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Why Wouldn't Ya?

 


A couple of months back, I got tired of the horrible name-calling and personal attacks that have gone on in the last year or so from some school board members and their adherents. One night, in the mood to be proactive, I took along some printed sheets to the board meeting and asked the board and anyone running for board this fall to sign the following pledge:

During the upcoming campaign for school board, I will not engage in personal attacks or name-calling against anyone

                            at a meeting,

                            in public places,

                            on social media.

                                 Signed______________

I certainly have no authority to make anyone sign such a document, but I thought it might make people think about the kinds of things they say, especially when they're supposed to represent our community.

Immediately, three board members, Hart, Porter, and Veal, signed. The two candidates who've filed to run this fall, Taed Price and Lain Veihl, committed to signing when next we ended up in the same place. 

At the next meeting, I presented the pledge a second time, and Lorrie Kowalski signed. I have reminded the other board members at every board meeting since, but Palmer, Rieger, and Chaskey show no interest.

Last Monday, Chuck Abshagen gave them one more chance to sign. He asked each one personally, and they all refused.

Why won't a member of a community school board commit to basic human decency?



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