In mid-October, Oakland school board member and East Bay Asian Youth Center Executive Director David Kakishiba announced he would resign from his post at the end of the month because of a conflict-of-interest ruling by the district’s new general counsel, Jackie Minor.

Well, it’s Nov. 2, and Kakishiba hasn’t left. He says he is respecting the requests he has received from other board members and his constituents to see if a “legal remedy” could be reached that would let him serve on the board within certain parameters.

“I’m prepared to resign, but not one single person has said, `Get the hell out of here,’” Kakishiba told me today.

At 6 p.m. Nov. 12, the school board will hold a special meeting on the subject. Read the rest of this entry »