Ok Councilman David Burkette has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Montgomery County Board of Education. Oh let me mention that he works for the Montgomery County Board of Education as a Teacher. This right here .... OMG what is this man thinking this is his 4th time filing lawsuits against his employer yet he is still employed. Mind you he has been teaching for over 20 years and is also getting supplemental income from the City of Montgomery as Councilman. In my opinion I think that this is a selfish senseless act of stupidity on Burkette's side because so many individuals are out of work. If you have been discriminated against so much why are you still working there? Why have you only contacted EEOC only on one case? Everyone should have been contacted Southern Poverty Law Center, AEA, US Commission on Civil Rights, etc if it were me. This seems like a woman scorn type of deal. You have an individual who states that he has been overlooked for many positions because of his age and color. "Montgomery City Councilman David Burkette, who is also a public school teacher, has filed a race-and-age discrimination lawsuit against the school system -- the fifth lawsuit (and the fourth against the school system) that he has filed in federal court since 1993. Burkette, who represents District 4 on the City Council, has filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming "employment discrimination," saying the system's hiring practices violated his civil rights. The lawsuit notes that Burkette, who is 53 years old and black, is in a "protected class" because of his race and age.
The lawsuit, filed on Oct. 29, is the fourth lawsuit claiming discrimination that Burkette has filed against the Montgomery County Board of Education. He was hired in 1990 and has held some coaching positions during that tenure but has been turned down for several other coaching and administrative jobs for which he has applied.
Burkette contends in the lawsuit that he has been overlooked for promotions despite his winning coaching record and his educational back ground, which includes a bachelor's de gree, a mas ter's degree and an educa tional special ist degree in educational leadership.
"It's too political. It's a good ol' boy network where you're not able to advance," Burkette said."
Burkette says that this is "too political" its a "good ol' boy network " well oh my. I wonder if he feels like this about his additional position as a Councilman which is really a "good ol' boy network". Just view the voting records all in favor before the clerk counts ayes vs nays hands up. How many times have I gone to the meetings and this good ol' boy network vote in favor of their pet projects and unconstitutional demolitions of property? How many times do you ask them a question and they look like a deer caught in the path of headlights on high beam?
Burkette needs to be ashamed of himself because to me this is a conflict of interest at best. Let's see you have a City Councilman who will have the option to vote on giving the Montgomery County Board of Education $25million Bond to construct a new school in a few weeks and now he's suing them. He works for the Montgomery County Board of Education!?@$! This is the type of lunacy we citizens have to contend with trying to sort out the reality of their foolishness. Get to work on policy items that are going to push Montgomery in a positive equal environment for all.
If he is not qualified for a position based on their job description he should not want to sue for compensatory damages, legal fees etc. If he is boss enough to file a complaint he should pay for his own attorney fees. It may just be a case where he was not what the Principal or Administrator wanted at his or her school. If he give the ego thing a rest he may see that he was not hired or promoted because he was not QUALIFIED. It could also be that the hiring official may not have felt that his SECONDARY JOB AS CITY COUNCILOR may cause a conflict in his Primary Employers position.
The race card does not need to be pulled when not needed. It is such an unfortunate incident that our City Councilor feels over and under looked when he probably was looked directly at and given consideration of his additional job which may conflict with the Primary Job. This is why our children are failing because the idiosyncracies of the adults.
Reference
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20101117/NEWS01/11170381/Councilman-files-discrimination-suit-against-MPS
