[Vision2020] Insulted

[Joan Opyr]

On Mar 30, 2006, at 8:54 AM, Jack Porter wrote:

> Joan and Keely, you weren't here at the time, but I was serving on the 
> school board back when Gerald Ford was President.  Three decades 
> later, I was part of the group that started CQE and organized the 
> campaign that passed the 2002 emergency operating levy, after the 
> district's first attempt had failed miserably.
>
> You're not the only ones who care about kids.  People should be able 
> to disagree with you about building priorities, or the wisdom or 
> political viability of a particular plan, without having their motives 
> attacked.
>
> If you hope to reach a 2/3 vote in a levy election, it doesn't help 
> for you to go around insulting potential allies.
>
> Jack

No one's attacking your motives, Jack -- just your method of delivery.  
If you're a potential ally, then all I can say is "Hurrah!"  If you 
want to dump the alternative school for the time being and only focus 
on West Park and Russell, that may well be your "pragmatic" choice, but 
I think it's dead wrong, hell on the kids, and short-sighted.  What's 
more, I reserve the right to say so.  I recognize that you may well 
represent a majority view and me a small but vocal minority.  That 
would be not be a novel experience for me.  I've indicated how I'll 
vote and how I'll campaign.  My cards are out on the table; so are 
yours.  Fair enough?

I'm glad you were serving the school board back during the Ford 
Administration.  I was serving at the time as third baseman for the 
White Sox -- Little League Baseball, Belleville, Michigan.  We made it 
all the way to the All Stars, where we lost to a team from Ohio.  It 
wasn't fair; we didn't even have Gatorade and they were all pumped up 
on glazed doughnuts.  I believe Sugar is a gateway drug -- but just to 
be sure, let's ask Barry Bonds.

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
www.joanopyr.com