The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 2000 Page: 2 of 16
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Lawsuit
continued from page one
vides transportation services for
the school district.
Number 25: On or about May
11, 1994 the Board of Trustees
of the West Independent School
District entered into a contract
with an entity known as the Rio
Brazos Cooperative, which was
to provide transportation ser-
vices for the West Independent
School District. At the time of
the execution of this agreement
the West Independent School
District owned and operated its
own buses and vans. This agree-
ment with the Rio Brazos Coop-
erative has caused a loss to the
tax payers of an unknown
amount.
Numbers 26-30 center around
the hiring of Dave Joiner as the
Athletic director and head foot-
ball coach at West High and the
subsequent termination of his
contract. It also alleges serious
questions about transactions
made during this period.
"Number 26: During 1998
the Board of Trustees of the West
Independent School District
voted to employ David Joiner as
the Athletic Director and Head
Football Coach. During the
Spring of 1999 an examination,
by Jaynes, Reitmeier. Boyd &
Therrell, P. C., Certified Public
Accounts, a examination of the
various bank accounts and ath-
letic/activity funds revealed a
series of questionable transac-
tions regarding the manner in
which cash was not properly
documented and verified. This
examination raised some very
serious questions regarding sev-
eral transactions involving the
unauthorized sale of school prop-
erty and the lack of accounting
for the cash received for the sale
of this property."
"Number 27: The Certified
Public Accountant's report was
presented to Jack Crain, the
Superintendent of the West In-
dependent School District on
July 16, 1999, in which many
and varied transactions regard-
ing David Joiner appeared to be
illegal and of a possible criminal
nature.
Number 28: In spite of this
David Joiner remained as Atli
letic Director and Head Football
Coach of West Independent
School District, during the 1999
football season.Number 29: The
employment contract of David
Joiner, dated April 23, 1999,
provides as follows:
“in accordance with Texas
Education Code, Chapter 21,
Subchapters E and F, the Board
may terminate this contract and
discharge Employee or suspend
Employee without pay during
the term of this contract for good
cause as determined by the
Board. A suspension without pay
may not extend beyond the end
of the school year."
"Number 30: Finally in Janu-
ary, 2000 the contract of David
Joiner was terminated. Even
though good cause could be
shown for his termination, the
Board of Trustees of the West
Independent School District au-
thorized to pay him a severance
package of approximately forty-
eight Thousand Dollars and no/
100, ($48,000), again resulting
in an expense to the tax payers
of the West Independent School
District."
School board
continued from page one
performing at halftime or the
beginning of West varsity foot-
ball games.
West Dazzler captain Katy
Middlebrook read a prepared
statement to the board saying
the Dazzlers have been
downplayed for years, and told
the board how hard they work,
and gave a list of past accom-
plishments the squad has won in
competition.
Dazzler member Lana Hunt
was also present at the meeting
and told the board the squad has
been tryi ng to perform for four to
five years at varsity football
games.
Mrs. Jerri Cunningham,
mother of dance member
Ashleigh Domangue, also spoke
on behalf of the dazzlers that
everyone else in District 17-AAA
has a dance team except La Vega
and the teams perform at foot-
ball games.
The last speaker was Sharon
Middlebrook who read a letter
written by Diane Atlas, the spon-
sor of the Dazzlers. She explained
in the letter that part of the rea-
soning for the Dazzlers not per-
forming was that Hank Masur
(former West High Principal)
said it would interfere with par-
ticipation in band, at the time
the dance team was being formed
He said when band participation
went up, they would re-think the
policy. Mrs. Atlas said in her
letters that their requests have
been blatantly ignored and re-
jected.
After consideration by the
board, they accepted the request
and the dance team will be al-
lowed to perform starting this
Friday night before the West vs.
Malakoff football game.
In other board action, the
board accepted a bid from Earth
Matters, Inc. for irrigation and
landscaping at the new high
school. The amount of the bid
was $38,561. Business Manager
John Suiak said the crew will
start immediately on the land-
scaping.
Concerning personnel, the
board moved Julie Sexton from
the maintenance department to
Special Education Aide at West
Middle School.
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Dirty Little Secret
By: Paul Jacob
One reason we Americans are
so fond of term limits is that,
once in office, our elected leaders
change right before our eyes. The
longer a person stays in Con-
gress, the more likely he is to
vote for higher and higher taxes
and spending.
There’s logic there. The more
you think of taxes as money you
get to spend rather than just
something you have to pay, the
more apt you are to favor higher
taxes.
As a congressman, every new
tax dollar increases your politi-
cal clout. The more largesse you
have the power to dish out, the
more you can do for (or against)
various interests. And so more
and more people will come run
ning to you hat in hand for spe-
cial favors.
Over time, many congressmen
grow to relish this sense of power
over others. It's like a drug. And
they just won’t say no.
Perhaps the seductions of
power are why, according to a
new study by the Cato Institute,
the Republicans in control of
Congress are increasing non-de-
fense federal spending at the
fastest clip in 20 years, despite
all their past promises. Yes,
many of those who championed
putting the federal government
on a diet are now voting to make
it dramatically fatter.
