Fort Worth.
What in the world has Mary Kelleher done to warrant this latest bout of abuse from her fellow board members?
I can think of some things that don't get a censure from the TRWD Board, that can not be what Mary has done.
For instance, I doubt Mary is being censured for being caught flagrante delicto with someone other than her spouse in the backseat of a car parked on the TRWD parking lot, because that is okay behavior in the TRWD Board's ethical world.
Mary can't be getting censured for any sort of nepotism, because it is well known that the TRWD Board has no problem with the corrupt practice of nepotism, while nepotism is frowned upon in ethical, democratic parts of the world.
Mary can't be being censured for being instrumental in a sweetheart deal to let someone build a restaurant on public property with out the sweetheart deal being an open bid type of opportunity, because the TRWD Board condones that type of shady deal.
Mary can't be being censured for coming up with a plan to buy some land from a financially strapped friend, followed by giving another sweetheart deal for someone's plan to build something silly, like the first drive-in movie theater of the 21st century, because the TRWD is totally okay with that type shady deal.
Mary can't be being censured for causing the public to lose a lot of money due to initiating an incompetent lawsuit aimed at taking water from Oklahoma, because the TRWD Board is totally okay with that type of waste of money, even if the case has to go all the way to the Supreme Court.
Mary can't possibly be being censured for asking to see some specific TRWD public documents, can she? The TRWD's censuring could not possibly be due to claiming Mary has caused conflict on the board, claiming this to be disruptive, can they?
Is this censuring of Mary Kelleher the latest and most blatant attempt by her fellow TRWD Board Members to shut Mary up?
I have long not been alone in wondering what it is that the TRWD Board is covering up that it goes to such extreme lengths to keep the public, through Mary, from seeing the public documents Mary has long been denied access to.
During the last TRWD election, the one where Mary won her seat with a record number of votes, I referred to the TRWD Board as cockroaches. Some thought this harsh. I thought it totally accurate. Cockroaches do not like light. Cockroaches go to extreme measures to keep out of the light.
It can be difficult to get rid of a cockroach infestation. I think we are seeing this currently in Fort Worth.
I have previously opined, and many agree with me, that Fort Worth suffers from not having a legitimate newspaper of record. The Star-Telegram functions like the old Soviet Union's Pravda, as in it is no longer a newspaper, but is instead, a propaganda purveyor.
I can tell you, with just about 100% certainty, that if this TRWD Board's cockroach-like behavior played out in other towns in which I have lived, those being towns on the West Coast with real newspapers, that those town's newspapers would be all over the TRWD Board's bad. unethical behavior. The TRWD would be hit with Freedom of Information requests, reporters would investigate the TRWD's shady dealings.
And Mary Kelleher would be a local hero, admired for her tenacity, while the TRWD Board Members, who tried to censure Mary, would be reviled as not being fit to be in a position of public trust.
And don't get me started on what any of the towns I have lived in on the West Coast's newspapers would have done with the absurd Trinity River Vision Boondoggle, with its absurd hiring of a local congresswoman's unqualified son to run the project.
I really believe Fort Worth suffers because the majority of the people have never lived in a town with a real newspaper that looks out for the public's best interest, and so they don't know what their town is missing and thus don't insist that their town's newspaper acts like one......
UPDATE: Tuesday, April 29, 2014, the TRWD Board actually followed through on the censure of Mary Kelleher, to boos from protesters and threats from the TRWD Board to remove the booing supporters of Mary Kelleher.
Interesting that the girlfriend of one of the TRWD Board Members, while she serving as board President at Fort Worth ISD, did the same thing to Dr. Ann Sutherland for asking too many questions.... SOOOOO Many secrets about to be spilled on board members and the staff at TRWD.... God Bless Private Investigators... Game On!
ReplyDeleteI work late on Mondays, and, as you can see by the time I submitted this comment, it is extremely unlikely that I will be up in time to attend the censuring ceremony. So I hope you go and tell us what happened. Will there be a public flogging, confinement in stocks, a water boarding? Anxiously awaiting your report from the proceedings.
ReplyDeleteMarty Leonard is the fairly well-known girlfriend/partner of FWISD trustee Judy Needham, who is the Vic Henderson of the school district and pulled the same idiotic censure against the lone trustee Dr. Ann Sutherland who was also "censure" for the same crimes: asking for more transparency in leadership actions and disclosure of documents. The Fort Worth Way at work again.
ReplyDeleteJD,say howdy to your mama for me. You are the second person to mention this Ann Sutherland censure and its connection to the same type bad behavior by the TRWD Board. If I remember right the previous comment about this came via email. I tell you, Fort Worth really is a gift that keeps on giving. Most of the locals just don't realize what a wonderfully corrupt town they live in. Southern Gothic. Is that the term for it?
ReplyDeleteOh, I really need to take notes. The previous mention of the Ann Sutherland Scandal was a comment to this same blog post, not an email, that being the first comment, above, from John Basham.
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