I Was Falsely Accused...And Then I Was Wrong...

The name "Joseph" says it all, but here I am, once again, defending myself from false accusations, this time, in the form of an anonymous letter sent to at least one Venus ISD school board member as early as Tuesday, and several others in the community this week. When I drove to Venus this afternoon for their special school board meeting and was informed of this accusation, I immediately e-mailed Superintendent Bobby Matthews requesting that I at least get one minute before the start of the special meeting to tell the board that it was definitely not me who sent the anonymous letters. When I write something, when I say something, when I broadcast something, you know it's coming from Joey G. Dauben. I don't hide behind cowardly anonymous names. If I want to express my viewpoints, why in the world would I launch this Web site, start more than a dozen newspapers? My characteristics don't say, "hides behind screen names." I'm brazenly open and blunt about where I stand...

 

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From: Joey G. Dauben
To: Bobby Matthews, VISD Superintendent
4:23 p.m., December 16, 2010
Subject: Anonymous letter...

Bobby,

If it may be proper, BEFORE the meeting starts tonight, I want to tell you and the board members that I am being falsely accused of some anonymous letter being sent.

I just got into Venus and I have been hit with an accusation that I sent 3 board members a threatening letter.

I can state without ceasing that I had *nothing* to do with ANY letter.

I put my full name and reputation to *everything* I write or say.

I won't agree with the board a lot, but I'll be the FIRST to defend them against any threats.

-Joey

PS: even if it's just one minute prior to the invocation, I want to tell all of them.

Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

Here is the superintendent's response:

From: Bobby Matthews
To: Joey G. Dauben
11:31 p.m., Dec. 16, 2010

Joey,
We believe you. I receive letters often that are unsigned. Take care.
Bobby Matthews

Sent from my iPhone

And that's exactly what I told the VISD school board before their meeting began tonight. Right in their face. I wanted them to get it from me that it was not me, and that disagree with their politics or not, I would be the first person to defend them against threats.

I will be getting a copy of this one-page letter soon, and will disclose it to the public. In the letter, it mentions my name, and Lori Walkup, a friend who has had some very public spats with neighbors, the district, etc. There is even a threat that I've got school board trustees' phone lines tapped. I can assure you for one thing, I don't even have a printer, and two, wiretapping is highly illegal.

 

Me Telling Venus ISD School Board Trustees That I Was Not the Source of an Anonymous Letter

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The Gang's All Here...@ the VISD Dec. 16 School Board Meeting
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I WAS WRONG, I WAS WRONG, I WAS WRONG...This false accusation stuff is going to stop, and that goes for me accusing others in Venus -- wrongfully -- of things that I was only given bits and pieces of information on. I want to take this time to apologize to several VISD board members who aren't tied in with the corrupt Joe Russell Mafia ---- and I want to issue this public defense of four board members who have allowed me to "see the light." Greg Hoffman; Ashley Lawson; Kristi Sutton; Les Owens. I'm pretty sure this is going to stir all sorts of hell tonight, but I don't care. I have seen enough over a span of three months and three school board meetings and hours upon hours of meetings privately to know that they have the best interests of VISD at heart, and that they want to expose the corruption prevalant in the VISD.

Trustee Les Owens is definitely deserving of his very own photo. 

To those who led me astray, it's time to start packing your bags. I now know who the real enemies are, and I'm coming after you with every newspaper I have....