Comments on: Let the Sun Shine In http://www.bluebluegrass.com/2009/12/17/let-the-sun-shine-in/ Kentucky Politics - An Honest, Unpurchased View Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:58:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bob Layton http://www.bluebluegrass.com/2009/12/17/let-the-sun-shine-in/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Bob Layton Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:35:16 +0000 http://www.bluebluegrass.com/?p=2371#comment-617 Cicero, your first point is one that is all too often forgotten: the ultimate responsibility for bad government lies with the governed who grant authority to incompetent or unscrupulous leaders. The clearest translation of that is my view that a voter never has the right to choose none of the above. There is always a duty to do something to choose among even the lousiest of choices. Cicero, your first point is one that is all too often forgotten: the ultimate responsibility for bad government lies with the governed who grant authority to incompetent or unscrupulous leaders. The clearest translation of that is my view that a voter never has the right to choose none of the above. There is always a duty to do something to choose among even the lousiest of choices.

]]> By: Cicero http://www.bluebluegrass.com/2009/12/17/let-the-sun-shine-in/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Cicero Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:02:10 +0000 http://www.bluebluegrass.com/?p=2371#comment-616 We have no hope of surviving as a republic if we do not insist those who govern govern in the open. The Superintendent's actions speak for him. Before we flail away at him, we must first look to ourselves, and those we entrust to run our schools: the Board of Education. Too often Boards take their authority as license to act arbitrarily or carelessly with the public trust. Apparently they did so here. The JPCS Board hired the Super, and should have looked into his conflict, and discovered it on their own. Now that this has been brought to light, they have a duty to those they represent to stand up--in public--and right this. Instead they compounded one wrong by another, and this one more nefarious than the last. To save face they took the coward's way out subverting the very function of their positions to avoid public scrutiny--or blame. Listen: these are not your schools. These are our schools and we have a right to know. Star Chamber politics have no place here. We have no hope of surviving as a republic if we do not insist those who govern govern in the open. The Superintendent’s actions speak for him. Before we flail away at him, we must first look to ourselves, and those we entrust to run our schools: the Board of Education. Too often Boards take their authority as license to act arbitrarily or carelessly with the public trust. Apparently they did so here. The JPCS Board hired the Super, and should have looked into his conflict, and discovered it on their own. Now that this has been brought to light, they have a duty to those they represent to stand up–in public–and right this. Instead they compounded one wrong by another, and this one more nefarious than the last. To save face they took the coward’s way out subverting the very function of their positions to avoid public scrutiny–or blame. Listen: these are not your schools. These are our schools and we have a right to know. Star Chamber politics have no place here.

]]> By: LumberJock http://www.bluebluegrass.com/2009/12/17/let-the-sun-shine-in/comment-page-1/#comment-609 LumberJock Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:00:47 +0000 http://www.bluebluegrass.com/?p=2371#comment-609 With Jefferson County's track record wrt school superintendants, it's no wonder they're hiding behind closed doors. Get the state DNC to replace the board; let in a little fresh air and prudent temperment; keep out the republican'ts & blue dogs; select a superintendant that produces education, instead of performs for the board like a dancing bear in the circus. With Jefferson County’s track record wrt school superintendants, it’s no wonder they’re hiding behind closed doors.

Get the state DNC to replace the board; let in a little fresh air and prudent temperment; keep out the republican’ts & blue dogs; select a superintendant that produces education, instead of performs for the board like a dancing bear in the circus.

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