Detroit school board head quits after complaint alleging inappropriate behavior
Detroit's Public School Board President was ousted after he masturbated in a meeting. DETROIT (AP) -- School board members refused Friday to reinstate the group's former president, who resigned a day earlier following allegations he fondled himself repeatedly in front of the district's superintendent. Otis Mathis was given a letter stating his request for reinstatement had been denied. http://www.tellusdetroit.com/city-gov/state/otis-mathis-061810.html Otis sitting behind the woman that caught his fancy What is interesting is that some of the other school board members wanted to re-instate Otis Mathis. Per below: Some board members told the Free Press that they did not want Mathis to return, but one member, the Rev. David Murray, said he would be happy for Mathis to return and that Mathis took responsibility for his bad behavior toward Gueyser. “He’s a young man; maybe he didn’t know it was offensive to her,” Murray said of the 55-year-old Mathis. “It’s not something I woul...