WBOY-TV reporter, Gabe Gutierrez talked to the missing Board of Education member, Doug Gray, yesterday. His absence for a critical meeting ensured a tie vote in favor of the status quo about the portrait in BHS. Here is what he writes, 12 News spoke with him Thursday and asked him how he would have voted. "Either way, it doesn't matter now," Gray said, adding that he preferred not to comment further.
He prefers, "Not to comment further?" !!! "It doesn't matter now"???
Presumably some people voted Doug Gray into office as a member of the Board of Education because they trusted his judgment or business acumen or his leadership or for some other qualities. He wasn't elected to office by promising to keep his opinions to himself.
A van doesn't have to fall on you to let you know that Leadership is needed by members of the Board. Doug, Where Do You Stand??
Sally, Wilson. You need to re-introduce the motion to remove the picture and let Doug Gray participate.
True, Jim Reaser and Bennett just about crawled under the desk when you made the motion and they both were too chicken to make any comment to defend their votes, like little boys caught doing something wrong; they let the moment pass, kind of mumbling that they had no comment. Pontius Pilot would have been proud of their hand-washing away the constitution and give in to the crowd.
Don't let Gray off the hook. Force him to take a stand.
posted by Gundovald at 6/30/2006 08:10:00 PM
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Since they swore in the new guy, Mike Queen, today and then he became Vice President of the B.O.E. he should do the right thing and get this over with and return the picture to it's rightful owner and state that we are not above the law in the Board of Education, nor in the State of WV. Now that this is on the nations watch (700 Club) reported this on t.v. How does this look that we fight against things that are already decided in the courts? Maybe, we should allow some of our students to break some of the rules and laws they must abide by and let them defend themselves by stating it is against their beliefs or something crazier such as carry a gun to school violates their right if they have a license for a concealed weapon and is a member of NRA! Let's move on and get to things that affect our children's education. How about investing in our communities and stop consolidating our elementary schools that were the backbones of our communities...i.e. Broadoaks, Stealey, Chestnut Hills. By closing these schools the B.O.E. is adversly affecting our communities.
Tyler G.
To Tyler G, while I agree with you it is not likely that Mr. Queen will vote to take the picture down, since he is on record as being for keeping it up.
What needs to be done is what GUNDO suggests is Doug needs to get off the fence.
GOD BLESS
BUDDY R.
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