It's nice of R.T. to try to give me credit for being a key player in the
school board's actions last week on the boy scouts, but really, I was
just one of seven board members that unanimously agreed on the issue. I
think we have a very strong school board, and I second Audrey Johnson's
positive assessments of Al Gallmon (great communication skills) and
Sandra Miller (down to earth and realistic).
Catherine Shreves
School Board
"R.T.Rybak" wrote:
>
> I agree with Eva that the Minneapolis School Board deserves credit for
> taking a stand against discrimination by the Boy Scouts.
>
> I hope people also note that a key player in the school board's actions was
> Catherine Shreves. You may remember that when she was running for the seat
> the Stonewall Caucus came out against Catherine, giving her a very low
> rating.
>
> Those of us who have known her were very upset by this because we knew that
> she would be a very important voice for inclusion and would never tolerate
> discrimination.
>
> I hope the caucus notes this vote in the next election because she deserves
> better treatment if we're lucky enough to have her run for reelection.
