It is my understanding that he was one vote away from becoming chair and is currently the elected vice chair of the committee. Lauder, I know of no one on the Diversity Committee who has complained to myself or others that he should be removed for his comments or alleged absences at meetings. What makes you more pathetic is the fact that your use the same bullying and harassing tactics you criticize those who are unsupportive of the LGBT issues.Īs for Mr. I am proud to call Senator Bogdanoff and her children life long friends and I know for a fact this is not true and knew that you knew it was untrue when you said it. I was at the Dolphin Democrat meetings where you stated you had knowledge that Former Senator Bogdanoff “shipped” her son to Boston for the period of the election so as to not answer questions about her sons sexuality even after you had been told you were wrong. In my opinion your harassment and bullying at the polls in 2012 of Ellyn Bogdanoff regarding her son being a homosexual is the move of a quintessential bully. I find you to be nothing more than a bully, no different that the ones you rail on about that hurt the LGBT community. This confirms what I have heard from many in the LGBT community that most choose to deal with you as minimally as possible only to avoid your bullying, bombastic ways when other share their disagreement with their views. To date, I have had not one member of the LGBT community show support for your wish to remove Mr. Lauder serving on the Diversity Committee. I am well aware that besides your emails to our Board, you have taken to the internet to rally those in your community to protest Mr. I believe I have a very good relationship with the LGBT community and regularly attend LGBT events. What saddens me the most when I review your email (besides the grossly inaccurate statements and innuendo) is the fact that as someone who claims to work tirelessly as an advocate for equality in the LGBT community you obsess over Mr. I stand by and take no issue with my previous appointment of Mr. Lauder in your dispute, quite the contrary. By no means does that mean I am distancing myself from School Board Member Korn or Mr. Lauder is not my current appointee to the Diversity Committee. Again I appreciate the need for you to bring my name into your ongoing dispute despite the fact Mr. I cannot express enough how much I appreciate again taking away from my duties as a school board member focusing on educating all students to reach their highest potential, to review yet another email regarding a conflict you having with yet another adult. Subject: Re: Tom Lauder, School Board Member Donna Korn’s appointee to Diversity Committ Moquin Paul Carland Tracy Clark Michaelle Pope Friday, Octo11:17 PM Freedman Rosalind Osgood Supt Runcie Jeffrey S. Rupert Ann Murray Laurie Rich Levinson Robin Bartleman Abby M. I guess some folks in the LGBT community don’t believe Rajner speaks for them. He’s an obnoxious, whiny and self-promoting bully.” “Katie Leach expressed what most Democrats also feel about Michael Rajner. It is about time that an elected official had guts enough to stand up to him, despite knowing that he will label them anti-gay for doing so.Ī well-known, outspoken gay Democratic activist leaked this e-mail to me with the following note:
That’s why I am sooooo happy to see this letter from outgoing School Board member Katie Leach. Its an observation, however inaccurate, about advocacy groups.īut Rajner, in his role as the spokesman for all LGBTs (When was that election?), apparently doesn’t believe in diversity of opinion on the diversity committee. He also said their mission “wasn’t the kids.” Rajner has demanded Lauder be removed from the School Board Diversity Committee because he dared to say that LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual) groups have agenda. Nobody has proved to me that Lauder’s writings are inaccurate…just pointed and opinionated.Įnter from stage left…very left…self appointed gay activist Michael Rajner.
Broward field trip to gay bar free#
Last time I looked there was Free Speech in this country. Many Democrats don’t like Tom Lauder because he skewers them in his Internet blogs.