Greg Husband needs to put welfare of children before his own ego

To The Daily Sun,

The residents of Franklin are still wearing their wool scarf around their eyes. Let's review the political year. Former coach Greg Husband starts the petition, with the mayor's blessing, to remove two elected school board members. They later changed this to hold a public hearing when it became apparent the courts would not uphold a removal of duly elected officials by the mayor's posse. This cost the taxpayers of Franklin in REAL dollars. The board had to hire an attorney to defend their legal and rightful actions.

Don't forget, Greg Husband doesn't have a job, so he has nothing to lose by time. Next, Greg Husband files an unfair labor practice claim with the N.H. Department of Labor. HE lost, even though he claims they were biased against him. He ragged on them for failing to believe his disciples but the DOL was not swayed. Let me repeat: HE LOST! He complained to the Attorney General. They ignored him. He filed a complaint with the Department of Education, yes the same department where the mayor of Franklin and the newly elected board chair of Franklin are employed. The DOE did an investigation and found nothing substantial to Greg Husband's claims. He lost again! Are you sensing a pattern here?

He gets elected to the school board. His election platform: get Franklin schools back on track, take care of the budget, get teachers raises. Let's see: Franklin Schools have improved in all areas in the past three years, with a 20 percent teaching turnover, not 50 percent like he claims, and the budget is transparent and in the black (can the city say the same?). Get teachers raises — yes. Finally something to agree on. So Greg Husband has cost the school district about $50,000 so far in legal fees to defend against his personal vendetta against board members, NHIAA, administration. I wonder what that equals in teachers raises? Are we done? No. He continues to file suits.

His latest is against the former superintendent. Does the think that anything has changed in the past year? Has he convinced someone to lie for him? Did he share any of this at the last board meeting? Did the newly elected board chair have to leave the board table to ask her husband what to say next? Have any council members expressed a concern over Greg Husband's continued cost to the taxpayers? Yes, this one is costing the taxpayers. An estimate you say. Forty to fifty thousand dollars for this one suit would be a conservative estimate. Question: What is the the total cost to the residents of Franklin to massage on person's ego? Answer: Somewhere between seventy and a hundred thousand dollars.

The newly elected school board won't be sharing this information, but you can find it under Right to Know requests from the Department of Labor from the New Hampshire Court System, or from any honest board member that has real integrity. Check Greg Husband's history. He files suit or threatens to file suit against anyone and everyone who disagrees with him (attorney's, Executive Director of NHIAA, former spouse, school administration, board members). Maybe it is time that Greg Husband took that sage advice someone offered months ago. Put on his big boy pants and truly put the children of Franklin and their welfare before his own ego. Residents of Franklin, please take the wool from your eyes and looks at what these people are doing to our community.

K.W. Sawyer

Franklin