Be careful who you vote for. Although I
believe that they should pursue compensation from the ousted board members and
the Thomas More law center, legally I don’t think that they can. Democracy
really only works well when there is a high level of participation. If there is
not, then you end up with voting-blocs (such as the fundamentalists) wielding
more power than they ought to.
Another reason to home school the kids
methinks J
Dayton J. Ford, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
St. Louis College of Pharmacy
4588 Parkview Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
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From:
HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Evans
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006
11:17 AM
To: HAPS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [HAPS-L] news from
Darkest PA
According
to the Jan. 6, 2006, Harrisburg, PA Patriot-News, the Dover school district may indeed be stuck
with the legal bill (nearly $2 million) for losing the case over Intelligent
Design. One of the private lawyers contesting ID normally gets $400/hour for
his services but the ACLU at least will charge nothing. The district solicitor
is urging the current board to seek compensation neither from the former board
members nor from the Thomas
More Law
Center, the law firm
working for the board in the ID case. Apparently, the district's insurance
carrier is unlikely to provide financial relief either. Not a good day for the
citizens and students of Dover
Township.
The Dover school board has now formally dismissed the Thomas More
Law Center
as their legal representives, reversed the original ID policy, and declined to
appeal the judgement of the federal court.
Fortunately,
the Dover schools may be able to stay open if
they can find some way to convince the Commonwealth of PA
that they are in financial distress. Therefore, everyone in PA, not just those
in that district gets to loose because of ID.
As
Stan Laurel used to say: "That's a fine how-do-you-do!"