Monday, April 20, 2009

Burleson gets terminated June 30, 2009!

74 comments:

Anonymous said...

a very sad day, and a huge mistake for the school board...

Anonymous said...

The crowd's behavior was inspiring. Truly inspiring.

Burkereader said...

David Barnard is a gutless coward. What was he afraid of when he excused himself from the vote?

Anonymous said...

this blog is.............DEAD!!

let it go people, let it go.

Anonymous said...

Jenny Craig is doing some amazing things!

Anonymous said...

if it is dead then quit responding and go the hell away Tracy!

Anonymous said...

I'm very embarrassed for our community. I can't believe this is happening. Few probably care what surrounding counties are saying, but when Burke Co. the reason for the snickering is apparent.

Anonymous said...

Oh, hell no. This blog ain't dead. It has exposed you for almost two years and accurately predicted what you fools were going to do. This blog now gets to predict what THE PEOPLE will do. This is far from over.

Anonymous said...

it is a shame that the board was voted on by the citizens, to be a voice for us burke county, then they dont listen to us. Tracey/Tim when your house catches on FIRE the citizens or VFD's may not hear there pagers go off. Think about it.

Anonymous said...

As a former Burke county resident who now resides in Georgia, it is a shame the BOE is going down the same road as the Clayton County School System; where their BOE lost the school system their accreditation. At least they won't be alone anymore........come on Burke......get your **** together! Vote the Fraud 5 out ASAP!

Anonymous said...

Bernard was advised by his lawyer not to vote... does he have a lawyer of his own?... is he hopping the rest are going down and he will ride the fence....no way... "Frisk'em".... time to pay the piper you bunch of idiots... you have set things in motion... Tracy you have lost more than just the next election, and you will not live this down in this county. Oh,and what is the court date that is showing on the web. this does not just look like the boys are in trouble. Timmy, Rob and Karen... Tracy may go first... but the rest of you will be in the same boat. THANKS FOR EMBARRASSING THIS COUNTY AND BRINGING THAT IDIOT SHERRIL BACK

Anonymous said...

Do any of you smart people really think any of the board will run again???? I just hope the next board gives us lots to talk about. I hope we still get to judge people cause Jesus just loves that!!! Besides, everyone would have to sit around thinking about what's wrong with themselves instead of everybody else. God forbid!!

Anonymous said...

To 9:40 p.m.
"...Us smart people" do not judge for pleasure or to make ourselves feel better.
"...Us smart people" have common sense & good judgement & know when to call a spade a spade.
The vast majority of Burke Countians (" Us smart people, ") including the students, parents, teachers, general public, law enforcement & public officials were adamantly opposed to the termination of David Burleson's contract! THE GROSS DISREGARD OF THE PUBLIC OUTCRY IS UNBELIEVABLE! Even Mr. Bernard refused to vote(coward that he is). In my naive heart of hearts, I thought that there would be a different outcome, perhaps a truce of some sort. But I see that the infamous HISTRIONIC FAB 5 yet again failed to SWALLOW THEIR PRIDE OR LISTEN TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE ... yet again, they put their selfish agenda above "just plain" common sense & refused to address the personnel issues they so claim fueled their actions. HOW DO THEY
WALK IN THE STREETS OF THIS TOWN?
Love,
"US NON-JUDGEMENTAL,PLAIN-SPOKEN, LEVEL-HEADED SMART PEOPLE"
P.S. 9:40 p.m. Are you a Fab 5 or just one of the handful of supporters that you have left?
And NO, we assume you do NOT have the GALL to run for any office whatsoever AGAIN! THANK YOU FOR VERIFYING THAT ASSUMPTION!!

Anonymous said...

Whaddaya know.

the SUN did come up this morning.

Anonymous said...

Yes, the sun is up but there will no longer be any educatin' in Burke County after June 30th. The teachers can not function without DB. You will see.

Anonymous said...

