>PJ – Can you please start a new thread on the League of Woman Voters debate, since this thread (about the RW Republican Club “Math Night”) has been hijacked.
Obviously there are many here who want to discuss last nights debate.
thanks!
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You noticed that too?
Did you also see Charlie’s rude behavior?
This is what I saw…
Frances went up to ask a question and arrived slightly behind a questioner (I don’t recall his/her name). She then backed off, giving the questioner some space.
Then, after the questioner finished, Frances moved back up the center aisle to ask her question. At the same time, Hutton rises to ask a question and is making his way through his row of seats to the center aisle.
As this is happening, the moderator announces that this will be “the last question”.
Hutton arrives at the center aisle at the same time that Frances (in the center aisle) arrives at Bob’s row of seats.
There is the smallest microsecond of a pause (probably to avoid crashing into each other) and then Hutton muscles his way in front of Frances and heads to the microphone.
Then as bonus rude behavior, Hutton tries to ask TWO questions and is chastised by the moderator (with whom he trades words in an attempt to ask two questions).
Now clearly, Frances was “next” and should have been the last questioner. First of all, she was already queued up to be the next questioner and even if Hutton didn’t notice this, common courtesy dictates that a person exiting a row of seats, yields to the person in the aisle
Totally rude and totally wrong behavior, but Hutton must be heard! Unfortunately, this is what I have come to expect from Bob Hutton, so this boorish behavior was really not surprising to me.
BTW, Hutton also grandstanded the prior night at the Republican club Math night event where he turned a Q+A session into a soapbox attack diatribe.
But wait, there’s more theater from the self proclaimed guardians of all knowledge…
After Frances got muscled out by Bob Hutton and Bob finished fighting with the moderator and asked his ONE question, Frances went up to the microphone.
The moderator said that that (Hutton) was the last question.
Frances asked if there could be one more question, and before the moderator could even answer, Charlie (you just knew he couldn’t leave this alone) almost bolted out of his seat as he yelled (and I paraphrase, but you will see it when the tape is released) “NO! SHE SAID NO MORE QUESTIONS. THOSE ARE THE RULES”.
Frances might have said something to the moderator. Then someone in the audience yelled out “Let her ask her question”. There was a murmuring of agreement in the audience, but Charlie (looking like the veins were about to pop out of his head) again insisted “NO, THOSE ARE THE RULES”. Then someone yelled out “Well, let’s put it to the audience… lets take a vote” Finally the moderator took back control and allowed “One last question from someone who did not already ask a question.”
Frances was allowed to ask her question.
another comment …..
Goodman showed her true colors saying that she sided with the School Board Association in wanting to take the vote on the budget away from the public. Her comparison to state and federal budgets belies her ignorance of our representative system of government. Schools purposefully are left to “local” control with state and federal mandates to guarantee that an equitable service is provided. State and federal budgets are NOT designed to be local control because they provide for the function of state and federal governing bodies.
How can she not understand that because the budget has to go before the voters, it forces any board of ed to provide ample due diligence to the process, and to make it somewhat transparent. We can improve on this by moving the budget vote to the general election when far more voters go to the polls (a proposal the unions and school board assoc. fight tooth and nail). But if Goodman truly wanted public representation, she would have recommended such a move. Clearly, her sentiments lie towards a “dictatorship” model for a school board. Really scary stuff.