Mike Eggers
Smollar chides Erin Kutnick for ignoring the district's illegal hiring of Mike Eggers as a political consultant
Aug 10, 2006 Filed in: Smollar,
David
David Smollar, The Capistrano
Dispatch "Or
maybe Kutnick might want to ask Fleming and Draper
about their lies to Dispatch editor Jonathan
Volzke in fall 2005 when he had clear evidence
that Mike Eggers, a longtime Draper friend and the
paid political gun for the trustees, was writing
Fleming’s monthly column for the community
newspapers. They said it was just a “favor” by
Eggers. Hah! The truth is that Draper had forced
Fleming to give Eggers final say over both his
weekly electronic newsletter and his monthly
column. Fleming only exploded over this unusual
yoke and forced Draper to back off when Eggers got
too big for his britches and approached deputy
superintendents Crawford, Dave Doomey and Marge
LaRoe, behind Fleming’s back, saying that Draper
wanted them to work with Eggers on a strategic
plan for the district. Unfortunately for Eggers,
Crawford and Doomey went to Fleming, who said he
then had a “Come to Jesus” meeting with Draper and
forced her to scale back Egger’s interference in
district operations."
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.
Smollar testifies that Fleming lied about consultant Mike Eggers and the funding sources for the new administration building
Sep 15, 2006 Filed in: Smollar,
David
Deposition of
David J. Smollar, Lackey vs.
CUSD, p.
137 "Q There's a sentence,
and I'll read it to you, "I no longer believe
myself capable of communicating a true picture of
CUSD." Why did you write that? A Because of what
had occurred both with the lying on Eggers, the
lying about his voucher, and the fact that the
superintendent was still writing in his -- or
dictating in his documents that the funding was
redevelopment money, it could only be used for,
you know, limited purposes, I mean, we were still
trying to pedal that line."
Former CUSD Communications Director Smollar testifies that the district lied to cover up illegal express advocacy in its hiring of political consultant Mike Eggers at taxpayer expense, and to cover up the truth about the financing of the new administration building with its "redevelopment funds" lies.
Former CUSD Communications Director Smollar testifies that the district lied to cover up illegal express advocacy in its hiring of political consultant Mike Eggers at taxpayer expense, and to cover up the truth about the financing of the new administration building with its "redevelopment funds" lies.