Kate: Thank you! For way too long, too many small minded hypocritical people have been at work in much of Morrisville, and it's nice to see the rock lifted off of some of them to see exactly how they work.
The "People's Board" is nothing of the kind. The people are left out in secrecy and back room deals for board member buddies, cronies, and contacts.
It may not be Tom Cruise who is the school board's "Top Gun", but Emperor William "Maverick" Hellmann CPA is. He loves rules...sit down, shut up...but when the rules apply to him? "Rules? We don't need no stinkin' rules!" I wonder if he says that to the IRS when one of his clients is audited?
You all know that if the board had voted to table the $2500 payment, then defeasement would have failed, right? That's why the Emperor was emphatic in his continued less than sotto-voce "NO" as the tabling question continued to be called. Without a payment, there was no report. Without a report, there was no defeasement.
Have you read the Hellmann Report? It tells us NOTHING that we did not already know. The "inspection" was also a sham. It was not an "inspection" (think white-gloved Marine master sergeant) but a "tour" (think a stroll through the park). The list of what they didn't do is impressive.
I would hope that even some of the Q are embarrassed by the Emperor's activities to date.
Kate Fratti also makes one more mention in her column. It's about halfway through where the Hellmann supporters say he's a decent man so immersed in the business world that he doesn't understand democratic government. Let me get this straight...Hellmann, who was the elected Morrisville borough controller, doesn't understand government? Maybe someone should be independently auditing the books on Union Street as well as on Palmer Avenue.
