Listening to Deborah Prickett interview on WPTF

Excuse me, but you are entirely off base I am afraid; I will assume for now that you are just woefully misinformed and not purposefully lying.  Prickett notified the organizers that she had a prior commitment and would be late. It was not rude, but respectful, and she was welcomed at the event with open arms and an attentive audience. What's rude is sneaking out when the audience wants some answers as Ms. Simon did.

User1234 says I am a "Republican operative," (whatever that means) and now you say I am married to Mrs. Prickett (that will be news to her). What's next? All I am is someone upset at the status quo and seeking change and I expect the candidates to stand up an let us know what the are thinking. I am not sure where you expect your anger and lies to get you, but I am not sure it is going to help win you any elections. 

Speaking of courage, how much does it take to make wild, off-base assertions? Any desperate, paid political consultant can do that...and they too often do, as you demonstrated.

I can't wait to ask Lois and Rita if they really believe there is no mandatory in this county!  I believe Lois said it's a made up thing!  You really should set them straight!  That might lose it for them!  I know parents that want year round and can't get in.  That is mandatory traditional in my book.   

Joe,

I agree you are not thier campaign managers, as I am not managing a single campaign either.  That said, all four candidates parrot what you and your organization have been providing them for months.  Not to mention you helped recruit them in the first place. You are understating your impact on this race.  It has been extensive, and effective. 

I have no doubt you share your task with dedicated people, but you my friend have been their source in many ways, and most here would admit it.  Obviously we disagree, but I do recognize that WCSA et al would not have raised 24K and had nearly as much success without your efforts.

Being asked if they want to answer your question is far more courtesy than I was afforded, and I appear an hour each week for free.

Try these. 

"If you don't realize it is improper to say "ax" instead of "ask" or "childrens" instead of "children" then I'm sure SOMEBODY has told her to quit speaking in public. "

"She's a coward and so are those who vote for her!"

"Simon also snuck out of an Indian-American forum in Cary recently when the questions got too tough for her handle." 

I'm confident if you were African-American you would find a 'tinge' in those statement. 

I wrote Keung this morning and said "Black Groups" was not really appropriate in the headline.  For one thing, there are Caucasions who belong to RWCA just like their are African-Americans who support WSCA.

You can bank that the last thing I will ever do is race bait.

I have never called anyone at WSCA or who opposes economic balance in our schools racist.

My call was to Joe, who I know would prefer the temperature on some of this be turned down, to speak up and try and calm the waters.

Frankly, I found all the 'Coward' comments particularly offensive, especially coming from anonymous posters. 

Thank you Joe for acknowledging that none of these people are 'cowards'.  Perhaps you can explain to this poster the difference in "Ax" and "Equalitix" impacts on racial stereotyping.

Yes, Ms. Simon speaks with a dialect different than you and me.  That comes from a lifetime of a different culture, but she is definately more educated than me, and probably you.