What do you get when you have School Board Elections, Government Unions, Union Bargaining, Employees from 6 School Districts, 6 School Board Members, 6 Superintendents, the PTO, Illinois Pension Fund Employee, Illinois Education Association Employee, 3 Teacher Union Presidents and Money????
Corruption & Lies or Just Plain Arrogance or Both?
What appears to be Corruption found by private citizen using the Freedom of Information Act!
The video below sums it up best!
Below is a quote from the School Board Oath!
"I shall respect taxpayer interests by serving as a faithful protector of the school district's assets;"
The corruption we are talking about has to do with Government Unions and stealing from the children and the tax payer! Where do you find this corruption involving organized labor? Not in a big city but in many small farm town communities infiltrating and controlling elementary school boards. Remember the District 46 School Board President who was also a Teacher Union President in District 30? Well the story continues leading up to the April 5th School Board elections.
"Don't let them turn us in" is just the beginning as you begin to go through these emails sent out from Tax Payer funded e-mail accounts during work hours from over 200 emails which were acquired through the use of the Freedom of Information Act.
Using Public Resources is against the law to campain or fund raise!
After learning 3 of the School Board challengers were linked onto a tea party website, School Board President and Candidate Mary Garcia sent this out,
Feb 23rd "I think that all members of both Unions should be apprised of this information... There will be no collective bargaining with those 3 on the board. I am very afraid that Sue and I will not have the funds necessary to fight a party."
This was sent to D46 Superintendant Ellen Correll, Assistant Superintendent Lynn Barkley, Union Leaders Christine Wilson and Diane Elfering, and a fellow candidate and Board Member Sue Facklam. This as are almost all of the emails were sent from Mary Garcia's D30 Public School email account where she is also Teacher Union President.
It is a felony to offer remuneration, bribe, etc. to anyone for voting or registering to vote!
In yet another email D46 School Board Member and Candidate Sue Facklam, a voter registrar, writes to Mary Garcia:
March 2nd "Don't let them turn us in; gifts to register to vote is probably illegal! I did offer Erika(18 year old) more gift cards if she can gather up more friends!"
More sketchy emails from Garcia and Facklam's campaign manager, Alex Finke, and Facklam reveal possible State Board of Election Law violations and has been reported!
Mar 7th to Sue Facklam: "Anything you spend counts towards the 1999.99 that you and Mary would be allowed to spend. The only way around it, would be to lie and pay me cash. Then I could claim that I am volunteering for you."
As custodians of federal and state education funds, Superintendents are prohibited by law from participating in political activity of any kind!
D46 Superintendent Ellen Correll, who receives a compensation package worth over $200,000 per year to educate students, evidently spent quite a bit of her compensated time on election activities:
(Ellen Correll, on her D46 email account, to North Chicago D187 Superintendent Douglas Parks and to Mary Garcia on her D30 email account,
Thurs., Mar. 10th: "Mary Garcia is wondering how many signs or flyers you would take?"
And My Favorite!
"I
have the lEA paying for postage to sent out letters to all lEA members
- even retired that live in our area. They will send them out from
Springfield. That also covers the high schools. I am working on this as
much as I can. I really need foot soldiers i We can talk about that.
My Ihinking is that if each teacher that lived in Grayslake covered their blocks, we would be OK. Just a thought. Mary"
This is just an example of some of the blatant and arrogant missues of tax dollars virtually stealing the education of our children to prop up Government Union Candidates and control School Boards willingness to collective bargain! Below you will see a graph showing the quantity and time of day these Government Employees were using Public Emails for personal gains. At least it appears they took lunch off!
Here are just a few quotes from some of the e-mails and individuals listed on the emails acquired through FOIA.
