WayneWho's Worst Headliner in Osceola County Award was very difficult to decide and the WayneWho team ended up eating multiple pizzas during the lengthy debate. In the end we decided to make sure to mention the runner up along with, in our opinion, the winner.
And the runner up is Tami Loechner, a 27 year old mother who coached her young children through the process of stealing a Boston terrier puppy from a pet store in St. Cloud. The quirky caper unfolded over a 45 minute period where the mother can clearly be seen managing the heist. We can only hope that there is some type of process in place to help these children get back on the straight and narrow.
And the Winner of WayneWho's Worst Headliner in Osceola County Award goes to one of our very own School Board Members. Yes, this is somewhat old news, but why let the news cycle die on a story like this? It appears that School Board Member Tom Greer got caught up in his own spin machine last week when he was trying to fast talk reporters from the Osceola Ad-zette circular. In a long string of meaningless cliches from the Board Members and Superintendent Muse, which included 'From day one you have to hit the ground running', 'There should not be any down time', and 'When we conduct walk-throughs we want to see alot of direct instruction' (direct instruction in a school, who would have thought it possible?) slipped a quote into the true insight of the entire school board. "So many times we put our worst teachers with our worst students because we felt like they weren't going to gain anyway," School Board Member Greer said. All we can say is wow. How much of our tax dollars are you people in charge of? Anyway, the WayneWho's Worst Headliner in Osceola County Award goes to School Board Member Tom Greer for a general disregard for what the people elected you to do. (Your dancing talent almost kept you from winning!)Other Un-News Bites:
The St. Cloud Workshop scheduled for last night the 17th was mysteriously canceled. One of our citizen journalists headed over to the meeting to find that the workshop that was scheduled, and had been scheduled on the City's web site all day long, was canceled. From the last meeting where the Council members decided in favor of the people and made the decision to hold a special election, we were confident that the City Council was going to defend the peoples rights. We hope that nothing has changed.
The columnist Carl Cricket has posted another great article that you should check out. Our folks had told us of an outburst by Mr. Q., but we haven't had the space to cover it yet (hmmm... puppets anyone?). For real Osceola County news please take a look at the site where Carl Cricket lives: http://www.ksib.net/
We will be posting a real article this afternoon on the "Budget Meetings" scheduled for tomorrow in the City of Kissimmee. So check back in a little while. Is that the "General Fund" I hear?
10 comments:
Can school board members be recalled? Maybe it is time we find a way to make the school board realize the importance of making our schools better. I just don't think they understand that as a parent, I am tired of excuses, and I want my kids schools to be better. I don't expect perfection, I just want my kids to feel safe, and for them to have a real education. I guess it is time for parents to come together to send the message that we want this mess fixed.
She had her children steal a puppy? This one needs some serious help...
Mr. Greer is working the problem. No they are going to put the worst teachers with the worst students and then hand them one of their new DVD's that will make things all better.
I think a recall is exactly what is needed. Just not at the school board but in all of Osceola County's governments. You got governments in the developing business that can't do their assigned jobs and you got governments that have rejected the people and will no longer listen to them. Fire them all and let's start over!
Do you think the Ad-zette even realized the quote they put in the bubble was bad? I am betting they didn't even get the depth of the comment. I am just surprised they used that much space for something that was not an advertisement.
Waltzing Wheeler was on the news again this morning going off about some school principal. I think my real problem is that I do not trust what these people say. They say they will make it better and they don't. They move people around and it still stays screwed up. They hire more people and the grades slip. My kid hates going to school because of all of the gang violence that happens in the school. It just stupid.
Watch the school board meetings. These people don't have a clue about what goes on in our schools. These folks are just lost.
What kills me about Greer's comment is that the Ad-zette never calls him on the comment. He makes the comment that basically says we just give up on the one who suck, and no one calls him on it. Maybe that is the point of the Sports Authority school is to place all of the bad kids and bad teachers in the same school.
So why was the workshop in St. Cloud cancelled? I thought they were going to be talking about the special election? Have they changed back to an appointment?
Elections will be here before you know it. If you are truly fed up with local government....Run!! The school board will soon be single member district and it will just take a couple of hundred cards to be on the ballot. Anybody can get elected. Our current school board is proof of that!
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