D 09192016 LDPCSD MEETING
VIDEO INTRODUCTION
Wes Barton has waited 5 months for information about an apparent financial discrepancy with figures (aka, numbers regarding actual individual well costs and reimbursements values that changed) PETE KAMPA furnished regarding the government grants for the groundwater well projects. The board has repeatedly stated it would furnish this information but has not thus far – so it was continued again to another meeting.
The issue of a discontinued POST RETIREMENT MEDICAL BENEFIT (which had been a non-issue for several years until KAMPA returned to LDPCSD) has taken another turn into darkness due to Kampa’s failure to locate an unbiased 3rd party to make that decision. WHAT DECISION? Everyone accepts that the benefits had been discontinued; were not funded; the two employees never questioned the issue…..then why didn’t Kampa just continue the original intent and goal (reduce costs) of that previous board policy instead of risking a possible 1/2 million dollars in further district liability? (Guess who pays for that?) None of this makes sense and I am sick to my stomach of the constant deception. The language of that policy was not an issue until KAMPA arrived and “interpreted a MAJOR FINANCIAL PROBLEM” that only he could solve. Just more KAMPA KRAPA of exploiting any vulnerability he can “creatively interpret” to his advantage.
Also quite Interesting is how the two most important items on this agenda were last. (Go figure huh? lol) Precious meeting time was wasted again listening to KAMPA slowly read his traditional late presented “reports” (not in the agenda packet and appears to be a repetitive stalling technique when necessary). Listening to “Uncle Kampa’s Reading Time” almost put everyone to sleep! I have never cared much for sitting in an uncomfortable steel chair listening to a person slowly reading something I can read for myself -especially with additional personal observations and side stories.
Perhaps such “reading time” is required since it was not in the agenda and one director has difficultly reading material that is not printed on blue paper, so I guess it could be a legally required disability accommodation thing – which is fine, I really don’t know – but it wastes much precious meeting time. Heck, that is even another reason to insure everything to be discussed in the meeting is in the previously distributed agenda packet so everyone can adequately prepare.
(Yes Stupidicus, both you and Moronicus are correct, page numbering would also be helpful to assure everyone would be on the same page. Thank you.)
Although the first break opportunity offered by Board President Danny Johnson was refused, the President later took a 5 minute break.
After the break Kampa clues President Johnson that he (Kampa) was worn out – so the board president attempts to speed through the last two items as quickly as possible. Even stated multiple times he’d make sure they’d be out in 10 minutes! Gee, sounds kind of orchestrated eh? Same method of operation as to how KAMPA obtained the position in the first place too.
Remember these lyrics to the Rolling Stones song Sympathy for the Devil: “PRACTICED AT THE ART OF DECEPTION”?
From my perspective these words would have made the perfect business motto for KAMPA & KOMPANY (should probably play it in the background every time “they” open their mouths explaining how hard they are working to solve the problems they support, create, and continue! not so lol
I didn’t catch the time the break started – there seemed to be much “instruction” from Board President Danny Johnson to Board Secretary Syndie Marchesiello regarding how the last agenda time was to be handled. Shouldn’t that have been during the meeting? Was this also on the OFFICIAL DISTRICT AUDIO RECORDING? (Like what Wes said about other records – we need a start, check point, and end…..time meeting recessed, and time meeting resumed. Haven’t we discussed this before?)
My best to you and yours, Lew
