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LA School District Solves Scandal Problem by Deleting All Emails
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On September 14, 2014 @ 10:12 am In The Point | 8 Comments
They’re doing it for the children. Also to save money. This is the first time that L.A. Unified has done anything to save money so that alone should be triggering some alarms.
The Los Angeles Unified school board, under fire because of the release of internal emails outlining a possibly inappropriate relationship between its executives and Apple, as well as textbook publisher Pearson, has decided to buy a service that will automatically destroy staff emails after one year, according to KPCC.
School district general counsel David Holmquist asserted that the service, designed by Microsoft, will permit L.A. Unified to refuse any California Public Records Act requests for emails that are more than one year old.
Problem solved. Just call this the Lois Lerner solution to record transparency. You can’t ask for emails that are deleted.
But don’t worry. It’s being done for the benefit of the public.
“Because the District relies on public funds, it is imperative for the District to minimize its costs and, therefore, dispose of information and records in a timely manner.”
Sure. Imperative.
Just think of all the money they’ll be saving in lawsuits, prosecutions and PR experts. It’s a windfall for the public.
This is the greatest money saving service to the public since the Watergate coverup. Just think about how much money that would have saved.
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office is reopening an investigation into the matter; it had closed a prior investigation of the iPad/Pearson purchase, but the release of the emails has prompted another inquiry.
If a private company were doing this, they would be dragged into court. But the school bureaucracy continues to be impervious to the law.
Because they want to save you money.
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