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AREYOUKIDDING ME wrote: Sorry Miss Kitty. My public seems to be clamoring for this daily update and it will continue.
Your public? I'm not sure what public you're referring to. I feel sorry for any public you're the representative of 
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Posted: Thu Mar 27th, 2008 04:00 pm |
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| Sorry Miss Kitty. My public seems to be clamoring for this daily update and it will continue.
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Posted: Thu Mar 27th, 2008 02:44 pm |
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AREYOUKIDDING ME wrote:
I rest my case
If you rest your case then you don't say anything anymore. Does this mean you will stop your silly daily count down?
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onefedupkiddie wrote: I didn't say the public didn't understand, I said that there wasn't an effort to let the public even know about it, so they didn't. The public isn't speaking either way on this, nothing can be deduced. Period.
Just because you can't understand me doesn't mean that you can speak for everyone else. Sorry I'm rather articulate, it's really my fault that things go over your head and that you miscontrue everything to fit what you want people to say, not what they're actually saying. 
I rest my case
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Posted: Thu Mar 27th, 2008 07:34 am |
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Only 13 more
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and Kathy Knecht's term in office will be fully validated. If you’re unable to back up your words with enough valid signatures, or win the election, you pretty much give the person you’re aiming at the right to claim they have the community’s support. And, after winning two elections, they can more than make the case that they do.
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I didn't say the public didn't understand, I said that there wasn't an effort to let the public even know about it, so they didn't. The public isn't speaking either way on this, nothing can be deduced. Period.
Just because you can't understand me doesn't mean that you can speak for everyone else. Sorry I'm rather articulate, it's really my fault that things go over your head and that you miscontrue everything to fit what you want people to say, not what they're actually saying.
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Posted: Thu Mar 27th, 2008 05:26 am |
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| Oh Miss Kitty - I am just so rattled that there was such a big deal about this whole recall affair and now it's going down with such a whimper. What a farce!!!! A farce i tell you Miss Kitty!!! I think I am going to go to Jamaica for a while and decompress.
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AREYOUKIDDING ME wrote: Like rats off a sinking ship.....
You really need to take your happy pills again..!
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We had better get used to this face in PUSD. We will be seeing it for a long time, I have the feeling......
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| Like rats off a sinking ship.....
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| By the way, I have no idea whether the recall effort will fail or not. Plus, it doesn't really matter to me if it fails or not.
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AREYOUKIDDING ME wrote: As a continuing public service, I will count the days down one by one to that important time of 5:00 on April 9. An additional service I will provide are the excuses that are starting to roll in why the recall is about to fail;
- Kiddie-Kiddie - The public doesn't understand. (Really has anyone ever understood anything Kiddie-Kiddie has ever written in this forum????)
- Miss Kitty - People don't have the time to get the signatures (Sorry Miss Kitty, truly pathetic)
Oh my, have you missed taking your happy pills lately?
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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 11:50 pm |
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As a continuing public service, I will count the days down one by one to that important time of 5:00 on April 9. An additional service I will provide are the excuses that are starting to roll in why the recall is about to fail;
- Kiddie-Kiddie - The public doesn't understand. (Really has anyone ever understood anything Kiddie-Kiddie has ever written in this forum????)
- Miss Kitty - People don't have the time to get the signatures (Sorry Miss Kitty, truly pathetic)
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As a continuing public service, I will count the days down one by one to that important time of 5:00 on April 9. An additional service I will provide are the excuses that are starting to roll in why the recall is about to fail;
- Kiddie-Kiddie - The public doesn't understand. (really has anyone ever understood anything Kiddie-Kiddie has eversaid)
- Miss Kitty - People don't have the time to get the signatures
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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 09:30 pm |
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Only 14 more
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and Kathy Knecht's term in office will be fully validated. If you’re unable to back up your words with enough valid signatures, or win the election, you pretty much give the person you’re aiming at the right to claim they have the community’s support. And, after winning two elections, they can more than make the case that they do.
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| Wow, I am surprised that you would write something so positive about Pat Galbraith and Debra Raeder who have won elections more than two times!
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AREYOUKIDDING ME wrote: So, Kiddie Kiddie, there is zero chance at all that the general public was so very apethetic to this vaunted recall because, number one, they thought Ms Berneir should have been punished by the district instead of exulted by the lunch crowd and number two, the general public very much resented the methods that were used to get the message across?
Smell the coffee, read the writing on the wall, you all need to go away now. In fifteen days, the public will have spoken loud and clear.
