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It is imperative that a school
board works together for the good of the children and community.

It is
equally important for individual board members to insist on ethical
and honorable behavior from themselves and staff.

As a board
member I WILL monitor and double check the administration.

My opponent
and I have been on opposites sides of many issues.
I differ from my
opponent in several important ways:
(Click on links to see details
and documents below)

My Opponent

Brenda Rizos

Award LISD
District business to fellow school board members?

Yes

No

Initiate Transparency measures

No

Yes

Fight against Abuse
of power of Eminent Domain

No

Yes

Ensure ALL
voters are informed of an election which will increase their property
taxes

No

Yes

Intend to apply for the Obama
administration's federal grant which would diminish local control
at LISD, in addition to handing over massive amounts of data on your child
to the federal government and vendors.

Yes

No

Hire
administration that was fired for alleged misappropriation
of funds from another district

Yes

No

Allow LISD
superintendent to earn consulting fees while on the LISD
payroll utilizing school resources

Yes

No

Allow or direct the
superintendent to bully, intimidate, attempt to frame LISD
residents and parents

Yes

No

Act in compliance with Texas
Open Meetings Act at ALL meetings

No

Yes

I support personal property rights  and would do
everything in my power to stop the abuse of the power of eminent domain
that the LISD school board used against a Veteran's widow.
Christine
Gibson never paid attention to school board elections and now she
probably wishes she had. The LISD school board offered her a little over half of
what her property was worth and threatened to use eminent domain if she did not
take the school board approved offer. (District letter1 & letter2)

The district condemned her property and
evicted her before her jury trial, bulldozed her late husband's welding shop,
and showed the jurors pictures of an empty lot in order to get a reduced
valuation.
LISD released a statement justifying Ms. Gibson's eviction
stating that "the district needs to proceed with development
activities".
Three years and almost a Million
taxpayer dollars later you can see the development activities
at the property on Estates Parkway below:

I
will not give fellow school board members district business.
My opponent does not share my
views.
Ex-VP of the LISD school board and owner of Bestway Office Supplies
has been awarded district
business while he was on school board since at least 1996.
After this
activity became public, he resigned from the board and continues to do over a
Million dollars of business with the district. (look through district check registers)

I will
equitably notify ALL residents of a tax increase election by mail,
rather than just notifying those most likely to vote FOR the tax
increase.
My opponent disagrees with my stance.
Emails to LISD Superintendent and all LISD School Board
members

I will oppose the hiring of any administrator  who has been let go from another
district for allegedly misappropriating funds.
Documents can be
found here.

I will not vote
for a contract  which allows the
Superintendent to consult outside the district.
LISD Superintendent is allowed to do outside
consulting.
(Page 8 of scanned
documents /Page 2 of Contract)

The LISD
superintendent intended to file for the Obama Administration's
Race  to the Top grant to
implement federal standards (Common Core Standards) in our
schools.  The federal government is collecting invasive student information from districts that implement
their standards.  Are parents comfortable with sharing that
data?   Why was the entire school board not informed of the
federalization of our district?
It is the school board's job to monitor
and approve what administration is doing.

According to a recent email
from the LISD superintendent, Lovejoy ISD did not qualify for the grant.

To preempt another attempt to apply for Obama's Common Core Standards
parents should sign this opt-out form and send it in to the LISD
Superintendent.
Click on links below to see Lovejoy ISD listed:
Detailed Department of Education List of Potential Applicants:
Race to the Top - District Intent to Apply

Department of Education Press Release

Texas Open Meetings Act Compliance
Greg Abbott - Attorney General of Texas
Open Meetings Act
https://www.oag.state.tx.us/AG_Publications/pdfs/openmeeting_hb.pdf

2012 Open Meetings Handbook •
Office of the Attorney General
D. Final Actions Section 551.102 of the Act provides as
follows: A final action, decision, or vote on a matter deliberated in a closed
meeting under this chapter may only be made in an open meeting that is held in
compliance with the notice provisions of this chapter. A governmental body’s
final action, decision or vote on any matter within its jurisdiction may be made
only in an open session held in compliance with the notice requirements of the
Act. The governmental body may not vote in an open session by secret written
ballot. Furthermore, a governmental body may not take action by written
agreement without a meeting
IX. Closed Sessions
A. Overview of
Subchapter D of the Open Meetings Act The Act provides certain narrowly drawn
exceptions to the requirement that meetings of a governmental body be open to
the public.  These exceptions are found in sections 551.071 through 551.088
and are discussed in detail in Part C of this section of the handbook. Section
551.101 states the requirements for holding a closed session. It provides: If a
closed meeting is allowed under this chapter, a governmental body may not
conduct the closed meeting unless a quorum of the governmental body first
convenes in an open meeting for which notice has been given as provided by this
chapter and during which the presiding officer publicly: (1) announces that a
closed meeting will be held; and
(2) identifies the section or sections of
this chapter under which the closed meeting is held.235
Thus, a quorum of
the governmental body must be assembled in the meeting room, the meeting must be
convened as an open meeting pursuant to proper notice, and the presiding officer
must announce that a closed session will be held and must identify the sections
of the Act authorizing the closed session.

There are several
purposes for requiring the presiding officer to identify the section or sections
that authorize the closed session: to cause the governmental body to assess the
applicability of the exceptions before deciding to close the meeting; to fix the
governmental body’s legal position as relying upon the exceptions specified; and
to inform those present of the exceptions, thereby giving them an opportunity to
object intelligently.

Judging the sufficiency of the presiding
officer’s announcement in light of whether it effectuated or hindered these
purposes, the court of appeals in Lone Star Greyhound Park, Inc. v. Texas
Racing Commission determined that the presiding officer’s reference to the
content of a section, rather than to the section number, sufficiently identified
the exception.

I will oppose
the use of school district attorneys to attempt to frame, bully and intimidate
residents.
A Lovejoy parent
advocating for her child, was banned from campus on charges KNOWN to be false at
the time the district banned her.  LISD's attorney also threatened to sue
her for defamation.

The Attorney General had just ruled in the
banned parent's favor that McKinney ISD had to release documents about LISD's
Asst. Superintendent (Dennis Muizers) being let go from McKinney ISD for alleged
misappropriation of funds to LISD Superintendent, Ted Moore's stepson (Mark
Slavin).  All three now work at LISD.  An LISD day care was
created to give Mr. Moore's stepson a job. He has no college education and earns
over $60,000 a year.

Pol.. Adv. Paid for by Brenda Rizos, 1200
Winningkoff, Allen, TX 75002
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