Friday, March 4, 2011

Board spokesperson - Board not required to notify public!

Gazette: Potomac farm may become soccer fields under Montgomery County proposal
Farmer has leased 20 acres for $1,300 annually for 31 years; county wants to lease land for $1,500 annually and build soccer fields
by Cody Calamaio | Staff Writer
...School system spokesman Dana Tofig said the only matter before the school board is the decision to execute a lease to the county. The school board does not control how the leased property would be used, and is not required to notify the public...

3 comments:

  1. This is the Apple Ballot team at its finest!

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  2. Wow. Don't you love MoCo Democracy in action!

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  3. RE: "School system spokesman Dana Tofig said the only matter before the school board is the decision to execute a lease to the county. The school board does not control how the leased property would be used, and is not required to notify the public."

    The Gazette might want to ask school system spokesman Dana Tofig to issue a Fact Check on himself. Ask Mr Tofig to please cite the specific law that gives authority to the Board to keep this from public discussion. However, the Gazette might have to consider that Mr Tofig's response may be negated by the overruling fact that Mr Tofig does not have authority to speak for the Board of Education. Mr Tofig would first have to cite the law that gives him authority to speak for the Board of Education. Mr Tofig is an employee of the MCPS and as noted above, was hired to speak for the school system, not the Board of Education.
    - Agnes Jones-Trower

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