And The Mountain Moved

At Mondays board meeting something unprecedented happened. Two no votes were cast during the vote on items on the consent agenda. It was very dramatic. As the secretary called the vote"Mr. King?," .. "NO. "Mr. Oke?"... there was a long pause........and then it happened. The very person that ostracized me during his first week as a board member, for my solo no votes, took a breath and let the most powerful two letter word fly. "NO." I smiled as the roll call continued with the usual outcome. For one second, however I was more proud than usual to be a BOE member. Kudos to Greg for doing what he felt was right. The item in question was the food purchase proposal that we placed on the regular agenda at the last committee of the whole meeting, but mysteriously ended up on the consent agenda for Mondays meeting. We also asked for the nutritional data on all of the products and that information was not given for all of the items to be voted on. Based on those facts alone, never mind the lack of nutritional value of the food stuffs, everyone should have voted NO. At the very least a strong president would have removed the item in question for future discussion.