The GOP used to push for
shutting down the Department
of Education, both to save money
and return decision-making to
the state and local level. But
now they’ve splurged more on
that department than the presi-
dent has asked for in two of Hu-
last three years. Republican pro-
fessional politicians increased
agricult ural welfare programs by
162 percent. The Congress’s own
so-called “spending caps” have
been busted year after year.
The Republican retreats are
too many to list here, so you
might want to visit the Cato.org
website and check out Mr.
Moore’s research for yourself. He
notes that many of the programs
the Republican “Revolutionar-
ies” pledged in their Contract
with America to eliminate en-
tirely have instead had their
budgets fattened, with spending
for the largest “living-dead” pro-
grams jumping by 13 percent
since 1994. Somehow, the
President’s favored spending
programs often get larger in-
creases than those proposed by-
Clinton himself
Moore reports that the 106th
Congress is bidding to out spend
even the credit care Congress of
the late 1970s, when tax-and-
spend Democrat Tip O’Neill was
House Speaker and Jimmy
Carter was President.
Just since 1999, the total non-
defense spending has ballooned
by $33 billion, according to the
budget resolution for fiscal year
2001 passed this April. Nor is
this resolution the final word.
This being a election year, more
and more goodies are likely to be
packed into the legislation as
November draws closer.
But there is one group within
Congress standing firmly
against the congressional OOP’s
plump-government policies:
those who have self-imposed
term limits and thus sworn off a
career in power. These citizen
legislators have fought to end
farm subsidies that benefit
wealthy agricultural interests at
taxpayer’s expense. Self-limited
congressmen like Tom Coburn
of Oklahoma and Mark Sanford
of South Carolina have blocked
wasteful pork-barrel spending
and fought to hold their col-
leagues to their promises on bud-
get caps.
The National Taxpayers
Union documents that congress-
men who impose term limits on
themselves remain consistently
for lower taxes and less govern-
ment spending. But those pur-
suing a political career, even
when they start out as budget
cutters, soon change. When
you’re a career politician—when,
in effect, you become the govern-
ment—big government doesn’t
seem like such a bad thing.
Says Moore: “The dirty little
secret is that there are two big
government parties in Washing-
ton.” He’s right. It seems that
the only political leaders who
remain consistently on the side
of smaller government are those
who live by term limits.
Paul Jacob is the national di-
rector of U.S. Term Limits in
Washington D.C. and can be
reached at Jacob@termlimits.
org.
The West News - Thursday, September 21,2000
Another Point of View
I guess it is a sign that we are
growing old, but we subscribe to
several magazines that probably
would not appeal to the younger
generations. Oneofthem is“Good
Old Days” another is “Rem in isce”
and, of course, my favorite golf
magazine is “Senior Golfer.” We
enjoy them because the articles
take us back to our youth. They
take me farther back than they
do Nell, but we both enjoy them.
Ever so often an article is sent
to me either through the mail or
by e-mail that is worth sharing,
so here goes. This was written by
Fred Perri and shows a lot of
insight. “We are the senior
citizens who were born before
the forties and have lived through
the wars, hurricanes, and hot
flashes. We believed what we
read in the papers. We were here
before credit cards, panty hose,
ballpoint pens, before
dishwashers, electric blankets,
air conditioners, calculators, and
clothes dryers. We were here
before penicillin, frozen foods,
contact lenses, Frisbees and the
Pill!
To us to be “gay” was to be
happy and AIDS were those little
helpers in the principal’s office.
Grass was mowed; coke was a
soft drink. The stuff in the bag
was really tea. Pot was something
you cooked in, rock music was a
lullaby hummed by Grandma and
earrings were worn in pairs and
only by WOMEN! We were before
computer dating, we had not
heard of tape decks, car phones,
answering machines, the word
processor, yogurt, aerobics,
cholesterol and artificial hearts.
A chip was a piece of wood,
hardware meant hardware, and
software was not even a word.
We heard music in the movies
that we could hum on the way
out. I n our day, the term “making
out” referred to how you did on
your school exam. Fast food was
eaten during Lent and “cold
turkey” was what we ate the day
after Thanksgiving.
In our early days there were 5
and 10 cent stores where you
could actually buy things for 5
and 10 cents. For a nickel, you
could buy an ice cream cone, get
a soft drink, make a phone call,
or buy a stamp for a letter. The
evening newspaper cost two
cents, and for a dime you could
ride the streetcar or subway. A
new Chevy cost $600, and what a
pity it was that no one could
afford one because gas was only
11 cents a gallon.
We made do with what we
had! We got parried first and
then lived together. We were
dumb enough to think that you
needed a husband to have a baby.
Our kids knew who their father
was and so did we. We have
endured parenthood, bridged the
generation gap and now welcome
the arrival of great-grandkids.
We are the seniors!”
Thank you Fred, you said it
very well.
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