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eggplant

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12. The board is complicit.

Reply to niyad (Reply #11)

Sat May 2, 2026, 04:08 PM

Yesterday

He dictated his own terms. They had no plan in place in case he was hit by a bus. I have to assume that he got his get out of jail free card after threatening a lawsuit.

As an alum from Simon's Rock, I've known Leon since the mid '80s. We grudgingly took their money at the time to avoid having to close, but nobody, and I mean NOBODY, ever thought he was anything but a pompous jackass.'

Honestly, if this drags all of Bard down the tubes, I won't lose sleep. They are all a bunch of enablers.

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