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After posting last week about all the campaign signs flooding Mercer Island, I decided to look into who’s actually running for school board, and honestly, what I found is shocking. WTAF is going on here? For the record, I don’t know any of these people personally, and I’m not part of any campaign or faction. Everything below is based only on official documents available in the url (court filings, police reports, and public records with victim information redacted). If anyone wants to challenge what I’m sharing, please don’t come at me personally you can verify them yourself. I’m simply bringing forward what’s publicly available, because the truth matters. Superintendent Fred Rundle Lied — Police Report Shows He Knew About a Second Victim Superintendent Fred Rundle lied to Mercer Island parents. He claimed there was only one victim of former teacher Chris Twombley, but a police report shows he knew about a second years earlier. Rundle was Assistant Superintendent in 2016, when a mentor of another victim tried to come forward. The district’s response was reportedly so hostile it scared the person off. Rundle didn’t contact police about it until 2023, just one week after the first victim filed charges, seemingly to get ahead of the investigation. Then, in 2025, when everything became public, Rundle doubled down and told the community again there was “only one victim.” Now it seems that was an intentional lie. Probably admitting there were more victims and that district leadership helped silence them, would’ve exposed a much bigger scandal. Police report here. Stalking Restraining Order Granted Against Mercer Island School Board Candidate Julian Bradley Court documents show Julian Bradley, Mercer Island PTA ex-President and current school-board candidate, has an active stalking restraining order issued by a King County judge. The order was filed by his former opponent, who the judge determined faced an imminent threat, including to his elementary-aged child. Bradley was ordered to stay 1,000 feet away from the family and his child’s school. The filings also reveal that the victim plans to file civil lawsuits connected to the same conduct. Even after he withdrew from the race, Bradley and several current PTA leaders allegedly continued to target and intimidate the family, reportedly to deflect attention from the Twombley cover-up (the documents suggest Bradley, as PTA president, knew about that cover-up, signed off on it, and is now trying to bury it). The family has since gone offline out of fear for their safety. It’s horrifying that a local family is being terrorized, not because of politics, but because people in power are allegedly trying to protect themselves from accountability. Police Case Opened Against Mercer Island Elementary PTA President for Intimidation Another school-board candidate has filed a police report against current PTA President Lesley Malakoti for allegedly obtaining private messages without permission and using it to get a Mercer Island Reporter journalist suspended. The case has been opened as criminal case #2025-11694. This election has gotten completely out of control. The superintendent has been caught lying, the PTA is targeting people through intimidation and manipulation to sway public opinion, and now candidates are turning to law enforcement and civil lawsuits for protection. Is this really the kind of environment we want in our schools and community? submitted by /u/ThickSkippy |
