Re “Zeidman vs. Hamme: Words Fly”
I find it interesting — not surprising — that Scott Zeidman would come out “cannons blazing” to “forcefully” answer my concerns about the deterioration in our schools.
This wouldn’t be the first time that Mr. Zeidman has tried to discredit me for telling the truth.
It is telling that Mr. Zeidman always wants to “discuss” these things via online publications, rather than just calling me to talk about them.
Scott has seen me campaigning inches away from El Rincon School?
Is he implying I was doing something wrong?
Illegal?
Inappropriate?
The last time I checked, I was a member of this community and a voter who has the right to campaign for the candidate I support in this or any other election.
Considering that I was not on school grounds, but standing on the sidewalk passing out campaign literature, and it was after school hours when I officially became a private citizen as opposed to a School District employee, what exactly is Mr. Zeidman’s complaint?
He was there campaigning for himself . He had a student helper passing out his materials, and he is complaining about equal access? That says a lot about him as a candidate.
He’s being a bit disingenuous when he says that when I write a letter to the editor, he generally pays little attention because for the most part it’s propaganda.
I think he pays quite a bit of attention because he always feels he has to make a point of trying to discredit what I’ve said.
If he thinks what I’m putting out is nothing but worthless propaganda, if he didn’t think that what I said had any validity, why would he have to come out “cannons blazing”?
Why would he even bother responding?
It’s not because I haven’t told the truth. It is because he doesn’t want me to say anything that may reflect badly on him.
With all due respect to the editor of this publication, did my pointing out that the solar panel project had been stalled continually convey that I doubted the “four fairly glamorous capital projects” would ever be completed?
That was not something I expressed in my letter.
Do I think that there are other pressing issues on sites other than the high school that need to be addressed? Yes. I stand by that statement.
Mr. Zeidman proves my very point when he states that the discussion regarding the solar project began with the previous Board and then followed that statement with his comment about Chevron. If the solar panel issue has been discussed for over three years, as Mr. Zeidman states, and nothing has been done to date to make this project a reality, the community has the right to be concerned about the Board’s inability to come to a consensus about this issue in that length of time.
Repeatedly discussing and voting on an issue without moving forward seems counterproductive, to say the least.
One last thing, Mr. Zeidman. When you stated, “I did read awhile ago that she said we just started the capital projects stuff because it was an election year,” where exactly did you read that?
Until my comment in this publication about your putting on a full-court press for these projects now, when you are seeking re-election, I never have discussed the capital improvement projects in any forum.
I will look forward to reading your response in the next edition of this paper since you probably won’t be calling me to clear this up.
Ms. Hamme, President of the Assn. of Classified Employees — Culver City, may be contacted at antiquer01@aol.com
