Seattle Capital Programs
I attended the Board Work Session yesterday on Capital Programs and Plans. It was both informative and annoying. Attending were Directors McLaren, Patu, Blanford, Peters, Peaselee and Martin-Morris. Director Carr, like at last week's Board meeting, was not in attendance. Staff included Superintendent Banda and the head of Capital/Facilities, Flip Herndon. Dr. Herndon gave the entire presentation. There was a good laugh before the meeting when Director Blanford said that he had a lot of people asking him if he was Richard Sherman or Marshawn Lynch of the Seahawks (the only similarity is that they are all three black men with long hair - they don't look like each other at all.) I later asked Director Blanford if anyone asked him if he was Lawrence Fishburne - a joke based on an entertainment reporter who this week was interviewing Samuel L. Jackson and thought he was Lawrence Fishburne. Jackson's reaction was priceless. Dr. Herndon did two good th...