RSM mayor recalls surreal experience as Fleming-era trustees praised Fleming on the very day the DA raided his offices

May 25, 2007 Filed in: Beall, Tony
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Tony Beall, The Los Angeles Times "And what did they do when I sat down? I got called a liar 17 times by elected trustees. They stood up one by one praising him as the greatest superintendent they'd ever known. They gave him a standing ovation, and I felt like I was in 'The Twilight Zone.' "

Beall was the last public speaker to address the Board of Trustees and Fleming at Fleming's final board meeting last summer. Just hours before, district attorney's investigators raided Fleming's office and took computers and files. Beall urged the board not to let Fleming leave with a sweet retirement package. Beall asked the board to terminate Fleming and, in the short term, put him on administrative leave. Beall is the mayor of Rancho Santa Margarita and a recall leader.

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