The Huntsville City Board of Education meeting was sad last night.
As sad as this face…
The meeting was heavily attended, which of course got everyone in the room scolded for not showing up to more meetings. (I find this funny because the last thing these idiots want is more attention)
There was also an absolutely ridiculous stream of parents and teachers praising school uniforms and Williams Middle School (how odd).
NEWSFLASH: The uniforms issue was the catalyst for this issue it is not THE ISSUE.
The issue is whether or not it is appropriate to use the Army Chain of Command as a tool to silence parents.
I made this point when I spoke…
Next up was Dale Jackson of WVNN, who offered the name and phone number of his employer just in case the Board and Superintendent felt threatened. Jackson reviewed the issue, then asked for the Board to apologize – saying it was not acceptable for the schools to contact an employer about a policy disagreement. Jackson also quickly described the email discussions between the Superintendent, the principal, and the Army; disproving the school system’s claim that they didn’t contact the Army. He closed by asking the Board to apologize to the Grisham family.
Board member, Dr. Jennie Robinson acknowledged, without saying it, that she was lied to by Dr. Moore and the school system…
Board member Jennie Robinson appeared on Jackson’s show earlier this week. Robinson said she believed no school system employee called the Army about Grisham. She took back that statement Thursday.
“While I believed those statements to be true at the time, I have since learned they were not totally accurate,” Robinson said.
She added she wanted to add to the next meeting agenda an item to discuss the school system’s policy of contacting employers.
Good.
AGAIN: The CJ Grisham vs. Huntsville City Schools case is not about the military….
Kudos to The Huntsville Times for finally showing up and covering this story.
One more matter needs to be mentioned about Thursday night’s school board meeting and that is the discussion where CJ Grisham was called a terrorist.
Some idiot had the gall to stand up and say that it is a shame that someone charged with defending this country would bring the “spirit of terror” into a school that is “mostly female”.
What?
The board, of course, let this go even after mentioning a warning to the audience before they opened comments that no personal attacks would be made.
They let someone call CJ Grisham a terrorist BUT the minute the crowd reacted to their silence they called for order.
Just to set the record straight…
- Calling an Iraq War Veteran a terrorist – OK.
- Objecting to that ridiculous depiction – NOT OK.
Fake outrage over “Stop Obamacare” Voter Registration Form“
From the idiots at Left in 1969′s Alabama…
FYI, the back of a normal Alabama voter registration form looks like this. No political messages, no volunteer sign-up, no email solicitation. If this turns out to be a legal form — and I hear the SoS’ office has asked the Attorney General (also Republican) for guidance — then the Alabama Democratic Party ought to start doing the same thing. Maybe a “Stop GOP Obstructionists” registration form or a “Stop Corporate Welfare” one or, in a more positive vein, “Support the Working Class.”
We need to stop begging people to vote. If they can’t go register themselves they need not participate in the process.
Make them go down to the “Office of Electoral Elections” and register.
Make sure you tell Marion S. Barber that “Dale Jackson sent you”.
7:00 AM – Ken Sayar with NewPeopleString Patriot
8:00 AM – Christie Carden with The Huntsville Tea Party
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Why was the military contacted in the first place? There are two sides to this. Is it possible that he was harrasing everyone by his so called blogging? Is Mr. Grisham a soldier or not? If that is the case then he should be held responsible for his actions in and out of uniform. A soldier should be held to higher standards then a walmart bagger has he not had this issue before ?
Kimberly,
I guess you forgot we are in America. There is freedom of speech here which is a GOD GRANTED RIGHT not a right granted by the state or the military. SO those entities are not allowed to take those rights away nor punish individuals for using them. You cannot “harass” another by blogging. An individual can choose to or not to read a blog. Again freedom of speech. As far as being held responsible for his actions out of uniform, absolutely IF what he is doing is a crime or in endangering someone. Nothing he wrote on his blog was a lie or slanderous. The only reason that the other individuals were upset is because they got called out for their inappropriate behavior. God forbid. If we all called people out for acting like assholes the world would be a better place. People learn right and wrong from what a society allows to happen and since we seem to be allowing horrible behavior from certain groups JUST BY NOT SPEAKING UP (which BTW harms no one). Ignorance should be addressed and people should be told when they are wrong. You will not be the first person I have called out for their ignorance today nor the last because I aim to make the world a better place by telling people when they are MORALLY wrong. And I am always open to hearing the same. The school officials were WRONG on every level! And they continue to blame others for their own mistakes. Shame on them and shame on you for condoning their behavior. LYING is never OK. The truth sucks and apologizing sucks because it requires a swallowing of pride that some are not willing to make. I do not ask of anyone else anything more than I expect from myself.
