(See attached documents). (The Lakewood Scoop has authenticated this letter by speaking to the parents who wrote and signed it. The original letter is on file. The opinions expressed here are the letter writers’ own, and the facts presented here have not been independently verified by TLS. We invite further comments from all sides of this vital community issue and reserve the right to similarly authenticate same before publication.)Well, it really depends who you ask. Let us be totally candid right up-front. As parents of a child who for years has been denied essential—and desperately needed—special services by Michael Inzelbuch (personally), we have a negiah. A very kosher negiah. We have our child’s interest at heart. And yes, we have an agenda. We want to expose and end what we consider Lakewood’s dirtiest secret. The systematic injustice done by this individual, not only to our child, but to hundreds of other children with special needs in our kehilla. Children—who but for Michael Inzelbuch—would have a bright future as full-fledged members of our society. Michael Inzelbuch, attorney and special education consultant to the Lakewood Board of Education, (BOE), caused quite a stir recently. As widely reported in here on TLS and in the general press, he managed to dupe the Board into giving him a 25% salary increase, from $200 to $250 per hour. So far, 3 members of the Board admitted they did not know what they were voting on when his contract was renewed. Despite drawing public rebuke and editorial criticism from the Asbury Park Press, Mr. Inzelbuch has still not given-up his ill-gotten raise. Nor did he even disclose his true total compensation. The Board and the public are still totally in the dark. That recent tumult has prompted us to expose some less well-known, but far more serious issues. Before last month’s BOE elections, the Lakewood School District published and mailed-out a puff piece, filled cover-to-cover with self-praise for its non-public Special Education services, (Remember, MI is the District’s nonpublic special ed consultant). Was this a clever set-up for his ill-gotten “raise”, or just well-timed, thinly-disguised electioneering propaganda—at taxpayer expense? What caught our attention was an odd item in this “newsletter”. In a profusely complimentary letter, the principal of Orchos Chaim went overboard to praise the special ed services provided through the District to our mosdos, (see item reproduced in photos). (Continued here)
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 252 of 252To Confused Inzelbuch TrueBeliever.
If he doesn't call the shots on who gets services, and only defends the BOE, how come he constantly basks in the glory of how much he does for the Kehilla's children?
Who exactly do you think is fooled by your hogwash?
His tyranny and terror tactics are obvious to anyone who has any dealings with him- parents, other lawyers, special ed employees, etc.
YOU are not at all confused. You are trying hard TO confuse those who don't have first-hand experience with this fellow.
Sorry. No Go. You exposed yourself.
The reason he basks in the glory is because he deserves it. Yes even though his job is to defend the BOE, he has found legal ways to fund programs that assist special needs children. Without MI either we would be paying much more taxes or get significantly less services. The bottom line is that people are plain old jealous of his success.
Who is funding LEARN? Do they have any paid employees?
I'm a parent that has a problem w/ a service I'm receiving. Where can I reach LEARN? Do they have an address? I looke in the Lakewood phonebook and didn't find them? Is it a secret organization? Do I need protektzia to get their assistance?
it is possible for some but not for all
Can I give Project LEARN a donation? Are they a 5(c)103 tax-exempt organization? How long have they been around? Who is in charge of it?
Someone here must know epes something about Project LEARN? Are they going to make a grand opening anytime soon so they can really start helping ppl? How can they claim to help if noone knows how to reach them??
to mrs. not confused in NY they manage to have alot for the frum community with out MI. There are laws!! and that is what entitles people!
Will Project LEARN give me a free lawyer to fight my case also? What have they actually done until now?Can they atleast sit down w/ me and help me write a good letter? What are their hours? I hope they will have a lot of patience for me?
project Learn guided me with my child however MI does what ever he can do to stop any parent who calls LEARN and even convineced the yeshivas to tell parents to stay away from Learn.
anon 2:59,
If Project LEARN helped you then you surely have their contact info. Can you please post it so that others may benefit as well. thank you.
anon 2:59 -
If what you're saying is true, then what was MI reasoning not to get involved w/ LEARN?
Also, please post their contact information so we can check them out.
