Ms Nompelis, please re-read my short article appended to my posting yesterday.
I quoted Denny Schapiro in a written statement he first posted on this list just after he had participated in hiring David Jennings. He described Jennings as "a good, experienced, savvy political leader when the Minneapolis schools--and the very idea of public education as we know it--are under extreme pressure." I confess I inferred from this statement that Schapiro (and, presumably, the rest of the Board) thought Jennings would be a useful ambassador for the Minneapolis Public Schools to a Republican Governor and a Republican Speaker of the House. This was the argument given by most Jennings defenders to justify his appointment--given the obvious negatives of not having a degree in education, not having any experience in education, not having an advanced degree, and having a history of voting against minority interests (the Martin Luther King Holiday and sanctions against apartheid in South Africa) in a minority school district. I thought I was being charitable in my article by assuming the School Board was unaware of the negative political baggage that Jennings would have to carry to St. Paul, but you are far less charitable if you think they appointed him knowing he was not loved by the current socially conservative brand of Republicanism. By the way, Denny Schapiro ended his posting by inviting all of us to "Discuss." Ed Felien Powderhorn REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
