"You get one minute"

Speakers at the public forum at school board meetings normally get two minutes to speak; out of respect for their right to petition their government; the Superintendent and the Board.

Tonight, the community members who showed up to protest
the unilateral decision to end year round schooling at eight
APS elementary schools, link, because there were so many of
them, were given only one minute; out of disrespect for their
right to petition their government; the Superintendent and the Board, link.