Because of the timing of my column deadline, I will have to defer comment on the elections until next week. I can say this much, however. We cast our votes freely and with no tanks in the street. As imperfect as we may think ourselves to be, this is still the greatest country on earth. The only thing that can change that is our own apathy and lack of appreciation for the … [Read more...] about November 5, 2012: A Salute To The Hero That Made It Home And To Those That Did Not
October 29, 2012: Ten Reasons To Vote ‘No’ On The Charter School Amendment
The charter school amendment will be decided on November 6th. If it doesn’t pass, it will be the greatest upset since David conked Goliath with a rock. Give me the money that has been made available to the pro-charter amendment forces (over $2 million, almost all of it out-of-state) and let me quash the opposition’s right of free speech and I could get the little dweeb that … [Read more...] about October 29, 2012: Ten Reasons To Vote ‘No’ On The Charter School Amendment
October 22, 2012: Charter School Amendment Is More About ‘How’ Than ‘What’
Rep. Edward Lindsey, (R-Atlanta), majority whip in the Georgia House of Representatives says he finds himself bordering between “amused and disturbed” by opponents of the charter school amendment which is set for a vote on Nov. 6. Specifically, he doesn’t like the assertion that the state school board retains the power to overrule on appeal a local school board’s decision to … [Read more...] about October 22, 2012: Charter School Amendment Is More About ‘How’ Than ‘What’
October 15, 2012: Pro-Charter Amendment Forces Trying To Bully Opponents
If the pro-charter amendment people are trying to win friends and influence voters to pass the measure in November, they have picked a bad way to do it. Attorney Glenn Delk and proponents are clearly trying to intimidate opponents of the amendment by accusing the state's 180 local school districts of illegally using taxpayer money to campaign against the amendment. … [Read more...] about October 15, 2012: Pro-Charter Amendment Forces Trying To Bully Opponents
October 7, 2012: Special School Has Positive Impact On Special Needs Children
If you aren’t careful, it is very easy to get pessimistic these days. We have gotten too loud, too adversarial, too politically-correct, too ethically-challenged, too secular and too narrow-minded – not to mention slightly humor-impaired. Just when I think that maybe this world and those that occupy it are beyond redemption, I run across someone like Ava White and I am … [Read more...] about October 7, 2012: Special School Has Positive Impact On Special Needs Children