Enough
July 11, 2021 at 7:10 p.m.
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So, the "testimony" became a panel discussion. About a "Parents' Bill of Rights.” From the Indiana Department of Education. No, wait!
It was our current Indiana Attorney General, Mr. Rokita. Whose own website says his job is – "The Office of the Indiana Attorney General represents the state in cases involving the state's interest, provides legal defense to state officials or agencies in court, and gives formal legal advisory opinions on constitutional or legal questions to state officials.
“The Office of the Attorney General is organized into eight divisions. These include: appeals division, advisory division, unclaimed property division, consumer protection division, litigation division, complex litigation division, medicaid fraud control unit, and solicitor general division."
Can't seem to find education in there, maybe because there is a department at the state level charged with that subject. But there were comments from the public. One claimed five "curriculums (sic) being allegedly "pushed" by the NEA; one was the "Core curriculum.” And Rokita affirmed he knew one, CRT, was part of Marxist ideology. So are a lot of things. But the tradition of name-calling instead of putting forth facts persists. I have seen "... liberal, progressive, socialist, left-wing, communistic ..." and the progression continues.
All this promoted by a career politician. Congressman, Indiana secretary of state (he did a good job of modernizing and stayed within the job description), a run at Senator but defeated by Mike Braun, now attorney general. Where he apparently thinks his job is telling the governor what to do, filing suit against his own governor to try to prevent him from hiring private counsel (to do what is actually the AG's job if he were to step up).
Enough with the constant search for new buzzwords, straw man theories, and diversions. Elected offices should focus on doing their respective jobs and quit pretending and posturing about the jobs assigned to others.
Richard Helm
Warsaw, via email
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So, the "testimony" became a panel discussion. About a "Parents' Bill of Rights.” From the Indiana Department of Education. No, wait!
It was our current Indiana Attorney General, Mr. Rokita. Whose own website says his job is – "The Office of the Indiana Attorney General represents the state in cases involving the state's interest, provides legal defense to state officials or agencies in court, and gives formal legal advisory opinions on constitutional or legal questions to state officials.
“The Office of the Attorney General is organized into eight divisions. These include: appeals division, advisory division, unclaimed property division, consumer protection division, litigation division, complex litigation division, medicaid fraud control unit, and solicitor general division."
Can't seem to find education in there, maybe because there is a department at the state level charged with that subject. But there were comments from the public. One claimed five "curriculums (sic) being allegedly "pushed" by the NEA; one was the "Core curriculum.” And Rokita affirmed he knew one, CRT, was part of Marxist ideology. So are a lot of things. But the tradition of name-calling instead of putting forth facts persists. I have seen "... liberal, progressive, socialist, left-wing, communistic ..." and the progression continues.
All this promoted by a career politician. Congressman, Indiana secretary of state (he did a good job of modernizing and stayed within the job description), a run at Senator but defeated by Mike Braun, now attorney general. Where he apparently thinks his job is telling the governor what to do, filing suit against his own governor to try to prevent him from hiring private counsel (to do what is actually the AG's job if he were to step up).
Enough with the constant search for new buzzwords, straw man theories, and diversions. Elected offices should focus on doing their respective jobs and quit pretending and posturing about the jobs assigned to others.
Richard Helm
Warsaw, via email
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