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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The poster who is fighting every single person who thinks Taylor’s actions are a bad look for him needs serious help.

I hope you’re a close friend or family member, given how furiously you’re defending him.
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I'm this poster.  I have never met the man.

I have not defended him or his actions on this thread until it came to the topic of the letter he issued regarding the safety of schools in the current environment and the assertion that it was appropriate or "picking a fight."

The letter followed established protocols for communicating with local leaders.  It commended them for their service during a difficult and dangerous time, asked for their partnership, shared detailed information about plans for dealing with immigration enforcement, updated them on communications by both him and the BOE to staff and the community, and asked them to follow safety protocols set out about visitors to schools.  It said in bold "We want you in our schools and we want you to visit regularly."  It asked them to stay in communication about visits and respect processes, protocols and policies.

I understand that Taylor is doing a lot of things that people disagree with, and with good reason.  But again, I think it is important to maintain some clarity of message in opposition.  Expanding the vitriol to a letter about school and student safety protocols in this environment is counterproductive.  There is a much bigger picture here.[/quote]

DP you seem to believe you and only you are interpreting that letter correctly. Many of us genuinely disagree with you. I'm sorry but we aren't going to agree. [/quote]

I get that we won't all agree.  That is fine.  But hopefully some will understand/believe where I am coming from and that I am neither mentally disturbed nor an agent of Taylor.  And hopefully people can see that there are other valid perspectives on this letter.

(Also, while not entirely a verbatim quote, the way I summarized the letter used many of the exact words and tracked the content.  I think that some posters haven't even read the whole letter and only read the article.)[/quote]

You clearly have not had children in one of the many sick buildings that house students in this school district. If you did, you would have a very different take on Taylor's action.[/quote]

OK, so this is my point.  Just because there are problems in schools, and that Taylor is not handling that the way I think best, does not mean this letter was inappropriate or born of some hubris by Taylor.  Generally speaking, when I have a negative view of a person and disagree with them on certain issues, I don't expand that to view literally everything they do as awful. [/quote]

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