I am hurt by all of you lkwd people that do not know anything mi does for this town. On this site people are bashing RSK SHILTA that he has personal issues with mi he is the only one who is not scared of anyone and mi forsure.We all know that mi makes alot of money and yes even i will amit that i am jelous.Mi went to collge to make money and with hashem only he made the money hashem thinks he desvers.I once met mi and it was on purim yes he did give me a nice fat check but what all of the drunk bouchrim were saying to him sounded like only praise what he does for this town and there is a line that when you are drunk the truth comes out and yes we forsure know its true because all bouchrim know all of the HACK in town.I personly think he would help every person if he was albe to but as posted by other bloggers there is not enough money. Yes there will always be people that are not happy that because of jelouse.I personly think by just looking at him he has more das tohar then ALL of you online he is a man that told me he is only a messnger from hashem(on purim)so i have a idea for all of you JELOUS cricits next purim go to his house when you drunk and tell him because your all to scared to call him know and yes B"H i will try to make it there so i can here all of these lies. But please dont bash what i said because its all true.
Please listen to the blogs that say DONT start with RSK and balteshuvas i hope you all agree with them.
P.S. The reason i will not be in israel next year purim is because of all of this may hasem bless mi and his family to cont. what he does for the WHOLE LKWD COMM.
I dont believe any of this
beleive or not believe? true or not true? can we just have someone sit down with a calcualtor and do the math?
to anon 3:29
your story may very well be true,but
do you realize whats going on.this is all part of his whole show that he is such a great person. by putting on this show he fools the parents to believing he is working in thier interest while all he care about is how much he can milk the system, it is all part of the whole fraud that he is .he is stealing money from children and giving it to tzedakah. its all treifeh money . an esnan zonah . it is corruption and deception at its highest form . there is a story with R baruch ber when he cam to america about 80 - 90 years ago and the made an appeal for his yeshiva. the president of the shul can up to shul with his car and gave him a check for the full amount , and r ' baruch ber spit at the check and threw it back at him and said phew chillel shabbos gelt. unfortanatly today there is no one strong enough to refuse money of these thugs and gangsters who steal peoples money and then pretend to be so holy. next purim i hope you have the courage to do what R burach ber did and spit him in the face and tell him to give it back to the speacial ed children he stole it from. sadly its either that or you just play along with his corruption.
Why are all Inzelbuch shik yingels trying so hard to spin-off topic of alleged corruption? Confused/Not confused, 18-yr olds, kids at risk, LEARN, wives, daughters, yentas, and assorted other transparent figleaf dodges and distractions.
Just no answers to simple questions posed in the Letter, in over 200 posts. Pretty damning.
out of the 200 posts.. did anyone tally up how many bashed MI??
So i see people are saying that the money he makes is stolen so how much should mi get paid if not 250 then maybe what he charges his own clients 375 so explain how he stole money he gets paid for what he does
Challenge to All MI Defenders,
If you think (1) this is undeserved, unbalanced bashing, and, (2) MI genuinely helps so many children in the community, here's a simple challenge.
Shouldn't be hard to find parents who can write and sign a similarly compassionate letter FOR, not against, MI. Then ask TLS to publish it AFTER authentication, just like the first Letter, for journalistic balance.
Let both sides have their day in the court of public opinion, instead of hiding behind some respective frocks, or just bashing each other.
The most logical, and convincing, place to start, would be the parents of the child in Orchos Chaim who received the $112,275.00 in special services in 2008. Let's find out exactly where the money went, why they got the money, not the other children, etc.
You produce such a letter, TLS will be hard-pressed not to publish it. And the readers will be able to decide on the merits. Not on the basis of which yeshiva MI attended or didn't attend, (agreed, totally irrelevant).
If you will do that, you will present a much stronger case than you have done so far.
Don't want (TLS) to authenticate
due to privacy issues? no problem. A Rov agreeable to both sets of parents, (If both sides agree to this, of course) will meet with each separately, and will report that the stories are authentic, (as I presume they will be), as well as his findings, whether MI acted reasonably and objectively in each case. Total privacy and confidentiality guaranteed. Not even the parents themselves will know who the other parents are.
And, once authenticated, the letter will be published without any revealing details.
