Banned Banner Decision Backfires

The banner is ousted and the Bible verse is banned from the playing field.  Instead, however, hundred of parents and students are bringing banners to the football games with their own verses, and wearing Christian T-shirts to boot.  Oh, the irony.

OneNewsNow:

"Despite a large public outcry over its decision to censor Bible verse banners held by high school football cheerleaders on the playing field, a Georgia school board is refusing to change its mind. However, the controversial policy has compelled many students to passionately defend their free-speech rights and proclaim their Christian beliefs.

The Catoosa County Board of Education in Georgia decided last night that it will continue to ban Bible-verse banners held by cheerleaders on the Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School football field. The ban was put in place after one woman complained the on-field banners violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

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"We felt a sense of accomplishment because now one sign turned into hundreds of signs that are displayed now in the stands in the stadium," says the youth pastor. "So we're happy with the end result that we've seen, the accomplishment we've seen, because this has turned into a national wave of support for Christ."

A Little Something Out of the Governmental Cabinet, Medicine Cabinet, that is...

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Kewaskum "Farm and Family Day" October 17

VILLAGE OF KEWASKUM

"FARM AND FAMILY DAY"

SATURDAY - October 17

9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Pumpkin Cookie Decorating
Pumpkin Painting
German Games and Music
Basket Weaving Demonstration
Story Time
Brat Fry
Organic Farmer Displays
9 - 10 a.m. "Managing Your Garden's Bounty" by Renee Vertin, R.D. at the Kewaskum Library


This event will be held at the Community Annex Parking Lot.

West Bend School District Levy is up, up, up, and ........outta the ball park!

West Bend School Board Meeting Stacked with WEACs - Part VI

Final video clip.  


Joe Carlson reiterates how the world is watching us and how we need to remember that what we do with this tax levy will affect how the world views West Bend. What he really means is...if we don't pass the levy, we are ruining the reputation of our city, wrecking the school district, and we are bad, bad people.

West Bend School Board Meeting Stacked with WEACs - Part V

Kris Beaver wastes his opportunity to discuss the levy (like Todd Miller does) dissing newspapers, talk radio and bloggers by saying "It's easy to take cheap shots from the peanut gallery."









Todd Miller, likewise, tosses his moment to share his opinion by expressing his outrage over someone name-calling him at his place of employment. (While I agree this is inappropriate, it was out of form for Miller to express that in this format. He did not once discuss his thoughts, as you can see, on the tax levy issue. Completely avoided it.)

West Bend School Board Meeting Stacked with WEACs - Part IV

Here you'll see board member Bruce Koenig let the WEAC group know they are misinformed (and misleading others).  You'll also see board member Tim Stepanski ask the question "When will the cycle end?" (referring to the tax levy caps both now and in the future.)

West Bend School Board Meeting Stacked with WEACs - Part III

One gentleman reminded the school board that 80% of our costs are in personnel, and hoped that teachers would remember that when they negotiated their salaries.  





(So here are the teachers, all making sales pitches for the tax levy, screaming "raise the tax levy cap!" and then going into negotiations for their pay raises this year.)




Another man said he read the WB News and Rich Kasten's account of what took place at the last meeting.  Kasten's account was concerning to him as a taxpayer and he wanted to know exactly what happened at the last meeting.





I'll post more in the a.m.  


I have video footage of the school board member's final responses  Will post in the morning.