Gordy Rowe wasn't going to let me speak

I went to the Policy Committee meeting this morning at 7:30.
On the agenda; discussion and action on the two new codes of
conduct for APS athletic events.

Gordy Rowe was about to take the vote on whether or not to
pass the new codes.

I rose to inquire about my opportunity to speak.
I pointed out that the agenda included a public forum.

Gordy Rowe asked me if I had signed up to speak.

I pointed out that no opportunity had been provided for
me to sign "up". There was a sign "in" list, but no sign "up" list.

Then he wanted to know what I intended to talk about;
whether I wanted to talk about the codes of conduct, or
if I wanted to talk about something else.

Satisfied that I would talk only about the codes, he relented
and let me speak.

Then he told me that I had one and half minutes, 30 seconds
less than is normally provided to speakers at a public forum.

When I demanded to know why I was not being allowed the
full two minutes, he relented on that issue as well.

I began by pointing out specific problems in the two new codes.

I pointed out that in the codes, students and spectators
are "required" to praise opposing team members.

I pointed out that this law in particular was not going to be
enforced, and that there is a problem in general
with writing laws you have no intention of enforcing.

The permission of prohibited behavior is central to most of
the remediable problems in public schools.

I pointed out that the new policies offered no improvement
not even in its smallest measure, over the existing standards
of conduct, the Pillars of Character Counts.

And then I pointed out that the only reason that they don't
want to call any attention to the Pillars of Character Counts,
is because they don't want to call any attention to the
Pillar of Trustworthiness.

The Pillar of Trustworthiness is a standard of conduct which
requires that the leadership of the APS stand and deliver
candid, forthright and honest answers to every legitimate
question.

They do not want to tell the truth.
They want to hide the truth from stakeholders.

There is only one reason to hide the truth.
That reason is to protect the corrupt and the incompetent
in the leadership of the APS from the consequences of
their corruption and their incompetence.



Then they passed the new codes unanimously.


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