The teachers can't function without Burleson - are you serious? Teachers are dedicated professionals in their own right and will continue to educate young minds long after Burleson is gone.

Anonymous said...

This stopped being about David Burleson. It is about elected officials with hidden agenda's and not listening to the will of the public. I do not care what Burleson did, that meeting was illeagal and unconstitutional. And this whole thing was WRONG. I do know the difference between right and wrong. The Fraud Five do not.

Anonymous said...

No, wasn't serious. Just trying to make a point. Education will continue regardless of what happened on April 20th. Chill.

Anonymous said...

I have 2 children and I will do anything to provide the best future for them. I have never in my life seen such a calculated and formulated ambush on a HUMAN in my life. I know the school board members were elected and I respect and support that process. The only thing I can say is that these things will continue to go on until this county gets more than 20% of the voters to the ballot box. These sorry individuals rallied the support and votes they needed to oust the employees that they did not like and caused some employees to leave that had an impact on the children. The voters of Burke County must go to work late and show up on election day or get use to these types of actions from the Board.

Anonymous said...

TO 11:32 AM...

REF: I have never in my life seen such a calculated and formulated ambush on a HUMAN in my life.


GEE, YOU MUST LIVE A VERY SHELTERED LIFE.

Anonymous said...

That was the best you could come up with???? Sheltered Life? Ah come on... do we need to dumb down the blog for the Fab Five?

Anonymous said...

Why are we ignoring the fact that Charlotte and Tim Buff are now separated? Also, why is no one concerned that Rick Sherrill carried on an affair for years with Betty Terrell, starting when she worked "under" him at Liberty. Now he is brought back to save us from ourselves and no one seems to care that he has no morals at all. When he is made superintendent, Betty will resume her former position under him. Please explain how the children of the county will benefit.

Anonymous said...

ref: "Rick Sherrill carried on an affair for years with Betty Terrell"

THIS IS NOT TRUE.

JUST LYIN' GOSSIP BY THE PRO-BURLESON CROWD.

Anonymous said...

Hate to break it to you, but people from all over the unifour know about Mr. Sherrill's escapades. Wake up people!

Anonymous said...

Oh, you are mistaken. Ask ANYONE that worked with or knew them during the time Rick was principal at Liberty and after he left. She had a nervous breakdown when they split up. Did you honestly think no one would bring this up?

Anonymous said...

oooo someone struck a nerve... but really, I must ask... is Tracy going to let the public make comments at the next meeting... oh I forgot, they will limit it to 10 sec.s or maybe they will hold the meeting at 6 am. Or meet out of County... FOR SECURTITY REASONS(of Course)... Please urge the 5 to resign... before they cost this county every penny in leagal fees... and did the Board Attorny really cut Tracy a deal to work on her sons cases. Inquiring minds want to know.

Anonymous said...

Found Ms. Norman's #. Please post 413-5849.

Anonymous said...

Tracy won't answer I had to leave a voicemail. She sounds as stupid on her recording as she does in person and on tv.

Yes horny Rickster is back. Word is he is fucking Tracy as well.
I wonder if Tiny Red Nose Tim knows.

Washed up Judg Jones knows why he recommended to end the contract this year. He has discovered a gold mine at $175.00 per hour to fight the law suit he will soon be served.

Why is Tracy and Horny Rickster driving around to the schools together?

Tracy's only hope now is for one of these fools she spreads for will marry her.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Sherrill would have never come back here if any of the "gossip" were true.

Hate to break it to you, but people from all over the unifour know about Mr. Sherrill's honesty & integrity. Wake up people!

That's why he is here.

Anonymous said...

It is not "gossip" and why would he not come back here. He was promised the superintendent's job along with the board's promise that he could do anything he wants. A deal too good to pass up. Start asking around unless you are afraid the truth will smack you in the face.

Anonymous said...

& THEY ARE GOING TO PAY HIM


$175,000 PER YEAR !!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

i hope he can do more than his presentation at Patton the other night. He had a problem even turning his microphone on. Then he stumbled through out his powerpoint show about gang violence in burke county.
He looked like he needed a nap afterwards. He would never keep up with David's schedule.

