SOUNDING BOARD -- PAULA and JOHN MADISON Jr.
I think reporter Lolita Harper’s mother had it right (“Pastor
impropriety rings some deja vu,” Oct. 5). This “rag” ought to go directly
to the trash can. Why is the Jim Ferryman issue still front-page news
(“School trustee suspected of drunk driving,” Oct. 1)?
Now we have Wendy Leece -- how did she ever get elected to the school
board? -- chiming in with her two cents that Ferryman ought to resign
because “there are laws that we have to conform to and there are
consequences even when we as leaders break the laws (‘Trustee: Ferryman
should resign if guilty,’ Oct. 5).” While wondering to whom she may be
referring with “we leaders,” has Ferryman been found guilty between
Monday and Friday without our notice?
I thought Leece was of the “don’t judge lest ye be judged” ilk.
Shouldn’t a school board member whose major contributions include trying
to hang the Ten Commandments on school room walls or trying to ban
certain books from our school libraries know that the Constitution of the
United States is also the law of the land? Should Leece step down because
her transgressions against our entire community -- of course, excepting
her own congregation and the Religious Right -- include these violations
of the equal protection, free speech and separation of church and state
clauses/doctrines?
The Pilot still finds room in the column to plant another reference to
Ferryman being one of the board members who recently asked the community
to revisit the school district’s zero-tolerance policy on drugs and
alcohol. Let’s see now, the Pilot splashes the front-page headlines with
Ferryman’s DUI arrest, casually notes that he’s the same trustee asking
to revisit the zero-tolerance policy on drugs and alcohol, throws in the
official opinion of the local branch of the Religious Right. Hmm. What to
do? What to do?
* PAULA and JOHN MADISON Jr. are Newport Beach residents.
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