EMSB CHAIRMAN ANGELA MANCINI QUESTIONS THE JUDGMENT OF ANNE LAGAC DOWSON Montreal - October 20, 2014 Current EMSB Chairman, Angela Mancini, questions the judgment of Anne Lagac Dowson who recruited as a member of her team, Mr. Julien Feldman as her candidate in Ward 3 (Westmount - Sud-Ouest). Mr. Feldman has been found guilty of six violations of the Code of Ethics for elected officials by three separate and independent Ethics Commissioners. These charges were brought forward by parents, School Board personnel and Commissioners.Mr. Feldman has repeatedly contravened the code of ethics. Penalties and sanctions ran from reprimands to a one month suspension-a first for any EMSB commissioner and the most levied against a single School Board Commissioner in the entire province of Quebec. These ethics cases have cost the board tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees. It is interesting to note that while Mr. Feldman preaches on one hand about fiscal responsibility, the EMSB has spent in the last 7 years thousands of dollars in legal fees directly linked to these Ethics cases, states Mrs. Mancini.Mrs. Mancini said, Mrs. Lagac Dowsons choice of candidates shows a lack of judgment and high tolerance for unethical behaviour. This is deplorable. No leader at any level of government would accept a candidate with this blatant record of misconduct against parents, School Board personnel and fellow Commissioners, especially since Mr. Feldman has demonstrated over the course of the last 7 years destructive behaviour towards the EMSB.