Anonymous said...

I still do not know what this is about but I'll take a stab at it. Could it be that a cerain person with a politcal connection was overlooked to be the Head BB coach @ EBHS. Billy Anderson got the job instead. That set the wheels in motion for the political payback to the principal @ EB and the Central Office. Since Anderson had ties at the Central Office, the diseffected parties set about for revenge. When Anderson got in trouble at EBHS, that was the spark needed for the polictical witch hunt to begin. A deal was struck witht the sole purpose to remove, A Anderson, S Demiter and utlimately D Burleson in exchange for support for votes to the uneducated and embarasing current members of the board.
What a shame.

Anonymous said...

not bad 7:11

makes ya wonder how the Andersons are feeling now??????????????????

Anonymous said...

HOW OLD IS THE PICTURE OF ARMOUR ON THE BURKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEB SITE?

Anonymous said...

Better question... how do you think Hairfield is feeling?
That appology will not get him very far at all....lol

Anonymous said...

Will the real Puppet Master please stand up? TIM BUFF


While I absolutely despise Tracy Norman buff, here are some very interesting facts that are overlooked.


Tim Buff is the Puppet master of all this chaos. Honestly, do you really think Tracy Norman has the enough intelligence to do this? Tim has been orchestrating this whole thing for years. Why didn't he drive intelligent people to the court house and pay their registration fees? Because it was all part of the Puppet masters plan. Having people more intelligent than himself, which I am sure it took him the first 4 years to find three that are not, he could manipulate their minds and get what "he" thinks is best for BCPS. He shows up in a suit and tells a few hunting stories and what do you know, he has convinced half of Burke county that he is worthy of being on the school board. Then he manipulates the same people to elect Tracy 2 years later. After all, she is the queen of white trash.

He then spends 2 more years as the minority of the board and plays the sympathetic role to get the other three phonies voted in. All people he can manipulate. He now had mind control over the majority of the board and gets elected “Chairman”. He holds this position to fire the lawyer Sam, and then makes it so difficult to do anything that Randall retires. Granted, they were not the most popular people. Then before he makes the move to get rid of David, he steps down and convinces the 4 to elect Tracy whom he has been grooming (and screwing) for the past 3 years. Now he set her up to take the brunt of the blame when David gets the boot. Listen to the Audio of the meeting; he has to tell Tracy 4 or 5 times to “Call Order”. She is so dumb; she doesn’t even know how to run the meetings. How long do you think they practice what she needs to say at the B&S discount store?

At one point, Tim was a decent person. Now he is a shadow of the man he thinks he is. One only has to step back and look at the big picture. How can a man obtain that store, all of his rental properties, cars, trucks, a wife, a whore girlfriend and go on lavish hunting trips all by selling dented cans and out of date yogurt three days a week? How can Tracy pay for a new car working part time at this store? Maybe Daddy Tim bought it for her. Hmmn, I wonder what the IRS thinks he makes? Maybe someone should report him for tax fraud. And how many years ago did she abandon her family? I wonder if that is the same time she started ‘working’ for Tim. All of it sounds a little fishy to me.

From what I hear, he has isolated himself from all of his friends and family. Anyone that questions Tim is no longer on his friend list. The rumor going around my son’s school is that Tim is no longer allowed to visit his grandchildren at school per his own daughter!!!! Sounds like a man we want playing Puppet Master with the entire future of all our kids doesn’t it?

Anonymous said...

Some nutty and very naive person posted:
"Hate to break it to you, but people from all over the unifour know about Mr. Sherrill's honesty & integrity. That's why he is here."
Whoever wrote this is in need of serious help...believe me! They need to wake up and smell the coffee and see Ricky the Rickster for the scheming A.H. he really is! The words honesty and integrity have no place anywhere near the name Rick Sherrill.

Anonymous said...