In short, we will have the benefit of a) the Rov's opinion, after considering both cases, and b) the readers opinions, after reading both letters. This will dispel the clouds now hanging heavily over MI's head.
Please feel free to offer a better variation of this proposal if you have one. The point is let's get past mudslinging, to the facts.
So, whaddya say?
I say, put-up or shut-up.
To anon 6:16
While you have a very valid suggestion, the letter writer did not claim that mi does not give services to anyone. On the contrary the writer admited that many children to get services. The question is why do some get and some notand how does mi decide and who is mi to decide. Denying even one child services is pikuch nefesh , let alone denying services to 100s of children.the question is that if he is not corrupted and making decisions based on money and kickbacks why would he even deny services to on child?
Having a letter from one parent who got services or even 100 does not answer this question or solve the issue. There are over 200 posts and not a single answer to the question , because the answer is obvious- that the letter writers alligations are sadly true.
I don't believe it is a real letter writer.. just propaganda from anti-MI people..
why would people be anti MI if all he did was good?
Why arent my comments being posted this hole thing is a fruad
Did you ever meet someone that didn't have people that didn't like him either b/c of jealousy or a special favor which wasn't done.
Well I believe that this whole proganda is put forth by those anti-MI farbissene people..
Is this over bec i am not done
I see what happens here the ones you want every one to see you post not like the ones i said
ok. so you're not done. who cares if you're done or not?
It won't be over if we don't get a reason why the ONE child in orchos chaim was awarded an extra $100,000 for service for 2008!!! Can someone please explain what can cost $112,000 for ONE child for ONE year??? We already know the teachers are being paid $15-$20 per hour....even IF this child had a special ed teacher every hour every day the total would be under $35,000- do the math!!!
Something tells me Y. Mandelbaum is gonna have some explaining to do for this!!!!
CHALLENGER says
To Anon 6:45 and 6:55
The proposal addresses both your concerns. Kindly re-read more carefully.
First, the Rov will validate both stories. Second, the Rov will decide if MI acted reasonably and objectively in awarding to one child while denying services to the other.
I agree this is a small sampling. That's precisely the point. Let's see if MI can produce even one instance where an objective third-party, looking at both children, will agree that he acted appropriately.
If he doesn't rise to the challenge - - debate is over.
No propaganda. Facts speak for themselves.
chalengr,
You're so full of it and you know it!
Mi already asked a rov RSK on every child uou people got to read blogs before posting your bec your making fools of yourself
It seems its all over
Good night
If you google mi name and read about when he use to sue the board it contrdicks what all this is about
it is far from over. it will not be over until every child gets the service he deserve or MI resign or you see he picture on the front of the APP with hadcuffs on.
He didnt steal so he is not getting arrested and if he resigns are taxes will jump because he will sue the board and win so lets get relastic
Who would replace mi that would beat him in court besides ben brafman bec he prob charges over 1000 a hour
How many of us are going to gehnim becuse of all of this
only those who help him with his dirty deeds and support him with his crimes.
anything is possible
I never cared one way or another about MI. But now with this whole ridiculous witch-hunt, I have become a staunch MI supporter. I challenge the MI-bashing individuals to come out of their hiding places and finally show their faces..
To die-hard so called new supporter,
You're a MI groupie, in denial from the start, who're you kidding?
NO ONE HELD THEIR BREATH
expecting MI to rise to the challenge. Even with the offer of balanced equal time/equal space for his viewpoint.
Not irrefutable proof, but quite persuasive umdana that HE HAS NO answers, especially when weighed together with all the other information presented.
So if the debate is over, it's time for action.
Any bright ideas on how best to uproot this apparent corruption? How to save not only the taxpayers money, but more importantly, the children's lives?
Why would mi lower himself to go on this site this is for bored people not busying ones
To self-declared Bore.
Sure sent his 4 bored friends here to speak-up for him, again and again, including yourself. So far, none with any real answers.
Couldn't lower themselves to provide any answers?
Try again.
Just wanted to be the last post on this topic.. couldnt dive a hoot about anything else.... keep up the hock!!!!!!
sorry I am the last commenter!
I am
The exposure of the $100K "political ad" reminded me of what Abraham Lincoln said:
What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
When is part II being posted?
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