"'Could you please not interrupt me, Dr. Rudolph, or I'm going to start yelling at you,' Nelson said."

Wow. What maturity. What a grasp on dealing with other people.

Good riddance, Nelson, you were an embarrassment from the time you took office until now. The Mountain View Whisman School District's board will be MUCH better served without you being a part of it.

Thank goodness this man is almost gone. Nelson is so inappropriate, and such a poor example in our community. Next month can't come soon enough.

With all due respect Mr. Nelson, I tried to defend you put its been all about YOU. Never about the students .

Sure...it's easy to say more time could be devoted to our children rather than these public records requests. BUT sometimes you need a Trustee like this to:
1. Get to the matter at hand.
2. Keep long standing groups from controlling the Board.
3. Keep district administrators factual and honest.
You just don't know, what you don't know, until someone like this rocks the boat and asks pertinent questions rather than "rubber stamping" what's put out for public consumption.

@I Don't Know...: It's one thing if Nelson were trying to keep the district honest. His frequent records requests, along with his behavior in board meetings, suggest that it's not being a watchdog that Nelson is interested in being; it's about Nelson being an obnoxious jerk, all day, every day.

He will not be missed when his term in office ceases.

I have no problem with any of Trustee Nelson's efforts in the areas noted above @ I don't know. I do know Nelson has no grasp of proper board room behavior, and by my own observation very little self control of his own temper. If you consider the way he has treated district office staff over the course of his term, it would be quite a sacrifice to spend enough time with him to "narrow his request" Since he is about to leave the board, he is welcome to sue the district over future requests he deems inappropriate.

Nelson specifically, as a Trustee or a member of the public, has no business treating the Superintendent in such an angry and condescending manner. "Take a seat!" In many parts of our country, between two similarly situated male adults, would be considered "fighting words" Not worth it, though likely highly entertaining.

I feel sorry for Nelson. When I spoke with him a couple times he had trouble forming sentences. Is his health flagging? Drinking issues? Stroke?

Let's ask him to take a couple months off starting now.

I'm curious to know what records he requested from LASD and why.

Interesting article. I'm not sure of the overall context and how this sort of behavior is relevant. Seems to me that if records were requested, and required by law if requested, then the issue is disclosure, not whether someone asks someone else to sit down. Seems like a more relevant headline is, "records required by law, still not disclosed".

Am I missing something?

@Mt View Neighbor

Good question. What you are missing is the fact that his request(s) have been fulfilled and that he is habitually rude and makes the atmosphere just mean and ugly, when you actually hear and see how he says what he says and does what he does.

He wastes people's time both behind the scenes at the school district, and in front of the camera at the board meetings. Really, it's his delivery more than his message. It's too bad that he lacks self awareness and self control. No one would mind if he simply disagreed with the district on an issue and made an argument. But he doesn't have to be personally insulting and borderline racist. No excuse for that.

@Mt View Neighbor

Firstly, it's Mtn View, not "Mt" as we are not Mount View.

Secondly, seriously? You don't see Nelson's behavior as inappropriate? I can't wait for him to fade away. We all need a little more kindness these days.

@ Angel.

Did you really just criticize a neighbor for saying "Mt" instead of "Mtn" and then say "We all need a little more kindness these days"?!?

Talk about throwing bricks through glass houses. Reread your comment and reflect on it. It doesn't matter how people abbreviate a city name if it's not hurtful.

Kindness starts with you. The same kindness you speak of.

Proud of Dr. Rudolph for standing up to this deplorable behavior. Especially now.

How can we get rid of Steve Nelson from our politics? He has been so destructive to our community and our kids's chances of getting a decent education. Is there anything I/we can do as to get him to leave us alone? Any petition? Anything??

I think the only thing to do is to pull up your big boy pants and be an adult.

Any one can make a PR request, whether a board member or not. What makes you think his behavior will change when he is off of the board?

Steve Nelson did not run for re-election and has been off the board since the first Board meeting in December 2016.