Are Tim and Charlotte separated? Does anyone know that for sure? I have also heard that his daughter told the schools he could no longer see his grandchildren. Does anyone know if that is true?

Anonymous said...

Co-workers of Charlotte Buff say they are separated. Anyone care to guess why?

Anonymous said...

Anyone care to guess why?


maybe because of all the LIES you Christian folks have been posting on here.

nice. real nice. lead by example.

Anonymous said...

HOW DID BARNARD BEAT BRANDON?
4997 to 2966

HOW DID HAIRFIELD BEAT SIMMONS?
4073 to 1222

HOW DID SAIN BEAT MARTINAT?
4667 to 2472


OH, & BUFF GOT OVER 5000 VOTES.

wonder why the PEOPLE spoke so loud at the last election?

Anonymous said...

In 2005 there were approximately 53,000 registered voters in Burke. ~8000 people voted in the 2007 election for school board members. Assuming the number of voters stayed constant from 2005 to 2007, that means about 15% of the county's voters actually voted. Not exactly a mandate.
Our lesson? Apathy kills.

Anonymous said...

Apathy kills !!!!!!!!!

WE DO NOT DISAGREE WITH THAT.

RECKON ALL THOSE UNION STREET & PLEASANT RIDGE PEOPLE WILL GET OUT & VOTE THIS TIME?

Anonymous said...

The only reason these clowns were elected was because of the false promises they made when campaigning. Total bulls*#%! Even their own family members and friends have turned their backs to them. Tell me fab 5...has it been worth it? To lose not only the respect of the good people of Burke County, but the respect of your friends and family as well. Where's your support now? Oh you may have a few that will be brave enough to show their face, but most of them are feeling betrayed because they trusted you too!

If want some respect then do the right thing...admit you were wrong and resign from your seat. That would be a great start to right all that you've done wrong!

Anonymous said...

ROB HAIRFIELD'S ANTI-FEMALE TAPE !!!

Not just a racist, Rob's a dyed-in-the-wool, ultra-right wing misogynist, as well. Listen for yourself to the proof.

Go to http://www.burke.k12.nc.us/boeaudio//

Then click on "Part 2" of the November 17 public meeting recording.

Early on, you'll hear Burke County Community Foundation Director (and SOS organization member) Caroline Avery ask, from the audience, if the board could find a bigger room to fit all the attendees.

At the 2:40 mark, Tracy, Tim and Rob start discussing Caroline. Tracy even remarks that she refuses to "bow" to people speak from the audience without being given the floor.

At the 3:00 mark, Rob says "People from the audience can't make a motion anyway," to which Tim dismissively chuckles "I know."

Then, while watching the room get cleared of attendees who apparantly shared Caroline's views in opposition to the Fab 5's book banning intentions, Rob gleefully slurs "Let's just see about THIS, Psycho Bitch."

This racist, misogynistic drunk and his cronies are ALL going down (which, from what I read here, would not be new to Tracy). The light of regional media attention is on these cockroaches and they're already scurrying for cover.

This is going to get FUN.

Anonymous said...

8:09,

You are so right. The only thing worse than a stupid woman that will do anything-legal or illegal, moral or immoral-that a man tells her to do is the chicken**** man that tells her what to do and then hides behind her.

Anonymous said...

To April 22, 2009 7:46 AM

Yes, Mr. Hairfield: Pleasant Ridge, Union Street and everyone else you have contempt for (the rest of the county) will be voting in the next election and the election two years hence.
Question is, will you still be on the board then?

Anonymous said...

REF:The only reason these clowns were elected was because of the false promises they made when campaigning.

WHAT WERE THE FALSE PROMISES???

THEY SAID THEY GET RID OF THE DEADWEIGHT, DIDN'T THEY??

Anonymous said...

You took an oath, and you are supposed to be in office for the best intrests of the children... NOT Personal vendetta's and embarrass this county. You are supposed to hear the public, not talk shit about them.

