It’s time for someone else to stand up

If we want our children to grow into adults who are willing to hold themselves accountable to a meaningful standard of conduct; we are obligated to show them what that looks like.

I am not the only person who has said that.

It has been said by Michael Josephson, the founding father of Character Counts.

And by Senator Pete Domenici, who helped to write the Pillars of Character Counts.

And by Mayor Martin Chavez, a founding father of Character Counts in Albuquerque.

And by the Character Counts Leadership Council.

And by the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce.

And by every person who has told a child about George Washington and the cherry tree.

None of whom will stand up in front of the Board and ask them the question.

As role models for 98,000 of our sons and daughters; will you hold yourself honestly accountable to the Pillars of Character Counts; a widely recognized, accepted and respected code of ethics?

The Leadership of the Albuquerque Public Schools has dodged accountability to the same standard of conduct to which they hold students accountable. They will not admit to, nor can they prove by their record, accountability to any standard at all.

If I am wrong, if I have misunderstood this somehow; then tell me how.

Otherwise, help me get it done.

Start sending emails to the people who should be standing up for character counts. Ask them to either defend it or renounce it.

Ask them to defend the Leadership of the Albuquerque Public Schools, or defend the Pillars of Character Counts.

It’s time to kick this ball onto the field. Indict them or acquit them.

You pick a side when you don’t pick a side.