I am surpised that you didn't catch your spelling mistake! (apathetic) Perhaps it is due to your being over zealous regarding this subject. What is also surprising is your assumption that if they are unable to garner enough signature it somehow equates to people wanting Kathy Knecht on the board when in truth is most likely is due to people not having enough time to run around getting signatures for the recall petition.
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If you’re unable to back up your words with enough valid signatures, or win the election, you pretty much give the person you’re aiming at the right to claim they have the community’s support. And, after winning two elections, they can more than make the case that they do.
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So, Kiddie Kiddie, there is zero chance at all that the general public was so very apethetic to this vaunted recall because, number one, they thought Ms Berneir should have been punished by the district instead of exulted by the lunch crowd and number two, the general public very much resented the methods that were used to get the message across?
Smell the coffee, read the writing on the wall, you all need to go away now. In fifteen days, the public will have spoken loud and clear.
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I haven't had any input in this recall at all (probably my fault more than anything), but I am assuming that it never even really picked up to begin with. A failed recall, but only because an effort wasn't really made.
EDIT: The public hasn't had a lukewarm response at all. It's that the public has no idea.
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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 03:49 am |
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Only 15 more
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and Kathy Knecht's term in office will be fully validated. If you’re unable to back up your words with enough valid signatures, or win the election, you pretty much give the person you’re aiming at the right to claim they have the community’s support. And, after winning two elections, they can more than make the case that they do.
I think Kathy will use this bump in the road as a springboard to bigger and better things in her political career. And, considering the public's lukewarm support to this recall effort, the public agrees with me.
TICKTICKTICK
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dadof3 wrote: RUK, what is the time clock these days?
15 days remaining. Where is the passion from when this first started? Do we have our tail between our collective legs? Where is Kiddie-Kiddie, Freight Train Joe, Miss Kitty - have we just given up???
TICK TICK TICK
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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 12:14 am |
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http://nohoneymoon.blogspot.com/2007/12/childrens-crusade.html
As I said when the talk of a recall came up earlier, I’m not a big fan of recalls, mostly because they work so much in favor of the person being recalled. If you’re unable to back up your words with enough valid signatures, or win the election, you pretty much give the person you’re aiming at the right to claim they have the community’s support. And, after winning two elections, they can more than make the case that they do.
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| RUK, what is the time clock these days?
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AREYOUKIDDING ME wrote: Have you ever heard of subjunctive??? Your writing needs some improvement.....
Ah, my apologies. I see the error in my sentence. Thank you for pointing it out 
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And Daddio
Tick, tick, tick
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Dad
So glad to hear from you...
Have you ever heard of subjunctive??? Your writing needs some improvement.....
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I wish there was a way we could recall AREYOUKIDDING ME from these forums.
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| I'm sorry, it's been been so long and I'm getting a bit senile, which one of the board members are we trying to recall again and what was the reason??? I was hoping there would be a last ditch effort to get those signatures and there would be some information, but I see absolutely no chatter about it anywhere. Have we given up on this and decided it was a stupid thing to do in the first place?? Are we recalling Raeder - if so, I want to sign several times.
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| Greetings, I am now in the Caymen Islands. What a beautiful place!! As a continuing public service, I wish to report on the time left in the collecting for the pound of flesh recall. We have approximately 30 days left of the 120 days. By my precise and accurate calculations, 9,000 out of the 12,000 or so needed should be collected by now. Is there a report out there from the pound of fleshers on how we're doing? I'm a little dismayed there has been no chatter about it on the forums here? Could it be that this was only passing fancy and peoples' hearts were really not in it? I guess we shall soon see. I think I hear the spin doctors' phones already ringing.....
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| Greetings, I am now in the Caymen Islands. What a beautiful place!! As a continuing public service, I wish to report on the time left in the collecting for the pound of flesh recall. We have approximately 30 days left of the 120 days. By my precise and accurate calculations, 9,000 out of the 12,000 or so needed should be collected by now. Is there a report out there from the pound of fleshers on how we're doing? I'm a little dismayed there has been no chatter about it on the forums here? Could it be that this was only passing fancy and peoples' hearts were really not in it? I guess we shall soon see. I think I hear the spin doctors' phones already ringing.....
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Sorry I am just getting back to you. I was wrong about Pati Coury, she filed a "No Activity" Statement. Debbie Lesko filed a "termination report", and Diane Douglas has filed a "campaign finance" report. I have provided the link below.
http://recorder.maricopa.gov/web/candcamp.aspx
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| Integrity, do you have a link you could provide?
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| You wish. And so do I.
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| http://www.radisson.com/aruefrp
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| Another interesting piece of information.....Pati Coury has registered as a candidate...
