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It's too late, Nate.

Reasons to recall the DPS District 4 representative for Northeast Denver:


1. Easley has a conflict of interest
a. He is President of the DPS Board and Deputy Director of the Denver Scholarship Foundation at the
same time.
b. DPS Superintendent Boasberg and DPS board member, Theresa Pena, also sit on the board of the
Foundation.
c. As President of the DPS board, he is the employer of Superintendent Boasberg.
d. As Deputy Director of the Denver Scholarship Foundation, he is the employee of Boasberg.
e. He has influence over Boasberg’s employment and salary, and Boasberg has influence over his.
f. He has used Denver Scholarship Foundation resources to conduct DPS business.
g. Easley, Boasberg, and Pena vote/influence actions of both organizations.
2. Easley holds secret meetings in violation of the state’s open meetings law.
a. He didn’t publish public notice of meetings where school board policy was discussed or developed.
b. He misused the law in an attempt to publicly reprimand 3 pro-community DPS board members.
c. He repeatedly violated the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) when he denied parents’ requests for
school finance records.
3. Easley doesn’t listen to the concerns of parents.
a. He voted for DPS to shut down, phase out, and replace public neighborhood schools with private charter
schools.
b. He ignores calls and emails from many concerned parents
4. Easley repeatedly misses many community meetings:
a. Between Oct 2010-Jan 2011 to discuss the future of Northeast schools
b. At Manual High School during the principal search process
c. In Montbello to hear parents’ concerns about school shut-downs
5. Easley votes 100% of the time with the Superintendent and corporate-backed board members.
a. He didn’t listen to the hundreds of Montbello High School students that opposed the phase-out of their
school.
b. He promised to support public neighborhood schools but voted to replace them with corporate charter
schools.
c. He promised to support teachers; instead, he supported their mass firings without a fair process.
Please support our recall effort by:
 Signing the recall petition  Talking to others about the recall  Getting others to sign the recall petition
 Passing out flyers  Making phone calls

For more information email info@defensedenver.com or visit www.defensedenver.com.To get involved in DeFENSE,
please call our Team Leaders: Montbello/Far North East – Jackie Skalecke 303-371-3811 | Northeast – Mandy
Hennessy – 720-224-4125| Spanish-speaking parent organizer – Mario Ramirez – 303-526-8712
Media Inquiries – John McBride 720-270-3527
DeFENSE (Democrats for Excellent Neighborhood School Education) – Produced and printed by volunteers.

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