College claims it intended to include Chevalier and other east side people in publication, but he rejected its efforts; Chevalier replied he “did not decline” to be in it; “that’s not the case,” he said
As the Yavapai District Governing Board was within a few seconds of adjourning its all-day meeting on February 22 in Prescott, Fourth District Board member Chris Kuknyo raised a question about the absence of any reference to Verde Valley Representative Paul Chevalier in the recent Community College publication, “Investing in The Verde.” Kuknyo asked, “Is there a reason he wasn’t asked to be in this magazine?” Dr Rhine quickly responded explaining: “Our original communication plan that we had with our marketing department in putting together this edition, particularly, we planned to include Mr. Chevalier and five other constituents from the east side and do a feature article. And we asked Mr. Chevalier to do that and he declined their request.”
Mr. Chevalier immediately responded that he did not “decline to be in it.” As Mr. Kuknyo began to further pursue the issue, Governing Board lawyer Lynn Adams stepped in saying “we, are way off topic now, we are supposed to be adjourning” and halted any further discussion. She said, “Paul, if you want to say that is not the case, that’s fine, but I do not want to get into a topic here that is not on the agenda”. Chevalier said, “that’s not the case.”
The Board adjourned and Ms. Adams avoided a potentially more lively kerfuffle from breaking out between the two representatives.
It is reported that Mr. Chevalier and a member of the staff who was in charge of the publication met shortly after the meeting adjourned. You may view the video of the brief back and forth on the video clip below.