My random thoughts on the Davis promotion

First you should know I had a judgment from the state against me and I was on five years of probation. Two things, I really think I got hammered compared to other judgments I have seen and where I didn’t think it was fair after two years of wrangling with the state I just gave up and agreed. So when Davis says he just went along, I can see it, though at the same time, people go to jail and are forced to register as sex offenders for doing what he was accused of. I may have fought that a little harder

When Vitti points to his promotions as evidence that he did nothing wrong it makes me laugh a little. This is Florida and Jacksonville in particular, often promotions have nothing to do with ability and everything to do with whom you know. 

At the end of the day it’s Vitti on the line and not Davis. He obviously wanted somebody he likes and feels he can trust and Davis fits that bill. I still think many of his appointments are random and many don’t make sense but I guess that’s his bosses prerogative but think about this, if people were still infatuated with Vitti, then nobody would care about this transfer.

Vitti’s wearing thin with a lot of people. I thought Pratt-Dannals was terrible as super, though I hear he was a great guy at a party, and one of the reasons he lasted so long was he flew under the radar. Vitti on the other hand is out there constantly and usually at the center of a controversy. Maybe that’s a byproduct of so much being needed to be done but maybe it’s a byproduct of him not having a handle on how to do things. The fact his quotes in the media often deflect blame from himself and dump on teachers and principals probably doesn’t help either.