Jefferson County School Board member Laura Boggs was on the receiving end of a biting editorial today from the Denver newspaper, the latest black mark in the bizarre saga of the Republican who has made a series of odd moves since being elected last November.
As The High Timber Times explains:
Jeffco school board member Laura Boggs was censured by the board Dec. 16, the first time such an action has been taken in district history.The censure, on a unanimous vote, came after board members characterized Boggs’ behavior as erratic, disrespectful and inconsistent. District Superintendent Cindy Stevenson accused Boggs of “attacking the school district that she was elected to protect” during a conversation between the two.
Under board rules, Boggs was not allowed to vote on the censure. The censure doesn’t limit Boggs’ participation on the board or in performing her duties as a board member. It simply stands as formal public disapproval of a board member’s conduct by other members.
However, Boggs, who represents District 2 (the Jefferson County foothills), may lose her ability to participate on board committees. A motion to remove Boggs from all committees she currently serves on will be considered at the Jan. 6 meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. at the Jeffco Public Schools building, 1829 Denver West Drive.
“If we don’t do something now (about Boggs’ behavior), we’re looking at three more years of this, and I think that’s not acceptable,” board member Paula Noonan said.
In less than one year on the school board, the erratic Boggs has pulled one weird stunt after another. Here’s a short list of the crazy:
Laura Boggs…making students, and voters, feel stoopid!
Full story: At Least She’s Not Your School Board Member…Oh, Crap
and we in DPS think Andrea Merida’s a handful. Lucky us!
That Pols would have put together a front-paged article, complete with graphics, condemning a school board member that’s being targeted by teacher’s unions.
I’m shocked, I tell you.
She really is a goof.
Merry Christmas, polsters.
I mean this level of goofiness is newsworthy. Merry Christmas, LB.
her behavior, she does sound a little wacky…but Colorado School Boards of Education are notorious for having people who are “professional board members”.
While I wouldn’t go about it the way that she did, I certainly think there should always be at least one board member who is willing to ask the tough questions and to take the tough stances. It makes the “professional board members” start to think!
Yes, we need more school board members proclaiming that school is stupid.
What tough stances has she taken?
She wasn’t censored for asking tough questions and taking tough stances. She was censored in the hope that she would dial back the crazy.
She makes all other school board members (including the ones you may not like) look a lot better by comparison.
She’s probably a plant from the Professional Left school board members, to make all you right-wingers sound completely crazy.
I didn’t say that she asked tough questions or that she had taken good stances. I actually said she was wacky, but made an observation that public board need at least one board member that is willing to ask tough questions and take hard stances.
Why would you oppose such an observation unless you are one of those “professional board” members?
Frequently I post about things I have no personal interest in! This is one of them!
Sorry for blowing your mind, here let me help you clean that up.
re-read your comment. You didn’t say she was wacky and it reads as though you think that she was the one asking tough questions.
But thanks for the clarification – it’s easy to put things in print that aren’t what we’re truly thinking.
Those people that serve on board just to be on a board rather than serve do just as much of a diservice to their communities and those they represent as this nut job (Laura Boggs) is doing.
Don’t get on boards just to hold down a chair. Get on boards to have a voice. I’d perfer a liberal activist over a “place holder” any day of the week. At least they have a position.
The cheerleaders and placeholders on the boards (and they generally make a majority) are a total waste of time. The few that do step up to do their job, regardless of their philosophy, are key to a good district.
And yes, this women is a nut and good for the rest of the board for stepping up and saying so.
The GOP leadership looked at her statements and found her too reasonable and sane
she didn’t pass the litmus test
In this case, a Dem. What a mess in Jeffco!
http://www.9news.com/news/arti…
Between someone who does lousy speeches and someone who demeans the district she’s elected to help.
No one ever suggested censuring Noonan for her speech. It’s sad that she didn’t think more of the event to put something together, but it’s a far cry from threatening to interfere with a $33 million grant, yes?
I’d sit through a thousand boring graduation speeches by people who aren’t central to the graduation before coming to the conclusion that a school board member should say “school is stupid”.
I just said that this episode of Crazy reminded me of a previous episode of Crazy – unfortunately from the same board.
Thanks for clarifying.
It is a cross between early-Quaker and contemporary-Mormon. Dashing!
More FLDS, but I thought the same thing.
Granted, I don’t do a lot of following School Board elections outside of Denver (’cause I live here), but did she ever say she wanted to protect the Board or District?
“Erratic, disrespectful and inconsistent” how, exactly? She seems pretty steady on her message to kill the government entity. The hiding thing is crazy, but the rest may be exactly what she planned and was elected for. Something like 80K people vote in these elections and they are usually nearly 50/50. I don’t have trouble believing that 40K JeffCo residents purposely voted for someone to straighten up, or kill, the place they are elected to, uh, “protect.”
Sometimes I think I should have used other words after I hit “post”. Wish we could go back and change comments sometimes.
Unfortunately, it’s not long enough for me either.