Today is D-Day for Brenda Nesselroad-Slaby as it pertains to her career at Glen Este Middle School. The Assistant Principal, who has been on paid administrative leave since she left her child to die in the car at the school, will be discussed tonight at a meeting of the West Clermont Board of Education. I would recommend flooding their offices with calls and emails to let them know what you think, especially if you are a resident of the district.
Also, in the "just putting it out there department":
Prosecutor Don White, who refused to charge Slaby, has an even more complicated relationship with Slaby's defense Counsel, Scott Croswell. In an earlier post, we discussed that Croswell is a Clermont County Commissioner, and thus is over the Prosecutor's office. However, it gets even more, shall we say, interesting. Croswell is married to one Stephanie Wyler, a judge. Stephanie is part of the Jeff Wyler family, who owns some of the largest dealerships in SW Ohio in GM cars. In his private practice, Don White has Jeff Wyler Autogroup as one of his big time clients. Hmmm.....interesting, eh? Just putting it out there....
The Reckless Issue is a Canard
You know, Mr. White and other lawyers who rush to his defense mention the Ohio legal definition of reckless, and how you would have to show she had a knowing and blatant disregard for the safety of the child. OK, let's see, you all are right in that she did not intend to forget the child, Cecilia. However, isn't it reckless when you ignore sound advice from child care professionals who have repeatedly told you not to leave the child unattended in the car. Even before she went in to the school, she left the child unattended in the car to get the donuts on that fateful day, after having been warned about this on at least 3 separate occaisions. Her previous actions prior to the deadly day prompted the daycare to send out bulletins, and prompted reprimands to her and her husband. Couldn't this pattern of blatant ignoring of reasonable directives show a pattern of recklessness? 3 attornies with prosecutorial experience tell me yes. Heck, even Don White's record tells us yes, as we highlighted NixGuy's story about how he has prosecuted poor people for doing the same thing as Slaby. Therefore, the whole reckless debate is a straw man and a canard.
What was worse was the flip attitude of Don White when asked about why. He said he can't prosecute just because "she wasn't mom of the year." I guess you could have if she lived in a trailer, right Don? And Woody Breyer, the one who made a deal with Amy Baker in the Feisel case that Kentucky has had to clean up, tried to pass the buck to Union Township, saying that the township could have charged her with a misdemeanor if they so wanted. Come on now, Woody! If you are going to let the rich white woman off, stand by it. Don't pass the blame to the cops and township. They recommended charges be filed and continue to stand by it. Why can't you stand by on the merits of the so called legal decision not to charge? Coward.
