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First, we wish to apologize to some of our writers who have not yet had their blogs published. Due to various breaking news, we've fallen behind. At times, we will now publish twice a day. Look for us around late morning and late night - this is not written in stone as far as time is concerned and will not be an everyday publishing event.
Please feel free to send us guest blogs; we will attempt to publish them as soon as possible. We publish views from all sides as long as they're polite, etc. You know the drill.
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There are many ways not to tell the truth without lying. Still, when we ask questions of someone, a "no comment" is sufficient if they don't wish to answer. Take the Town of Rogersville. Some years ago we asked if they had given drag racers a permit to race in the industrial park. We were told "no." What they had done was to provide the drag racing show with a parade permit. Not the same thing, so technically the city did not lie to us; however, do you think we will ever so much as blink to help that town in any way? We sincerely hope you answered "no." (People who live there who need help, yes; the town itself, no.)
Now we see this:
The entire brouhaha over this fourth grade teacher physically abusing children could have been handled so much more nicely, but apparently the staff at McBride were told to lie about the suspension. Why? They knew it had to come to light at some point.
Every Muscle Shoals parent should be asking Supt. Lindsey why anyone chose to lie about this man and his alleged crimes. We're asking him now. Or was it the principal at McBride? We're asking you now. Why was the employee who answered the phone told to lie when she could just as easily have said "no comment?"
When is the Muscle Shoals Board of Education going to step up and do their job? Supt Lindsey has repeatedly mishandled or allowed mishandling of several incidents in the faMily for way to long. This accused teacher has been on leave since November 6th. He would have been back at work in 3 days if he would have abused his spouse or would have received an office job with better pay for an inappropriate relationship with an employee under his charge. Whether this teacher is guilty or not is still yet to be seen but the leadership that is handling it has already dropped the ball as well as misled the community by lying. I'm positive that the parents/guardians of the students at McBride were not notified of any potential abuse going on. The parents were being notified by their children! And we are supposed to believe that the police are not involved in any way even though there are resource officers in each school? When will the Supt learn that lying and covering up is not the best policy? And, once again, WHEN will the Muscle Shoals Board of Education step up and do the jobs they are appointed to do? Where are you Mr. Mayor and City Council? You do have a voice and appointments that can be made. Are we waiting on the football coach to tell us what to do next?
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