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It seems there may be some regret in electing the new School
Board members.
Rita Rakestraw, who ran against Chris Malone in the 2009
School Board elections and handily lost, is now complaining about Kevin Hill’s decision to go to closed session before all the public speakers had their turn
at the Feb. 7th Board meeting. Ms. Rakestraw wrote a Letter to the Editor in the N&O and she is not happy.
Funny – just months ago, Ms. Rakestraw was whooping it up
with Hill at his victory party.
Maybe Ms. Rakestraw should have thought twice about who she
supported in the last School Board race instead of blinding following her
political party. Hill’s decision didn’t
surprise me in the least. I’ve got the guy figured out and I’m not even friends
with him.
I do find it ironic that Ms. Rakestraw thought it was
perfectly acceptable to make others wait hours and hours while her friends at
GSIW and the NAACP were disrupting public business and getting arrested. But now that it’s her left waiting, it’s suddenly
a problem.
Rakestraw’s involvement is this video last year affirmed my
opinion of her. (That’s her on the right at the beginning.) She’s looney. She has said many crazy things over the
years. She thinks billionaires supported the '09 School Board candidates. (If so, where were they last year? Hmm?)
However, on this issue I agree with her. Hill was wrong. He saw
how many people had signed up to voice their concerns and arrogantly chose to
ignore them. Instead, he quoted policy ala Jim Martin and made them wait. Yes, even you Rita.
