The Letter That Started A War
The Letter That Started A War
and
The End of Decency
David Pakter
To say the two Teacher Trial Hearings of David Pakter that took place this past week, on May 10 and 11, at 49 Chambers Street, were most eventful would be an understatement of monumental proportions.
Two quite amazing events in particular, were not entirely unexpected but nonetheless carried no less ability to shock the conscience of all Witnesses who were in attendance at this Open to the Public Trial.
On the first day, when all the world believed David Pakter would finally be allowed, after three years, to play for the Record a taped recording of a meeting held in his former Principal's office, the NYC DOE's "Learned Counsel" vociferously objected to the playing of any tape before he was allowed to listen to this Defense Exhibit first and in privacy outside earshot and hearing of the attending members of the public.
Despite the fact that his predecessor DOE prosecuting attorney had already been granted that privilege and shortly afterwards had suddenly been removed from the case under mysterious circumstances, nevertheless, once again the DOE insisted on the right to rehear this key piece of evidence without the public being allowed the same right.
Amazingly, however, the "Learned Counsel" for the NYC DOE never did hear the tape-- by his own choice it must be said. After Pakter set up the listening equipment in a private room, an observation Pakter made as he was exiting the room, to wit: that this was all a sad waste of the taxpayer's money, gave the DOE counsel the chance he had been waiting for to avoid listening to the tape at all.
In one of his typical and infantile temper tantrums, the "Learned" DOE Counsel slammed the heavy metal door so hard it seemed its hinges would separate from the wall. And shortly after the door slamming incident, he burst from the room with Pakter's Defense Counsel and for the remainder of the day the tape was never heard by anyone.
The following day the "Learned" Counsel for the Prosecution again refused to hear the incriminating (for the DOE) tape, this time, neither in Public nor in Private, and despite the fact that Pakter had transferred the tape to three brand new professional grade digital Olympus recorders in order to allow both Counsel of record, as well as the State Hearing Officer to each have a personal copy which they could listen to as many times as they felt was necessary and required. But the above is not the end of the judicial outrages this past week.
There was one other event that occurred during the following Hearing that came as a shock to even the most seasoned Witnesses to NYC Dept of Education "justice". The "Learned" DOE Prosecuting Attorney, who only relatively recently, removed some truly disgusting material posted under his real name, on the Internet, made a Motion that, despite it being Legal, was about as despicably obscene as anything I or any other Witnesses in the room, had ever observed in the history of New York State Education Law 3020-a Trials.
Well aware, that despite a long line of Prosecution Witnesses presented, (a large majority of whom committed intentional, willful, Perjury), and having apparently just enough brain cells still functioning, to understand that he was losing his case and losing badly, the "Learned" Prosecuting Attorney did the only thing left that he could think to do.
I believe in some circles it is called grasping for straws. The "Learned" NYC Dept of Education Prosecuting Attorney, Philip Oliveri, Esq. made the stunning announcement that he wished to introduce a Motion that the well known and highly esteemed and respected Hearing Officer, sitting in Judgment in this case, Recuse himself from the Trial of "New York City Dept of Education versus David Pakter".
The implied and actually little veiled insinuation being advanced by Mr. Oliveri was that the huge amount of news articles, blogs and editorials written about this case and its attendant charges made it impossible for the Hearing Officer of Record to remain impartial regarding the facts.
There is a vast amount of additional information and comment I would very much like to add to this amazing and latest outrageous development but I have been most solemnly entreated not to opine on this situation at the present. I will thus restrain myself, although with much difficulty, from publishing more at this time than I have already stated.
Suffice it to say that the material removed from the Internet not so long ago, and which was posted under the "Learned" DOE Prosecutor's real name, despite it's revoltingly obscene nature and the "Learned" DOE Counsel's rather disturbingly disgusting remarks, and apparent proclivity for denigrating women, (who the "Learned" DOE Counsel clearly sees as some form of sex objects not worthy of his respect), nevertheless truly outdid himself at the latest Hearing in his "race to the bottom".
For those of us who can remember as far back in time as the Senator Joseph McCarthy Communist Witch Hunt Hearings of the 1950's, surely the famous words of Lawyer Jack Welch must have come immediately to mind. I am sure everyone in the room, save the "Learned" DOE Counsel himself, wanted to turn to this brash young NYC Dept of Education attorney and quote the immortal words of Attorney Joseph Welch who hurled those burning words at vicious bully Senator McCarthy, who had wrecked and totally destroyed so many innocent lives: ".... Senator. You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" In conclusion, for those readers who are wondering what in Heaven could I, or indeed anyone, have ever done to become the object of such animosity on the part of the New York City Dept of Education and a former Federal Prosecutor, the Faux uncredentialed Chancellor Joel Klein, Esq., I will conclude with a Link to the letter I sent to Mr. Klein on Oct. 2, 2003. That letter speaks for itself.
And the evasive "Non-Response" that I received from Chad Vignola, Esq., Mr. Klein's former General Counsel, who was forced to resign shortly after writing me, due to his part in the Deputy Chancellor Diana Lam, coverup scandal, also speaks volumes.
That letter too, is attached for those curious to see how the knee jerk and instantaneous Whistle-blower Retaliation against me began, with the ferocity I might add and unforgiving vengeance of a speeding bullet.
There will be two Trial Hearings in early June. For those who missed the two Hearings this past week, you will still have one last opportunity to see just how low people will sink to cover up a lie.
In this case the lie that all children in New York City are receiving the same quality of Education and the same degree of Equal protection under the Laws of the Land and the Constitution of the United States of America.
My highly respected in his field, Physician/Radiologist/Surgeon, Brother once wrote in one of his songs: "...a little truth is always better than a big lie".
Read the letter I sent to Joel Klein before the "Learned" DOE Prosecuting Counsel in my trial, had even applied for Law School.
www.uft.org/news/teacher/top/vignola.pdf
Most people will readily recognize which letter represents "a little truth" and which represents "a big lie". And may God help those who cannot.
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