Casserly, Barbara
PTA leader calls Waldrip investigation a "taxpayer funded cover-up"
Jan 11, 2007
Barbara Casserly, The Capistrano
Dispatch "This “independent”
investigation was conducted by the law firm that
defends the district. The firm retained retired
Judge Waldrip who spent five months on a report
that contains important documents and but draws
weak conclusions. This was not an impartial
investigation because Judge Waldrip once worked
for that firm. CUSD must stop hiding behind
lawyers and using scarce funds for outrageous
legal fees and taxpayer funded cover-up
investigations."
Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.
Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.
Trustees Draper, Benecke, Darnold and Stiff knew about enemies list and "mole"
Jan 11, 2007
Barbara Casserly, The Capistrano
Dispatch "CUSD Trustees knew
that Jim Fleming was actively involved in fighting
the recall and voted to fund an investigation into
matters which they knew to have occurred that cost
taxpayers over $35,000! ... included in the
[Waldrip] report is an April 21, 2005 memo written
by James Fleming addressed to Marlene Draper and
the entire CUSD Board entitled the “Report on
presumed recall effort” that referred to the
parent list, and included a report from a “mole”
that infiltrated the recall group. The Trustees
continued to support Jim Fleming until he retired
in disgrace in August 2006, and subsequently voted
to pay Fleming’s criminal legal defense fees.
Trustees Draper, Benecke, Darnold and Stiff refuse
to acknowledge that they knew Jim Fleming was
illegally fighting the recall. The self-serving
“independent” investigation concluded that the
only crime that might have occurred was the
leaking of documents by
Smollar!"
Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.
Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.
Fleming and Trustees knew or should have known Mello-Roos taxes were used for new admin building
Oct 12, 2006
Barbara Casserly, The Capistrano
Dispatch “I had requested an
accounting of 87-1 Mello Roos funds in April 2004
via a legally binding California Public Record
request which resulted in 29 four inch volumes
being provided to search for answers. That led to
a meeting in June 2004 with Dave Doomey, Assistant
Superintendent where answers were still not
provided. On Sept 21, 2006 Sherry Hahn CUSD CFO
said she had been instructed by Mr. McCully to
provide the requested information. Two and one
half years after I first asked a question I
learned that $20 million dollars from the 87-1
fund had always been allocated to a new
administration building. The Trustees all knew, or
should have known that a portion of Mission
Viejo/Aliso Viejo 87-1 Mello Roos was designated
in 1990 to pay for a district office building. In
2004 the Fleming Administration was unwilling to
admit that to the public.”
Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.
Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.
Trustees owe public an explanation for the lies they told or condoned
Oct 12, 2006
Barbara Casserly, The Capistrano
Dispatch “Now is the time for
the CUSD Trustees to explain to the public why
they lied, or allowed lies to be promulgated
repeatedly by Jim Fleming. Time after time,
publication after publication, the public was
informed that the funds for the administration
building were restricted to bricks and mortar in
San Juan Capistrano. Prominent members of the
public continue to believe that every dime for the
new administration building could only be used for
an administration building in San Juan
Capistrano.”
Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.
Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.
Fleming Trustees should be ashamed, owe public an apology
Oct 12, 2006
Barbara Casserly, The Capistrano
Dispatch “The current CUSD
Trustees who allowed that environment to exist
need to be voted out of elected office because
they were responsible for the management of an out
of control superintendent, Jim Fleming. The
Trustees should be ashamed for what they allowed
to occur during the Fleming administration. The
public deserves an apology.”
Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.
Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.
Fleming trustees cannot be trusted, new leaders needed to save district from mess they created
Oct 12, 2006
Barbara Casserly, The Capistrano
Dispatch “As Friedrich
Nietzsche said 'I’m not upset that you lied to me,
I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you'
... It will take new leadership to restore
credibility in CUSD and lead this district out of
this embarrassing mess.”
Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.
Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.
PTA parent was loyal to Fleming until investigated and threatened
Oct 12, 2006
Barbara Casserly, The Capistrano
Dispatch "I was a loyal
supporter of Dr. Fleming and the Trustees until I
was investigated and threatened that if I
continued to ask questions, future funding might
not come to Mission Viejo. I am ashamed that I did
not make my concerns public because of fear of
retaliation."
PTA member recounts heavy-handed tactics leveled against her by former Superintendent Fleming and the Trustees.
PTA member recounts heavy-handed tactics leveled against her by former Superintendent Fleming and the Trustees.