SBISD Corruption Identified and Exposed, Path to Restoring Integrity Underway
Several months have passed since I ran for the Spring Branch School Board. I want to express my gratitude to everyone who supported me during my campaign. With Spring 2025 SBISD School Board elections on the horizon, I have an important update that I feel duty-bound to share with our community.
While I knew running for the SBISD board was going to be challenging, my family and I could not have anticipated the corrupt twists and turns that were in store for us. The good news is that the dishonest tactics and bad actors that mired my campaign have been identified – and a path to restoring integrity in SBISD governance is underway.
The purpose of me sharing my story and this information with you is two-fold:
Provide parents in our community with facts about recent events to better inform the next election
Share what has been done to help restore integrity in future SBISD elections and to protect individuals running for future SBISD board positions
Identifying and exposing corruption within SBISD
For those of you who do not know, for many months, I was the target of a highly orchestrated smear campaign which resulted in defamation, slander, – and even threats against my elementary school-aged children – using illegal tactics such as an anonymous blog to spread lies against me. This website was operating as a PAC, but did not file appropriate paperwork, failing to comply with campaign finance regulations.
For those that know me – I don’t take dishonesty lightly – especially when it threatens my family and puts the integrity of our school district and community members at risk. So, I decided to do something about it.
This August, I filed a lawsuit against the anonymous blog for defamation and slander. Subpoenas have been returned, and attorneys from the law firm of Scheef & Stone, LLP. have uncovered the identity of the person who owns and administers the anonymous blog.
His name is Brian Muecke, the former Mayor of Hedwig Village, a man who refers to himself online as the “Director of the Villages Intelligence Agency“. To make this dishonorable act even worse, Muecke is a committee co-chair of the SBISD School Finance Advocacy Team – meaning he has direct access to confidential SBISD information.
You might be wondering what motivated Muecke. Muecke hand-picked David Slattery to run for the SBISD board. Jessica Colon (Slattery’s campaign manager), Ashley Zahn, and Emily Sperandio also played key roles in executing the smear campaign and threats against me and my family to get Slattery elected.
Separate, but in addition to the smear campaign, I also want to shed light on examples of outright unethical, dishonest, and in some cases illegal behavior, exhibited by two key SBISD personnel, SBISD Board President Lisa Alpe and SBISD Board Vice President Courtney Anderson, including breach of confidentiality, and leaking of privileged communications between a Board Member and Superintendent Jennifer Blaine. This information was shared during a private meeting with parents to sway the Board Member’s vote.
The same information was illegally shared with Brian Muecke and Emily Sperandio who then attempted to intimidate and coerce a sitting Board Member to vote their wishes.
Ms. Alpe and Ms. Anderson were also both material supporters of the David Slattery campaign.
We all know culture starts at the top. I think we all need to be asking ourselves – are these the kinds of ‘leaders’ we want running our schools?
Restoring a path to integrity
The legal action against the anonymous blog aims at setting a precedent to deter future deceitful and unethical behaviors in future SBISD elections.
This lawsuit underscores that such illegal actions will have repercussions.
I am doing this to make sure future SBISD elections are HONEST and FAIR.
Investigators have done an incredible job, but there is more information out there that will further help restore integrity back into our beloved community.
What you can do to help
We know many people in our community were also threatened and intimidated by these individuals to vote for their hand-picked candidate to retain power and control.
If you have any information about similar experiences that you would like to share in a confidential manner, please reach out to [email protected]
Raise your hand to get involved and support those good neighbors who are willing to volunteer for the SBISD School Board to represent our children and community.
God Bless America and God Bless Spring Branch,
Matthew Cone