Everyone should hold themselves to the same standard. Don’t Lie, cheat, fight and name call. Be respectful and compassionate to others. Be forgiving. And stand up for yourself. Do not let people tread on you because it makes them think they can tread on others too. CJ practices all of these things and more. He holds himself to a higher personal standards than anyone I have ever met. So as far as him “being held to a higher standard”–that’s already been done.
So, Kimberly, your argument is that because a soldier, ANY soldier, cannot have a say in his child’s education and when a principal tells a roomful of parents (that soldier being one of them) that NO discussion will be entertained on school uniforms, he should sit down and shut up, ignoring his oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America, the first amendment to that document being a guarantee of freedom of speech?
What universe do you live in??
My argument is that a man who takes an oath, at times to be defended by his death, has a right to at least ask parents to meet him in the back of the room to discuss how they will go about addressing the uniform issue when the principal refuses to even allow them to speak or ask questions.
Jennifer you said “Don’t Lie, cheat, fight and name call” you are in the dark He was quite verbal in calling names plastering nasty names about these indviduals all over the internet and on the original video. As for his command angry at him he stated in his own words he yelled at a senior officer.
The command never should have been contacted. That is the key point.
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A “parent” should have the right to speak without the fear of attacks on their career!
I did write an email to the Gov and I do hope it was read and not just overlooked. The school is so far out of line that it isn’t even funny. Who do they think they are anyway? They act so Communistic that I think the parents should ALL feel threatened; not the school personel. Some of them should go back to picking cotton and keep their big mouths shut!! They make me SICK!
You resort to racist comments? what place does that have in this day and age?
For those who say that uniforms are no longer the issue, I am here to contradict that. The uniforms ARE still the issue because the parents have never had a say in the mandatory policy change. No one is discussing the fact that we were told to buy our kids uniforms for Christmas and the many items on the list can only be bought at one store. That store is not even in Huntsville- it’s in Madison, which means the taxes we pay on those uniforms (they should be tax free) will go to Madison schools not Huntsville. Also, if your child has allergies and can only wear certain fabrics, like mine, you have to special order the clothes. I wonder how much that costs. We were not allowed to even ask how much the uniforms cost and were told to go to the store to find out. This is unnacceptable and a violition of our constitutional rights. Why is nobody talking about that?
This is a case of pure and utter harassment on a person based mainly because he is with the US Army.
Had Grisham been a lawyer with a large law firm, a CPA, a construction worker, a post office employee, the owner of a small business –I doubt the school district would have called to report their discomfort with his behavior.
I think all parents of that school district should be very careful if there’s a policy that their employers will be notified of anything they do. Frankly, I wouldn’t bother to get involved in my child’s education, if I knew that there were powers that be who are taking it upon themselves to act as a mini-Gestapo.
Kimberly,
Two sides? Blogging is harassment? I’m glad you’re not an attorney and HOPE you’re not one of the gestapos on the school board.
The last time I checked Blogging is open source free speech, giving an opinion about how his rights were obstructed as a parent to talk about is children’s school uniforms. Seriously – are you really making the argument that blogging, free speech is tantamount to harassment?
I REALLY hope you’re not an attorney…I really hope you’re not representing the school board with that argument. That CJ felt and many other parents felt obstructed as parents about a policy change that by-passed it’s own policy and bylaws to DISCUSS the matter equals harassment is laughable.
There is a constitutional right to free speech and that includes internet blogging. That is protected – if blogging is “harassment” as you say – local law would have case to charge him with harassment. It did not happen.
I love how the argument continues to change … he wanted to talk about the school uniform policy – be clear SEVERAL parents wanted to talk about the policy. Avis Williams said point blank “I’m not having this discussion.”
And may I say I am impressed that she refused, repeatedly to talk to these parents, obstructed them, yet the military has answered every one of her bs requests to talk with her.
Harassment? Are you serious Kimberly? Well if that’s the argument the school uses, I hope it ends their careers, b/c it won’t stand as a defense.
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