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2021-10-29 -Great Cultural Revolution

Minnesota school board forces parents to say their address in order to speak, bans criticism of officials

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Posted by Fred 2021-10-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 What happens when a "small town democracy" becomes a bureaucracy so corrupt that there is no mutual trust?

The requirement that a citizen addressing the meeting, which has a schedule and limited time for speakers, be a citizen of that area seems just and prudent. Would you like a bus load of 'activists' to indulge in a "out-of-towner filibuster" at your meeting? It was different when everybody knew everybody and strangers were shown the door.

But in the current climate the school boards seems to be composed of transplanted "out-of-towner activists' and trust is dead... Sad, truly sad.

Posted by magpie 2021-10-29 03:03|| 2021-10-29 03:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Just stand outside the meeting handing out a piece of paper with all the information on the school board members.

BTW, those who pay taxes that support the operation of the schools get no say?

Time to defund the schools. Vouchers for parents.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-10-29 07:54|| 2021-10-29 07:54|| Front Page Top

Posted by Chris 2021-10-29 10:14|| 2021-10-29 10:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Lawyer up, seriously. Sometimes you have to spend money on the things you care about.

Posted by Crusader 2021-10-29 10:15|| 2021-10-29 10:15|| Front Page Top

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-10-29 10:26|| 2021-10-29 10:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Just stand outside the meeting handing out a piece of paper with all the information on the school board members.

Use their address or some other apparatchik's.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-10-29 10:47|| 2021-10-29 10:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Don't bother trying to speak to these idiots. You will not change their minds. Run for their seats on the board.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-10-29 12:16|| 2021-10-29 12:16|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ It can be done. If you can't run yourself, ask around for other parents who can and give them all the support you can.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-10-29 12:21|| 2021-10-29 12:21|| Front Page Top

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