Livid said...

how can we get these jack**es off the board? There MUST be a way. Do morals count, because if they do, this will be a piece of cake! Norman and Buff...get a room, Hairfield, buy another drink with the money you never earned, Barnard, go find yourself a spine...and a couple of other things too. We are sick of your manipulative lies and your obviously corrupt politics. Have another meeting and do what's right. Extend Burleson's contract and rectify this HUGE mistake you've made. Then, resign and allow some people who actually care about the students to make sound judgement calls.

Anonymous said...

give up folks.

taint happenin'

Livid said...

Give up?!? Why?? Do YOU want this to just "go away?" Why would you say "tain't happening?" Mr. Burleson isn't a quitter and neither are those who support him. Tell the "Un-Fab 5" to quit. That would be a blessing.

Anonymous said...

Talk about abuse of power! How about this, Tracy Norman was calling schools yesterday demanding a list of names of any teacher that was not in school on Monday. I'm sure she wants to intimidate or threaten teachers with their jobs. What's wrong with teachers supporting their own boss? She is a piece of work. This was learned at a school meeting last night.

Anonymous said...

did you not pay attention to what the people in Raleigh said???

"Under state law, recent decisions of the Burke County Board of Education concerning the local superintendent's contract are decisions that are vested with the locally elected members of the Burke County Board of Education. They are not decisions over which the State Board of Education or NC Department of Public Instruction has jurisdiction. In fact, the state has no role in a contract dispute between a local school superintendent and local board of education."

The governor's office have advised residents this is a local issue, she said, and there isn't much they can tell callers except its a local personnel issue.

Anonymous said...

Thats fine then. Let her fire them all and then see what we are left with. No one in their right mind will want to teach in burke county. It's hard enough to find good dedicated teachers that care about the kids as it is.

Livid said...

did you not pay attention to what the people in Raleigh said???

"Under state law, recent decisions of the Burke County Board of Education concerning the local superintendent's contract are decisions that are vested with the locally elected members of the Burke County Board of Education. They are not decisions over which the State Board of Education or NC Department of Public Instruction has jurisdiction. In fact, the state has no role in a contract dispute between a local school superintendent and local board of education."
Yeah, AND..? Does that mean that this cannot LOCALLY be resolved? Who said anything about Raleigh? It is a local issue and it should be handled as such. Lord knows, we don't really want to broadcast what a sorry excuse for a School Board we've got any further than we have to, do we?
If Norman was able to make map lines magically disappear....why in the world can't we borrow her magic wand and make 5 people disappear? I am certainly not a lawyer, but my understanding is this: when you sign a legal document, you are bound by it. If there had been anything unethical about the contract, that would be just cause for changing and /or terminating it. The morons are talking about a DATE....a date on the calendar, for God's sake. Do they really want Mr. Burleson out SO much that they won't adhere to a contract THEY were well aware of? COME OOOOOONN!

Anonymous said...

Let's demonstrate along Hairfields street this weekend. We can do it with a chain of cars, trucks, motorcycles, lawnmowers, golfcarts etc. Let's have signs demanding Hairfield to resign now.

He must go now before unrest comes to Morganton.

There can be other parades weekly on a rotating basis for the other 4 members. We should also include the school board judgee.

We should not forget about the accounting firm who asked for the job of being the board's accountants. This school board hired them this year after firing the other.

I think any business that takes money from this board should be boycotted.

Anonymous said...

Fab 5: Think about the great teachers and staff...think about our children...is all of this worth it. Just because you have a personal issue does not give you the right as an elected official to turn our school system upside down. What could he possibly have done to deserve this? We could have our own Reality TV Show with the Tim and Tracy Show??

Anonymous said...

If Billy Anderson was able to make students' money magically disappear...

Anonymous said...

Hang them on the court yard square!!

Anonymous said...

