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You contend that you do not believe that Bergosh’s admission was given off the record, but Bergosh himself claims that the admission was. See this article http://www.inweekly.net/article.asp?artID=5842

<blockquote>“The Gannett-owned daily says Bergosh admitted posting as Godzilla and then called back denying it. It also quoted Escambia County School District Associate Superintendent Ronnie Arnold asserting that Bergosh told him he was Godzilla. Bergosh denies both accounts, claiming he told a PNJ reporter off the record that he was Godzilla. “</blockquote>

From: Jeff Bergosh Wednesday - October 3, 2007 4:56 PMTo: Arnold, Ronnie; School Board Members CC: Dwelle, Jackie; English, Linda; Ross, Norm; Waters, Donna; West, LindaSubject: Jeff BergoshTo My Fellow Board Members,  I regret the fact that our Associate Superintendent for Public & Interagency Affairs felt he somehow had the duty to send you the below email regarding alleged posters on the Pensacola News Journal" Blog". Mr. Arnold and I met two weeks ago on this very subject and at that time he confronted me with his suspicion about posters on a blog. I denied these baseless allegations then, and put the issue to rest. I guess Mr. Arnold wanted or felt compelled to keep this non-story going by sending you what amounts to a continuation of a hunch or suspicion (below email). With a plethora of much more important issues to attend to, I find it quite amazing that Mr. Arnold would feel that this issue had reached the level that it warranted an "explanation" email. Let me assure you it does not.  I have asked some tough questions at meetings lately, and taken some positions opposite of what some in the district wanted--and therefore it seems as though I have made someone angry. I make no apologies for taking the positions I take on issues I feel passionate about, so I can handle it when folks want to take shots at me. I do not march lock-step with anyone, period. Anyone who knows me knows that. In this particular case, people want to perpetrate accusations and innuendos about me based upon entries someone has made on a blog. WOW--Must be a slow news day! I think the whole thing is quite childish and I certainly hope that the Associate Superintendent for Public & Interagency Affairs can find issues more important to the district to investigate beyond these trivial matters.  This issue comes to you now because yesterday I was approached by the PNJ Educational reporter, Sara Rabb. Mrs. Rabb and I had a frank discussion on many issues surrounding education in Escambia County. During the conversation, she asked if I was a certain poster on the PNJ blog. I denied it and I laughed because Mr. Ronnie Arnold had also recently accused me of being this blogger. Mrs. Rabb, not knowing that our Associate Superintendent for Public & Interagency Affairs had made the same accusation, may have misinterpreted my reaction. I thought the issue was ironic and humorous, due To Mr. Arnold and others suspecting I was some blog poster--- but my amusement was NOT an affirmation. I unequivocally denied this accusation to Mrs. Rabb, and I have spoken with her again to reiterate my position. I would most certainly hope that you, my fellow board members, would take this non-story for what it is, a big nothing.   Jeff BergoshEscambia County School Board District 1<br/><br/>

DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAILI have asked some tough questions at meetings lately, and taken some positions opposite of what some in the district wanted--CONFIDENTIAL and therefore it seems as though I have made someone angry. I make no apologies for taking the positions I take on issues I feel passionate about, so I can handle it when folks want to take shots at me. I do not march lock-step with anyone, period. Anyone who knows me knows that. In this particular case, people want to perpetrate accusations and innuendos about me based upon entries someone has made on a blog. WOW--Must be a slow news day! I think the whole thing is quite childish and I certainly hope that the Associate Superintendent for Public & Interagency Affairs can find issues more important to the district to investigate beyond these trivial matters.<br/><br/>

Jeff Bergosh<br/>Escambia County School Board District 1<br/>> Ronnie Arnold 10/3<br/2007 12:55 PM >>>Board Members:

While I have been typing this, am currently in Tallahasse on legislative business. I have received a troubling call today from Sara Rabb of the Pensacola News Journal. Sara indicated to me that the PNJ had suspicions about Mr. Bergosh being the blogger named "Godzilla." She further stated that a similar nature from Rick Outzen search of the Indepengret thedent WeeklyIP address used by the blogger belonged to Mr. Bergosh.<br/><br/>

She further stated that in her interview with Mr. Bergosh about this matter, he had indicated that I would suspect that board members may be receiving calls on had questioned him about this issue as well and wanted to give you a "heads upcouple of weeks ago. I confirmed that fact."<br/><br/>

Ronnie Arnold, Associate SuperintendentPublic & Interagency AffairsThe School District of Escambia County215 WI would suspect that board members may be receiving calls on this issue as well and wanted to give you a "heads up. Garden St.Pensacola, FL 32502(850) 469-6135(850) 469-6172 (fax)rarnold2@escambia.k12.fl.us"<br/><br/>

1. #If Rabb had an in the can on the record admission from Bergosh on 10/2, why would she be contacting Arnold a day after the confession with a “suspicion”2. #Why would Arnold not just confirm that he “knew” Bergosh was Godzilla, from the luncheon in September? Why this email?3. #When the story broke a day after this email, the suspicion turned into “Bergosh Confessed”? This email, when the date within the timeline is considered, really throws the PNJ angle into a different light.

The fact of the matter is that the PNJ was going to run The Godzilla story with or without Bergosh’s consent, and he never admitted being Godzilla to anyone, officially, until the October 8th radio interview.{{unsigned|74.163.22.111}}:I will do some more research into the matter and see how we can come to a consensus. The Ronnie Arnold angle of this story had not yet been addressed in the article. '''In the meantime, please do not make any more edits to the article.''' For one thing, it undermines our reference system; the sentence you most recently changed was followed by a citation to a PNJ article, but the revised sentence was not supported by that source. This system of citing verifiable sources is extremely important to Pensapedia, and the biggest conundrum of this particular issue is that your claims are not verifiable; the only thing we have to go on is Mr. Bergosh's word against the ''News Journal'''s. Are you suggesting that, since Mr. Bergosh never admitted to being Godzilla in the Rabb interview, that her quotes attributed to Mr. Bergosh ("You got me," "Everything that I write, I believe," etc.) were completely fabricated? --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 07:36, 3 December 2007 (CST)