Hell Just Froze Over

Well, Hell has frozen over and I missed it. Yes, Monday night at the BISD board meeting, Keith Kelly addressed the board in the open forum (listen here) and just after he called the Superintendent a liar, he proceeded to tell everyone that he really did like the Burleson school district and thought it might be time for a tax increase in light of the Texas Legislature's budget deficit!! Is that rich? How confused would all those citizens that he convinced the district was rolling in dough be when they hear this?

Just over 3 months ago, Kelly was calling the BISD administrative staff criminals and liars and said they didn't need any tax increase they just "wanted" it.  I was half expecting Kelly to lead a charge against the State for saying they had a budget deficit before they had all of their revenue and expenses counted. He certainly told the citizens of Burleson that the BISD should have known all about their revenue surplus by May last year and certainly by July. Which was interesting since Kelly served as Treasurer of the Emergency Services District (EDS) for the last year of his two years on the board, he couldn't figure out how much revenue his board would have in order to put together a budget before mid September, 2010. Hummmm... sounds a bit like the pot calling the kettle black.

So, what is the motivation for Kelly to appear before the board and make nice like that? Well, with everyone except the Superintendent. Some say that he was sounding the bell to run for the board. I find that unlikely but nothing would really surprise me as he is certainly appears to be unpredictable if he really is for a tax increase, NOW! I wonder what his fellow Patriot Tea Party board members think about that? I've not yet received a response to that question from Baker Graham, President of the TPTP.

I think it is unlikely that he will actually run for the school board as his re-appontment to the ESD this past Monday by his best friend Jerry Stringer as well as his prior re-election to the Treasurer's seat certainly should keep him busy especially since he enoys getting involved in day to day operations and making phone calls. With the amount of "funny business" uncovered in the most recent ESD audit, which was 100 days over due,  I would think he has his hands full.

I'm just sayin....

AR