"THEY SAID THEY GET RID OF THE DEADWEIGHT, DIDN'T THEY??" from above post. Yes they did say this but for every person they have gotten rid of they have hired two to replace. One who isn't qualified in the first place and the second 'underling' to actually do the job. And in most if not all instances of rehiring the new salaries are much higher than the 'deadweight's' salary. They also said they would look into helping the classifed folks with salary increases but that did not happen either. Even friends who campaigned for them have turned against them as they've found out that what their true agendas were.

Anonymous said...

So glad I got out of Burke County last year. Best move I ever made. Teachers, what in the world is keeping you in this crazy place? Do yourself a favor and get out. You have no idea how much better it is out here in the normal world.

Livid said...

remember all those long letters Hairfield was writing to the newspaper prior to the election? How he was going to make sure our money was going to be spent properly, how he was going to make sure Burke County students were his first priority, blah blah blah...? What a crock of s**t!!! In fact, now that we all know what a sot he really is, he was probably half-crocked when he wrote those letters. Will someone post the names of businesses affiliated with these crooks? I'd like to make sure that not one penny of my money is spent in those places.

Anonymous said...

I want to apologize to everyone for voting for Tim Buff and Tracy Norman.I made a mistake and i am sorry.Tim if u are having an affair then u need to resign your position as school board member and as deacon of your church.No one who commits adultery will enter heaven.

Livid said...

OMG!!! He's a DEACON at his church?!?!? ROFLMAO! I don't suppose Tracy is the TREASURER, is she??

Anonymous said...

I was at the awards ceremony at Liberty Middle School Thursday morning and guess who didn't show up...Tim & Tracy. Wonder why? Are they finally getting scared?

While the two of them didn't show...Mr. Burleson did. He got a standing ovation twice and many of the students not only shook his hand, but gave him a hug as well.

Anonymous said...

They were in Trace's vehicle Tim bought her.

There was a sign posted on the windshield that read:

IF THIS VAN IS ROCKING THEN DON'T COME A KNOCKIN

Someone said horny Rickster was next in line.

Anonymous said...

We have all seen first hand that the horrible 5 don't care about our students, our teachers, our community or themselves including their own families. Tracy's son had to smoke pot to deal with her so I wonder what Tim is doing to deal with her. If the "5" hasn't listened to us yet they are not going to but we do have the final say or vote so to speak. We voted then in and we can vote them out. If Burleson is interested he may be able to run again and be voted back in next go round. But I firmly believe if we have never done it before we have now united in the cause of good and we will not go down without a fight. If that is what the 5 want that is what the 5 is going to get. We the people of Burke County may have made a huge mistake but it is something that can be fixed. besides why did we ever think that someone who couldn't even run a home could run our school system? Pitty us but lets finish what the 5 have started.

Anonymous said...

Just to let all parents know: we have the right to pull our children out of school when ever needed. Maybe instead of our children feeling like they need to hold a walk out protest maybe we as parents need to sign them out in protest. My daughter is on the honor roll and has never missed a day but to prove a point I would gladly have her pulled out. Think about it we still have rights Tracy can't touch. Lets help our children fight this battle after all it was us who chose them and only we can fix this.

Anonymous said...

hey April 25, 2009 11:49 AM

how old are you? 12!!

Livid said...

What can WE do, constructively to oust the 5 phonies? Is there an "impeachment" process? Can they be forced to resign? Would there be any "interims" willing to fill the seats until the next election?

Livid said...

Well, once again, Tracy (and of course I mean TimTracy) has waved the magic wand and made the board's reviews of Burleson's performance as a superintendent disappear. Magic! Yep, he's willing to allow EVERYONE into his personnel files and suddenly...stuff is missing! Come on out there! Is there someone out there who reads this blog and knows how to go about the legal process needed to get rid of these criminals? I'll volunteer my time to the cause. Mr. Aycock, if you're out there, what can we do and why the hell was Jones looking for a way to oust Burleson? Karen Sain, what is YOUR beef with Burleson? Coersion, I expect, is what ocurred here.

Livid said...

Bernard is GONE. 4 more to go