So on a Friday night at 9:30 pm I receive an email from an Atlanta School Board member. A) I don’t even know this guy (which is my political bad), B) I don’t even know how he has my email address since I never received anything from him when he was running for office in 2009 (his political bad), and C) WTF!! Why is all God’s name would you send something like this out? This Mr. English is NOT what the media consultants mean by “getting out in front of the story”. Hell I didn’t even know there was a “story” and how stupid are you to use an Atlanta School Board issued credit card for your own personal use. Seriously, really?, really? Didn’t you take a course on ethics on your first day of elected office? What in all God’s name did you bump your head against.
Enough of my ranting, here’s the dumbass email I speaketh of:
Dear Atlanta Community Member,As an elected member of the Atlanta Board of Education, I’ve made a mistake and I hope you will accept my apology.
I did not fully understand the terms of use of a credit card issued to me by the Atlanta Public Schools. I misinterpreted a document that accompanied the credit card when it was issued to me. I mistakenly thought I could use the credit card for personal use as long as I immediately reimbursed the district for any charges incurred.
This is not the policy. I never should have made any personal purchases, period.
I am responsible for $855.83 of disallowed charges made to the credit card between May 29 and June 30, 2010. These charges included an airline ticket, food, gratuities, hotel charges, and other sundries. On July 14, 2010, I reimbursed the district in full for all disallowed charges.
I apologize for this mistake. I take seriously my responsibilities as an elected school board member. I will never make this mistake again.Sincerely,
Courtney English
Board of Education Seat 7
Courtney, honey, I realize that you just graduated from Morehouse in 2007 and this is your first elected position, but please get a PR firm to help you the next time you do something so stupid. Let the professionals handle writing your apology letters. Bless your heart.
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