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SickOfTheOnePct

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11. There's an attorney on X...

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 11:10 AM

Sep 28

...someone named Laura Powell, who apparently is making it her purpose in life to dig into Ian Roberts, and she is posting all sorts of documents (or people replying to her are) about the discrepancies in different stuff about him. One of the things is that different online resources show different years of birth...always the same month and day, but different years.

Someone posted a speeding ticket from last year that appears to belong to him, with a Maryland address, and then someone else posted a voter registration record showing that he is registered to vote in Maryland.

If all of this stuff is actually true, he'd probably be better off in Guyana than staying here and going to prison.

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Des Moines school superintendent claimed to be U.S. citizen when applying for the job [View all] dalton99a Sep 28 OP

Affirmed? iemanja Sep 28 #1

Who knows what documents he used to pass the background checks dalton99a Sep 28 #2

Well, I last went through the job application process more than 16 years ago, but I never had to provide a birth Midwestern Democrat Sep 28 #3

Last two jobs I have had to provide a birth certificate or passport exboyfil Oct 1 #26

It goes back further than that Retrograde Sep 28 #5

Did he fill out an I-9, dis they run him through E-verify bottomofthehill Sep 28 #4

They relied on a third party dalton99a Sep 28 #7

So much of this just does not add up. bottomofthehill Sep 28 #14

They missed that what else have they missed with other hires exboyfil Sep 28 #6

Guyana native's malaise Sep 28 #8

+1. The big question is the documentation he submitted for his I-9 form dalton99a Sep 28 #9

He's an arrogant idiot malaise Sep 28 #15

Who conducted the background check on Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts? What we know. MichMan Sep 28 #10

There's an attorney on X... SickOfTheOnePct Sep 28 #11

+1. Every allegation has receipts attached: dalton99a Sep 28 #16

Ian Roberts accused of lying about earning doctorate BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 1 #25

He knew both name and DOB must match to correctly identify someone dalton99a Sep 28 #17

The question should be "Is he a good superintend? Ping Tung Sep 28 #12

Someone who lied about their citizenship... SickOfTheOnePct Sep 28 #13

A weapons charge? Conjuay Sep 28 #18

Most people don't n/t SickOfTheOnePct Sep 29 #20

Sounds serious Torchlight Sep 29 #23

The state of Iowa just revoked his superintendent certificate... SickOfTheOnePct Sep 29 #19

+1. It was inevitable. He was a prominent public figure and an easy target for ICE dalton99a Sep 29 #21

This story is a great example of the need to get all the facts before commenting or forming an opinion. BannonsLiver Sep 29 #22

He lied about his education too BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 1 #24

Some HR Reps in the Des Moines Public School system should also lose their jobs exboyfil Oct 1 #27

That's a pretty high profile job if your credentials are sketchy Ritabert Oct 1 #28