Attack Against the West Clermont School Board: The antics of Plunderbund and other characters of detriment
So what is going on in the videos below where the new Tea Party majority school board at West Clermont is running up against the heavily entrenched education union establishment? If you watch the videos provided you will see what appears to be three Tea Party oriented school board members being exposed openly for their lack of internal understanding by the two entrenched pro labor union supporters. The primary issue of contention is the desire of the three to change district attorneys who are protested by the two and a majority of the radicalized audience. What is most telling is the insistence by the two pro union school board members to mire down the management process into a collective unity where minor decisions are discussed by the group at large. This of course is how it is supposed to be, but these types for decades have used such red tape to advance government expanding agendas by wearing down their opposition arguing over little things when the big things get lost in the details. The argument over preserving the current legal counsel who is in tuned to “education” interest as opposed to a new attorney firm that is rooted in business and commerce tells the entire story. The education attorney obviously represents the union interests to the appeasement of the collective mob. The business oriented law firm obviously leans in the direction of management—which is the school board. That single issue articulates the entire debate and makes the two pro union supporters on the school board obvious violators of the public tax revenue. Watch the videos for yourself.
Obviously there are fellow school reformers in that district which I am affiliated with and I inquired about this with them for clarification—which they provided. There is a large organized effort to defame, demonize and dethrone the three conservative board members now in majority there. This started before they even were sworn in literally once the election results were finalized, by the prior board and school administrator’s that may have broken the same Sunshine Law they claim current board members have in that video. This is the way it always is with these government employees, they cite the law when they want something and ignore it when it works against them.
The woman on the far right of the screen doing most of the talking is Tammy Brinkman. Jim Lewis who is one of the Tea Party school board members should take “action” against her as she went around the school district slandering Jim’s name indicating that he was convicted of domestic violence, when in fact it was not true. She said so much to many people on election day, even right next to a lawyer for the county who by reaction should provide testimony. Jim should take that action otherwise that Brinkman lady will continue to be corrosive to the process of reform.
The man next to her is even stranger. His name is Steve Waldmann, and he is a member of Jim Lewis’ church and is a supposed friend of his. He was promoted by Jim, and endorsed by the PAC run through local conservatives to elect conservative candidates. What occurred next, however, was a political Benedict Arnold move. The guy showed up at a gathering to plan their coming agenda and told the three conservatives that he hates the Tea Party, and indicated that he wanted to be president of the board. He verbally abused all these people. At that point, he formed an alliance with Ms. Brinkman. It was also known that he was good friends with the former superintendent, Gary Brooks, but Jim didn’t think (and regrettably still doesn’t think) Steve would break ranks. If Jim wants to be smart, he’ll not trust this guy any longer as he has revealed his cards in the video. The betrayal is obvious against the three school board members who spent most of the meeting speechless and floored—but they should expect this. These education people are crazy—deeply entrenched and are using the same old tricks that they always have to drive up their labor costs, their ridiculous vacation schedules, and maniacal work hours. The only way to deal with them is to crush them spiritually, and by process—otherwise they will seek to crush the conservative school board members the other way. There won’t be any hand holding with these pro-government school people. They won’t compromise, yield, or be reasonable—so the only move against them is to crush them. Jim and the gang have to possess the heart to do so—otherwise more meetings will occur just like the one seen above.
Thirdly, there is a person who came in dead last in the election that is involved in all this as well. His name is David Schaeff, an IRS employee with young kids not yet in school. He is allegedly furious at the election results and is working in tandem with these people, and the group West Clermont United–more or less levy supporters who are more rabid than usual because of their sudden loss of control. He wants to embarrass the new school board members as much as he was embarrassed on Election Day. He appears to be out for revenge.
Lastly, the three people in the majority are not strong people. They are common everyday people and are in fact the type of people who should be school board members. They represent the interests of their school district and are far from polished professionals. They are unprepared, and outmatched in this fight. These people are nice and mean well, but ill-suited for the job. There is little focus and not one of them has the ability to speak with authority on any matter. They deserve some of the criticism, but this stuff would not occur if they were better organized. So they need to get organized and polish themselves a bit into more sharpened edges, because things will only get worse and they need the resolve to do what they need to do. They have the majority, and the high ground, so they need to use it with confidence. The fact that they are not polished is a strength of theirs, and they need to use it to bring in people to the process who are otherwise too intimidated by people like Brinkman to participate. Their naïveté is an asset, and they need to utilize it in direct contrast to the entrenched union machine and all their cronies.
The site Plunderbund (left-wing union site) has put a target lock on West Clermont. This Sunshine law alleged violation is being put forth via those 2 board members, and David Schaeff. Schaeff looks to have filed a FOIA request for district documents and communication related to the matter. Regardless they will allege what they can and will for the foreseeable future until one of the three, or all of them punch the pro-government school people square in the nose metaphorically. The two losers are upset that they aren’t in control and really wanted to be Pres./Vice-Pres. It really does come down to power and what gets lost in all of this is any effort to care for the “children.” It’s all about the teachers, administrators and their control of the education funding for their own interests and nobody else.
So there is a lot more going on than meets the eye—of course. But the summery is that the Tea Party oriented school board members need to prepare themselves better for a fight and not just assume that their majority will give them the ability to solve problems. The other two school board members have openly advocated that they intend to mire the board down in processing regulation and inaction so to embarrass the three and regain the majority protecting the union solidarity of West Clermont. So my advice to them would be to stop playing so nice and treat them accordingly. And show up for the meetings ready for the kind of nonsense they saw in the start of 2014, because it will only get worse unless the challenge is met head on. There is a reason that the Plunderbund site has a fist as their symbol. That isn’t for hand shaking—it’s for fighting—and is the only way to beat those people. If they don’t get their way, they intend violence legally or illegally—so provoke them into making the first move so that the media can finally see what they are all about.
Rich Hoffman