Alex Finke – Garcia/Facklam Campaign Manager Bob Garcia – D46 Employee, Husband of Mary Garcia Catherine Finger – District 127 Superintendent (Grayslake High School) Christine Wilson – District 46 PSRP Union President (Non-certified staff) Christine Keegan – District 46 Teacher Colleen Wade – District 46 School Board Member Debby Karton - Illinois Public Pension Fund Association Diane Block – PTO Diane Elfring – District 46 Teachers Union President Douglas Parks – District 187 Superintendent (North Chicago) Ellen Correll – District 46 School Board Member Ellen Mauer – Milburn School District Dr. John Van Pelt – District 41 (Lake Villa)Joy Swboda – District 50 Superintendent (Woodland)
Karen Weinert – District 46 School Board Member
Lourie Shipley – District 46 Secretary
Lynn Barkley – Assistant Superintendent District 46 Mary Garcia – District 46 School Board President Melanie Bruce – PTO Mike Linder – Former District 46 Board Member, Hired District 46 Consultant Ron Jarvis – Grayslake Village Trustee Ray Millington – District 46 School Board Member Rochelle Gordon – IEA Springfield Sarah Watters – PTO Sharon Sandri -D46 Central Registration Staff Sue Facklam – District 46 Vice President School Board
"We have the teacher's support; both of us. I am asking Diane for fool soldiers!": Mary Garcia
Keep thinking of a slogan. Experience in Action??? Just a thought Mary
I have the lEA paying for postage to sent out letters to all lEA members - even retired that live in our area. They will send them out from Springfield. That also covers the high schools. I am working on this as much as I can. I really need foot soldiers i We can talk about that. My Ihinking is that if each teacher that lived in Grayslake covered their blocks, we would be OK. Just a thought. Mary
All 3 candidates, Kip, Marcell, and Shannon are all endorsed on the LAKE COUNTY TEA PARTY PAGE. I think that all members of both Unions should be apprised of this information. The Tea Party is anti-union. There will be no collective bargaining with those 3 on the board. I am very afraid that Sue and I will not have the funds necessary to fight a "party". Diane and Chris, you may want to talk to Jim to find out what he thinks. They are NOT going away. Mary
Hi Nancy, Because this is a non-partition race, would you be able to get access to vote builder for us. All 3 of the people, Shannon Smigileski, Kip Evans, Marchell Williams, that are running against me are endorsed by the Lake County Tea Party. This is very scary - especially based on what is going on in Wisconsin. I am a teacher in Illinois. Mary
To: '''Mary Garcia'" <mgarcia@district30.org> I was pretty sure that Diane did! I knew about the meeting. No problem about the voter registration (I wished my life wasn't so chaotic, I'd have tried to get to North and Central to register even more The last time I registered kids at Central I did 115, in one day! We could use that kind of vote totals). Don't let them turn us in; gifts to register to vote is probably illegal! I did offer Erika more gift cards if she can gather up more friends! Talking this evening will probably be better for me. Sue
From: Mary Garcia <mgarcia@district30.org> To: Karen Weinert Sent: Mon, Mar 7, 2011 9:02 am Subject: trip You have won a trip to Downtown grayslake! Your task is to abscond as many brochures as possible l Mary
From: "Debby Karton" <dkarton@ippfabenefits.org> Subject: RE: In case you're in the area .... Date: March 7, 2011 1 :12:52 PM CST To: '''Mary Garcia'" <mgarcia@district30.org> Mary, I am happy to support your election. I have put a check in the mail. Debby
From: Mary Garcia [mailto: mgarcia@district30.org] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 6:35 AM To: dkarton@ippfabenefits.org Subject: Re: In case you're in the area .... Yes, this will be difficuW Their splashy brochures, posters and signs are everywhere. If you truly want to contribute, you can send the check to me at: 404 Normandy Lane Grayslake, IL 60030 Take Care, Mary
From: Alexander Finke Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 15:55:56 -0600 To: Sue Subject: Re: facebook page Anything you spend counts towards the 1999.99 that you and Mary would be allowed to spend. The only way around it, would be to lie and pay me cash. Then I could claim that I am volunteering for you.
From: Meadowview PTO <meadowviewpto@yahoo.com> Subject: d46 school board elections To: "Meadowview PTO" <meadowviewpto@yahoo.com> Date: Monday, March 7, 2011, 8:59 PM The school board elections for District 46 are coming up next month and two of the candidates, Sue Facklam and Mary Garcia, are hosting a "Meet the Candidates" night. Pat's Pizza on Sunday, March 13th from 4: 30-7: 30pm This email is not an endorsement.
From: Shannon Smigielski [mailto:shansmig@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 4:14 AM To: Sue Facklam; Mary Garcia Cc: Ellen Correll; Lynn Barkley; Ray Millington; Karen Weinert; Michael Carbone; Keith Surroz; Subject: Forum I received a phone call and subsequent email last night regarding a forum that had just taken place. While I recognize that every candidate has a right to hold a forum for campaign purposes, I was under the impression, based on Mary's comments, that the incumbents were unable to schedule one. (From the Triblocal: " Garcia said. The board and District 46 administration can't schedule a candidate forum" .). I then found out that the two of you, the President and Vice President of the School Board, the incumbents, not only scheduled a forum, but then solicited (directly or indirectly) and used the PTO from one school to send out notification of this forum. (*See below email forwarded to me as proof of the communications sent out by the PTO). If a PTO was used to notify parents/taxpayers/staff in the community, then why weren't all of the candidates informed or invited to partiCipate? Had the PTO not been used to do this, I would have no complaint. But they were, and they were used to further the agenda of only two candidates.
I was also informed that 3 board members were present at this forum: Sue Facklam, Mary Garcia, and Karen Weinert. I was told that Karen was working, but frequently participated in talking with the incumbents & constituents about current school issues and business. This is a direct violation of the Open Meeting Act. Furthermore, a candidate forum sponsored by the PTO, inviting all of the candidates to participate is in the process of being scheduled and each of you are not only aware of it, but have been included in those decisions. The PTO's have been very specific in asking that all candidates refrain from displaying or handing out campaign materials when the event is sponsored by them. And still, I hold in my hand, a copy of your campaign material handed out during your forum that was advertised by the PTO.
If I contacted IASB, or the ROE, or the State Attorney's Office, and they determine that at the very least, you have violated a code of conduct or ethics, who do you think suffers the greatest impact? Did it occur to either of you that in using the PTO to further your own agenda, you were putting them in a terrible position?
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