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AREYOUKIDDING ME wrote: Greetings from Tahiti!!!
How's the weather?
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Greetings from Tahiti!!!
As a continuing public service, I wish to report how many days are left in the recall process. This coming Friday will mark the halfway point - 60 days gone, 60 days to go. Hopefully, the recall petitions show about half of 12,000 or 6,000.
Tick,Tick,Tick,Tick
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Fed Up,
Don't let a fool like urajoke get to you. It's clear that she hasn't a clue, and is simply in the game to bait people. She's to be pitied, really.
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AREYOUKIDDING ME wrote: onefedupkiddie wrote:
I would wait a bit longer to claim that it isn't going well, it's still in the early stages. And for the record, I currently have nothing to do with it.
And, for the record, Kiddie-Kiddie, don't insult my intelligence.
I wasn't, in fact, I'm not even sure how it could come off that way?
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I'm sure that is reassuring to all those people who have put all the time and effort to create havoc in the district to know that you think so Kiddie-Kiddie....just think, it could actually prove to prop up the taco queen, now wouldn't that be your favorite word,Kiddie-Kiddie, everybody together, IRONIC. Suddenly Kiddie-Kiddie is not going to be such a welcome novelty act with his speeches at each board meeting.
AREYOUKIDDING ME wrote: Perhaps, Joe, you need a consultant. An outsider like myself who can take a fresh look at what you're doing right and what you're doing wrong.....
Don't let Kiddie-Kiddie speak anymore at the board meetings. Where it was initially great for these kids to be speaking, Kiddie-Kiddie now is coming off as a petulant, spoiled child.
I'll will get back to you as I see more. No charge. Your lecture about giving something back went straight to my heart...
Okay, that is way out of line. For one, you do not know who I am, you don't know when I have spoken at meetings, or what I have said at meetings. not once have I just resorted to being ahem...a "petulant, spoiled child." Nobody's creating havoc in this district except those who make faulty policies and then post rubbish like this when people call them out on it objectively. Since when was trying to be a voice of reason such a "novelty" act? I don't know if you were referring to just me or to the entire body of students involved with this issue, but you're definitely doing what you accused me of doing, "insulting your intelligence." I don't even know how to put these posts in which I quoted into context, they're just incredibly vague while being completely insulting. All I have been trying to do throughout this is to prove the point that this new policy is absolutely horrid, and not because "I want a taco". It's inferior in implementation to the previous policy, it's much more inconvenient for a number of reasons, with no upside, but most of all, it's much less optimized than the previous policy. Why are we taking steps back? It doesn't matter how big the issue is, if something is in my grasp that I can have influence in, then dangit I'm going to. Really, we should all be freaking out about going backwards with the teacher's healthcare, that's something that is following the exact same problems of optimization, inconvience and implementation, but on a much bigger scale. When people want to talk about that, there I'll be.
But why is common sense just the building block for a verbal electronic fist fight? I mean really?
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AREYOUKIDDING ME wrote: Adam
I do appreciate your candor. I hope you are ready for the dirty side of politics, because I have the feeling you are about to get an education....
I'm ready 
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Adam
I do appreciate your candor. I hope you are ready for the dirty side of politics, because I have the feeling you are about to get an education....
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AREYOUKIDDING ME wrote:My first question is why would somebody your age want to take a post like this? You have stated you are an IB student, which means you have real possibilites of going to school out of state with a very good scholarship. You are going to limit yourself to take a school board position for four years? Why?
I referenced the IB program, however, I'm not in it. I have no intentions of leaving the state any time soon.
AREYOUKIDDING ME wrote: My second question is the fact you are distancing yourself now from the lunch issue and Joe Bernier. I really think it very disingenuous. Although I agree that Joe's methods and proclamations have been completely bizarre, you were part of the whole big circus show. You and Preston and Joe spoke at every board meeting about the lunch issue until very recently. I notice that you will blog to the two very one-sided websites that have run by two individuals with a definite agenda and basically agree with them like a lapdog. I have never seen you state anything that was the least bit critical of Raeder and Galbraith. For you to now to basically state that you are a middle of the road healer simply does not wash with me.
I didn't have the whole picture about everything that was going on until "very recently," as you would say. I was introduced to a lot of the politics of the situation by Preston, Joe, and some of the others involved in their operations. However, it wasn't until I had been to the meetings, spoken to the Board members, talked to the community, and listened to district staff that I realized Joe's approach wasn't (in my opinion) the right way to go about things. Regarding my linking to Frank and Michael's blogs: if you start a blog, I'll keep an eye on it too. Do notice that I haven't recapped their blogs in a while, that's for various reasons. Don't get me wrong; I agree with some of the things being said on those blogs. However, you're right, they are very one-sided. That's why I spend more time here than I do on their blogs. As for Raeder and Galbraith; if discussion regarding them comes up and my opinion is asked, I'll state it freely, whether it's positive or negative in regards to them. I'm not afraid to be critical of anybody on the Board or on these blogs.
