A judge continued a financial conservatorship for Lodi Unified School District trustee Harvey Bills Sr., and asked him to surrender his driver's license, which he did.Soon, the 72-year-old trustee will enter an assisted living residence. Even so, Bills said outside court that he plans to return to the board of trustees, from which he is on leave.
"I'll be back on the board," he said after the court proceedings. He then smiled and pointed to his brain as he added, "I'm still the same as I was 20 years ago."
Bills began a leave of absence in March. The proceedings Thursday mean that decisions over his own finances will continue to be made by family members, not Bills himself. In sworn court papers, his wife, Donna Bills, stated he suffers from dementia and cannot handle his own financial affairs.
That's raising questions among some in Lodi Unified, a district beset with massive financial challenges.
After being informed of [the] court proceedings, Vice President Joe Nava said it would be in the best interest of the board for Bills to step down for good.
"If he's incapable of making decisions, he should resign. That's the best scenario. We would carry on any board policy as needed," Nava said.
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He won't be back on the board, no matter what he wants.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Joe, they won't let him back on the board.
ReplyDeleteIt should be simple - if he's incompetent, then he shouldn't be on the board.
ReplyDeleteBut is he really incompetent?
sadly, he will likely never to be heard from again ....
ReplyDeletebtw ---- there is a law review available on the net that discusses the error rate of court proceedings .... it is titled "nGuilty men" and it puts to a mathematical equation the maxim of Sir William Blackstone who said it was better that 10 guilty men go free that one suffer wrong [referring to a wrongful conviction]
ReplyDeleteIn cases where psychiatric evidence is prevelant ... in particular where a decision to commit [guardianize] is involved .... the error rate is 10:540 ---- meaning while 10 needing guardianized go free, 540 who don't need guardianized will be ....
and it will be worse under the new healthcare bill ---
Watching asked the big question - is Mr. Bills really incompetent?
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