This came in from Brownfield:
Brutus,
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What a coincidence!
Just days after EPISD, one of our former mayors, and the Times complimented our former state senator for his fight against a “large criminal ring” the FBI has arrested five former EPISD employees on charges relating to the almost six year old cheating scandal.
Somehow the local media people were on hand at the very moment the accused were taken to jail.
I don’t know what these people did or did not do.
I do know that they deserve a fair and objective process.
What bothers me is that it looks like they are being tried in the court of public opinion instead of in a courtroom. Actually their chances of making it into the courtroom are slim.
More on that in upcoming posts.
We deserve better
Brutus
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I wrote this post the other day and had it scheduled for publishing:
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The Times ran a front page article the other day telling us about the home season opener at the ball park.
I suppose that promoting the team is a good idea.
I wonder though why I don’t recall seeing a front page article promoting the Miner’s new season.
On second thought I don’t need to wonder why.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Then the day after the original article the Times took more than half of their front page to tell us about the arrival habits of the fans.
They also ran an editorial that was an advertisement for the new food items available at the ball park.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Posted by Brutus
I’m confused.
The Times reported the other day that the Texas Association of School Business Officials is telling EPISD that they have 70 more maintenance workers than The Association of Physical Plant Administrators suggests for schools.
According to the report EPISD has 198 maintenance workers but only needs 128.
If that is the case, why is it that many of our schools are in such disrepair that the district is considering demolishing them and building new facilities?
We deserve better
Brutus
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The Times subscription page contains this graphic:
The program requires a donation of two dollars per month.
They claim to provide access to “thousands of students in our community”.
Can anyone confirm this for us?
Brutus
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