AREYOUKIDDING ME wrote: Third, you made this statement regarding Ms. Bernier and it was very wishy-washy. "Though I support Cheyenne's letter and statement, I don't believe I would have made mention of the Columbine tragedy myself." You can't have this both ways. What the hell does this mean?
Let me put it this way: I would never write a letter to the Board or staff with a reference to Columbine in it for any reason other than stating objective facts. However, I support Cheyenne's choice to use it, as she believed it was relevant to the situation. I read the letter, and I didn't percieve the reference as a threat. That's what's important to me- she did not threaten anyone in any way. Her letter had a point, and its content fell within the boundaries of the law (it's quite obviously not illegal to simply make a reference to an event in history.) I have no reason not to support PUSD students speaking their minds about local issues.
AREYOUKIDDING ME wrote: Finally, although I do applaud anyone that gets involved as you have, you will be recognized by me as one of the obstructionists that made this whole process a big joke and I resent it......Like rats off a sinking ship, you may be the first of many that start to publicly question this individual who has led this crusade. I am wondering if there are many more people who share my opinion. The recall results will be a good indicator. I'm anxious to find out...
Very well. And I am also very interested in the results of the recall petition.
I hope I answered all your questions sufficiently. If not, tell me what I need to clarify and I will do so.
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Adam Maras wrote: The first one is easy for me: I'm still in High School, and I know how important my education is to me. I also believe that education is the single most important field of work in this country; regardless of what the adults in government do today, the students getting ready for the governmental positions of tomorrow are going to end up running the country. There is simply no excuse for having undereducated individuals taking over jobs in the next couple of decades. The education system is capable of carrying out its primary task, as long as its leaders have their hearts and minds in the right places.
My first question is why would somebody your age want to take a post like this? You have stated you are an IB student, which means you have real possibilites of going to school out of state with a very good scholarship. You are going to limit yourself to take a school board position for four years? Why?
My second question is the fact you are distancing yourself now from the lunch issue and Joe Bernier. I really think it very disingenuous. Although I agree that Joe's methods and proclamations have been completely bizarre, you were part of the whole big circus show. You and Preston and Joe spoke at every board meeting about the lunch issue until very recently. I notice that you will blog to the two very one-sided websites that have run by two individuals with a definite agenda and basically agree with them like a lapdog. I have never seen you state anything that was the least bit critical of Raeder and Galbraith. For you to now to basically state that you are a middle of the road healer simply does not wash with me.
Third, you made this statement regarding Ms. Bernier and it was very wishy-washy. "Though I support Cheyenne's letter and statement, I don't believe I would have made mention of the Columbine tragedy myself." You can't have this both ways. What the hell does this mean?
Finally, although I do applaud anyone that gets involved as you have, you will be recognized by me as one of the obstructionists that made this whole process a big joke and I resent it......Like rats off a sinking ship, you may be the first of many that start to publicly question this individual who has led this crusade. I am wondering if there are many more people who share my opinion. The recall results will be a good indicator. I'm anxious to find out...
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rdg7359 wrote: I admire what you are doing, I really do. If more students would become involved in the political process as you have, the youth of America could ultimately control this country. The current administrations are betting your future that you won't care. They are financing this war with your money and your children's money.
That being said,
You just had a leader who has gotten way to carried away for the cause, that it has become a mockery. Perhaps if you could have taken the lead with a level head instead of a bomb thrower like Mr. Bernier. He lost most if not all of his credibility with his outrageous claims of Constitutional Rights, State Statutes, Kidnapping, Columbine, The Pledge of Allegiance and all his demanding this and demanding that, who can take a man like that serious.
Adam, you should be applauded. Next time, check the agenda of the man leading the fight.
I appreciate your comments and thank you for them. However, I need to ask you once again not to generalize. Yes, Joe Bernier could be considered the leader of the fight against the Governing Board. I respect that, and wish Joe and everyone that's with him luck. That being said, I don't agree with his methods. I've gone my own way (as you can see by my posts and Governing Board speeches) and have my own agenda regarding local politics. I've posted multiple times that I (barring unforseen circumstances) intend to run for the Governing Board. I guess nobody has really asked me, "Why do you want to that job?" because everyone assumes I'm one of the many students fighting the Governing Board using the closed-campus debate. That's the farthest thing from the truth; there's two very good reasons I intend to run for the Board:- Governing Board members need to remember that the education of the students attending their district's schools is of paramount importance.
