As noted
previously, a handful of school employees invested in the current
underperforming system got up recall petitions against Gov. Bobby
Jindal and several state legislators, the due date for Jindal’s and at
least some of the others expired last week with the expected
failure of the efforts, sending a reminder that these defenders of the status quo have lost in the marketplace
of ideas. In fact, despite much bragging and boasting about how there was such
a groundswell of opposition to the politicians based upon their support of
education reform and a number of publicized events designed to collect
signatures, in all likelihood hardly any were gathered.
But the public can’t confirm this because the organizers continue to flout
state law concerning the process. It’s very clear on this: the organization’s
chairwoman must produce signatures within three days upon request, unless
already filed with the secretary of state when he must do it. However, the
organizers, citing some phantom fear of “retribution,” refuse to follow the law
and plan to hold onto the petitions, raising the possibility that they will try
illegally to recycle them in a future effort against Jindal or the lawmakers.
This lawbreaking on the organizers’ parts should not surprise, as they
refused (by pleading ignorance, despite this
space and others informing them) to submit campaign finance reports on
time, and then when they did very late they appeared questionably
short in terms of candor and actual monies raised and spent. This arrogance
in believing they are above the law no doubt extends from the attitude they
have about education reform, believing themselves the arbiters of deciding how
education should be performed, and uncaring about the damage they inflict upon
children’s lives in terms of shortchanged learning as they prefer to put
special interests ahead of those of children and their families.
Like bullies, they believe themselves above the law and have to show
they are better than everybody else through intimidation in this instance by
being scofflaws – until they are met with a reminder that actions have
consequences and they can’t be allowed to degrade the social fabric by
asserting claims of privileged exemption from following the rule of law. During the process, affiliates of the Louisiana Republican Party took the
lead in standing up to them by prodding them into filing campaign finance
documentation and in requesting the signatures.
2 comments:
Change the subject, quickly, again.
Explain, instead, how the Governor going to Iowa to help campaign against some Iowan Supreme Court justices is serving the people of Louisiana? is doing his job so as to ethically and morally draw his salary and other benefits? is the way to bring true reform in this state through leadership?
Watch what he does, not what he says.
"However, the organizers, citing some phantom fear of “retribution,” refuse to follow the law and plan to hold onto the petitions, raising the possibility that they will try illegally to recycle them in a future effort against Jindal or the lawmakers."
" until they are met with a reminder that actions have consequences and they can’t be allowed to degrade the social fabric by asserting claims of privileged exemption from following the rule of law."
Do you even think about what you write before publishing it?
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