Blackridge Strategy co-owner and Thames Valley District School Board trustee Jake Skinner invited CBC News and other media outlets to speak with him prior to a school board meeting Tuesday night, only to refuse to answer questions related his company and indicated answers would become available "in the fullness of time."

It was the first time that Skinner has spoken face-to-face with media outlets in London since new documents emerged linking his business partner Amir Farahi with smear websites against two female candidates that went up during the fall municipal election campaign.

CBC has requested comment from both Farahi and Skinner on an almost daily basis.

All in all, Skinner spoke with reporters for more than 15 minutes at school board headquarters, repeatedly saying he would not comment on his job at Blackridge but that further details would be available in the future.

Skinner also told reporters he believes he should continue in his role as a school board trustee, and that he has received no questions about the issue from parents, students or fellow trustees.

TVDSB chair Arlene Morell told CBC Tuesday she has no concerns at this time about Skinner's ability to "put kids first" and has no plans to ask him to step aside.

Here is an excerpt from Skinner's media scrum:

CBC: Who paid for those websites?

That's a question about the websites and those questions I'm not answering tonight.

CBC: So when exactly can we expect [those answers]?

Well it'll be soon, but it won't be right now.

London Free Press: You called us here, to do this, and now you're saying you won't do it. What's the point?

I am doing it right now the point is to speak to you. I can answer questions about the board budget, that's why I'm here tonight is as a school board trustee. I have no problem. So if you have questions about the budget I'm happy to answer them. I'm only giving the answers I'm able to give at this time.

LFP: So you're here as an elected official, you're representing the school board and Thames Valley District families, there have been a lot of allegations about the company that you co-own and about cutting deals in back rooms, the links between Blackridge and the Ford government. Can you discuss that?

That's a good question but again it goes back to questions about Blackridge and at this point I can't answer those questions at this time.

CBC: Can you tell me what you've been up to the past two weeks?

It's been busy, I'll say that, at work and I've mainly been working and doing the usual activities that I carry out.

CBC: What are those usual activities?

I can't speak specifically about what I do at Blackridge Strategy, and I can't even really speak any further than that, but you can see online that I'm a political strategist and you can just sort of assume I do things that revolve around that.

LFP: Are these controversies interfering with your school board work? You were absent from a meeting last week you're here today, you say you're willing to answer questions about your duties here as a trustee, are the controversies swirling around your firm interfering with that work?

Well, you can see I'm here right now, I'm talking to you right now. That's not interfering with my work as a school board trustee.

CBC: What kinds of questions have you received from parents and students and fellow trustees about this?

I haven't received any.

CBC: You haven't received one question from a parent, a student or a fellow school board trustee about this scandal?

No.

CBC: As a political strategist, what is the strategy you're using right now?

That's a good question that goes back to Blackridge again, and that's something I can't provide an answer for in terms of strategy. I'm here to speak with you and to give you the information that I have and I'm happy to do so I'm happy to be here to be doing this.