Ronnie Ellis on the absence of Jerry Abramson and Jim Newberry:

Board members are shocked of course and have already taken corrective action and, you know, it won’t happen again. Uh huh. Right.

Where have board members been and what were they thinking? Why don’t people on important boards with significant financial responsibility ask the chief executive or school superintendent hard, probing questions?

The KLC executive board members are mayors or city managers of member cities. They are responsible for those cities’ budgets and operations. If they are so comfortable with what they’re told by KLC staff, so comfortable they never ask questions, is it because that’s the way they operate their city governments?

This is why we love Ronnie. He’s not afraid to say what needs to be said.