[Tango-L] touchy subject, huh?

[Darlene Robertson]

hello...
   
  just for the record i think i should point out that i am not an instructor and am not interested in "stealing" Chas Gale's students away from him nor Gaia Banovich nor The Tango House in Denver, Colorado.
   
  it's an uncomfortable subject.  i'm UNCOMFORTABLE... that's why i want people to know about it.  in 2008, with the internet, this is an easier way to notify people.  my motivation is simple: to INFORM women (and to a lesser degree, men) of Chas' history... and to encourage us all to take the caveat "buyer beware" seriously.
   
  i will continue to remain on "high alert" about this issue and will, with your consternation or your blessing, let everyone know about the outcome of his sentencing and his status.
   
  he will be required to register as a convicted sex offender.
   
  he will continue to be prohibited from teaching "privates" alone (he is currently on probation for two years regarding a previous indecent exposure case in lieu of jail time).
   
  the onus is NOW on any community that decides to hire him as a teacher.  simply, i don't want to take lessons from a registered, convicted sex offender.  Chas' might be prevented from teaching in the US.  Do you think he's not interested in continuing to pursue venues outside this country?  last year, he travelled to Gaia's homeland to teach.
   
  for those of you around the world what criticism of me, or any of the rest of the Denver Tango Community, would you have if you hired someone that "some of us" knew about but didn't feel concerned enough you, my fellow tangueros y tangueras, to tell you?  i would think you'd be pretty disappointed in me.  i would be remorseful.  that's why i posted it in the first place and stand STRONGLY by it.
   
  shoot the messenger if you want to (actually, thanks to most of you for sending words of praise) because, on this issue... i've got my bullet-proof vest on.
   
  Darlene Robertson
  Denver, Colorado

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