Smollar says preparation of such lists was Fleming's modus operandi
Aug 10, 2006 Filed in: Smollar,
David
David Smollar, The Capistrano
Dispatch "But
preparation of the list was modus operandi for
Fleming. He’s not a great strategic mind; he
thinks ahead about five minutes most of the time.
He craves information, especially on his many
detractors. And he craved information about the
recall people. Just examine the raft of e-mails
and memos that Fleming prepared and sent across
the CUSD universe of parents, principals
administrators the weekend of April 23-24, 2005,
in preparation for the April 25 board meeting when
recall notices were presented. He was consumed
with the recall, and had just gotten the 150 names
on April 21, off an intercepted Kevin Murphy
e-mail. He surely wanted to know who they were.
That’s his style. Fleming wrote to trustees on
April 22 in a fax that the e-mail appeared to be a
“veritable ‘who’s who’ list of San Juan Hills and
Arroyo Vista NIMBYS as well as some of the more
volatile opponents to the attendance boundary
proposal.” The list could not have been done
without Fleming’s express knowledge and direction,
because its compilation would have required hours
upon hours of tedious work using the district’s
cumbersome Aeries student information system. No
person in his or her right mind would otherwise
have spent 10 hours-plus doing it."
Kutnick is a columnist for The Capistrano Dispatch. Smollar is the former Director of Communications at Capistrano Unified School District.
Kutnick is a columnist for The Capistrano Dispatch. Smollar is the former Director of Communications at Capistrano Unified School District.