- Governing Board members cannot forget that the community elected them to serve them as a representative.
The first one is easy for me: I'm still in High School, and I know how important my education is to me. I also believe that education is the single most important field of work in this country; regardless of what the adults in government do today, the students getting ready for the governmental positions of tomorrow are going to end up running the country. There is simply no excuse for having undereducated individuals taking over jobs in the next couple of decades. The education system is capable of carrying out its primary task, as long as its leaders have their hearts and minds in the right places.
The second position seems to be the tougher one for some of our current Governing Board members. Yes, they were elected by the majority of the voters. Yes, the voters knew the Board members they elected would be allowed to vote as they saw fit once they took their positions. No, that doesn't mean they (to reuse a phrase) have a moral free pass to do whatever they want. It doesn't make unjustified and careless decisions "okay" or acceptable by any means. The whole reason we have an election for those positions is that the higher forms of government have (rightfully, in my opinion) decided that the communities of the school districts should have control over their Governing Boards just as the voters have control over the legislature and the Presidency. What right do any of our Board members have to decide that the form of control handed to us by the federal government is invalid?
I'm putting all my cards on the table with regards to the situation of insufficient community representation on our Governing Board. I intend to run for the Board, I intend to represent the people, I intend to see that the interests of the students are my own interests, and I do not intend to move to any higher public office at any time.
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RECALLSFOR JUSTICE wrote: If you’re unable to back up your words with enough valid signatures, or win the election, you pretty much give the person you’re aiming at the right to claim they have the community’s support. And, after winning two elections, they can more than make the case that they do.
Now where have I read this before . . . oh yeah, here: http://nohoneymoon.blogspot.com/2007/12/childrens-crusade.html
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Adam Maras wrote: rdg7359 wrote: Adam Maras wrote: rdg7359 wrote: If they are not successful in the recall, the board should reinstate and enforce their original closed campus policy. No Parental Permission!
Why?
Because of the mockery you have all made of this entire topic.
If for nothing else, I would slam the door on all of you for the Columbine reference.
Pleae don't generalize. Look through my posts; I almost always only address lunchtime in response to others' comments, and I make note of many other issues as well as lunch on a regular basis. Also, don't generalize about referencing Columbine. Though I support Cheyenne's letter and statement, I don't believe I would have made mention of the Columbine tragedy myself.
I admire what you are doing, I really do. If more students would become involved in the political process as you have, the youth of America could ultimately control this country. The current administrations are betting your future that you won't care. They are financing this war with your money and your children's money.
That being said,
You just had a leader who has gotten way to carried away for the cause, that it has become a mockery. Perhaps if you could have taken the lead with a level head instead of a bomb thrower like Mr. Bernier. He lost most if not all of his credibility with his outrageous claims of Constitutional Rights, State Statutes, Kidnapping, Columbine, The Pledge of Allegiance and all his demanding this and demanding that, who can take a man like that serious.
Adam, you should be applauded. Next time, check the agenda of the man leading the fight.
Last edited on Wed Jan 30th, 2008 01:47 am by rdg7359
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Adam Maras
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Posted: Wed Jan 30th, 2008 01:23 am |
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rdg7359 wrote: Adam Maras wrote: rdg7359 wrote: If they are not successful in the recall, the board should reinstate and enforce their original closed campus policy. No Parental Permission!
Why?
Because of the mockery you have all made of this entire topic.
If for nothing else, I would slam the door on all of you for the Columbine reference.
Pleae don't generalize. Look through my posts; I almost always only address lunchtime in response to others' comments, and I make note of many other issues as well as lunch on a regular basis. Also, don't generalize about referencing Columbine. Though I support Cheyenne's letter and statement, I don't believe I would have made mention of the Columbine tragedy myself.
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Posted: Wed Jan 30th, 2008 01:20 am |
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Adam Maras wrote: rdg7359 wrote: If they are not successful in the recall, the board should reinstate and enforce their original closed campus policy. No Parental Permission!
Why?
Because of the mockery you have all made of this entire topic.
If for nothing else, I would slam the door on all of you for the Columbine reference.
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Adam Maras
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Posted: Wed Jan 30th, 2008 01:17 am |
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rdg7359 wrote: If they are not successful in the recall, the board should reinstate and enforce their original closed campus policy. No Parental Permission!
Why?
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