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I have glanced at the articles on this, saw comments on a couple of sites and some crazy stuff on Facebook. What is the big swirl about? I am going under the belief, at least publicly, that the principal might have been fooling around with one or two women. I know others feel more strongly than I do but I just don't care about someone sex life. That is between him, his wife, any other women involved and God. I know that employees, especially public employees, can bring disrepute to their employer even off duty and can be terminated for conduct unbecoming or demoted. I get it. If someone violates his employer's code of conduct and has to pay the price, I get that. I have no idea if any of the innuendo of infidelity is true. In truth I really don't care except that I would hate that a person would commit suicide over a false accusation but I am sure it has happened. To the point at hand. Some of the first comments I saw implied that it was not a suicide because of some reported facts about the case. I think that has pretty much been dispelled. It sure appears as though the principal took his own life although that is not the scandal that some want. That brings us to the current topic and all the news reports which seem like they are trying to stir up a hornets nest where one likely doesn't exist (although I could think of one). Was the superintendent rude or overbearing in his job and approach to this situation? If so, so what? I can see if this is just an attempt to get the guy out and if he is abusive, great. Fire the bum. Is it any more than that however? That is what I can't figure out. I saw the assistant principals letter and while it might well be entirely correct, again, so what? My boss is not a nice guy. Oooookay..................... Again, fire him. What is the scandal however? Are what appears to be dozens of articles and probably thousands of comments over an overbearing fusspot of a boss? If there really any concern for some criminal act or some duty to act? I don't know anyone involved and other than a news story, don't care. I feel terrible for the principal's family but from the stories that I have read, he is at least partly responsible (other than the direct fact that he probably killed himself) for the situation. Again, I hold no moral judgment against him. I see lots of comments on lots of boards about someone that will cheat on a spouse but have seen stats that tell me many of the people commenting on it, have likely done so themselves. It is wrong but who is without sin? Who is without stupid life mistakes? So here is the way I look at it. A guy in power gets too close to an employee and may have fooled around. It was either dealt with by a former boss or something new happened. The now jerk of a boss puts pressure on him to resign and he does. The principal is stunned and embarrassed and resigns under pressure. He is visibly shaken yet no one helps him. Unfortunately he is so distraught that he takes his own life. We find out that the superintendent is likely a cad and is a rude and abusive boss but likely broke no laws. Is there more to it than that? Why are there pages of articles and comments? A suicide by a public figure is big news. I get that also. Why these scandal appearing articles? OHHH.... NOW we find out that boss is rude! Wait, he is a bully! Hang on, he didn't care enough to get the guy help! Fire him as a bad hire, keep him with a suspension or counseling or whatever but do so and move on. This all looks like jumping on a bad boss. Maybe he need to be publicly chastised but is it any more than that......... In my opinion.

I agree and some states have mandatory unions where you are obligated to pay into them whether you want to belong or not.

Again, why should I not talk to my employer about a pay and working conditions under TX law? If the national unions gave to the GOP, would your opinion change? If yes you are a hypocrite. I no then why bring up union support?

I said "our" union dues. In the last TX election I listed that in our last election our police union endorsed and supported almost 70 Republicans. Where did you read that we didn't?

They skipped Matthew 7:3.

That is the way I look at it. It is not my place to condemn nor have I made any post to the contrary.

I don't care what sins another person commits. Do I treat them the same? You bet. It is none of my business what sins they may be committing or to treat anyone differently. I am not sure what any of that has to do with eating certain foods according to the New Testament or interracial relationships.

Not much on the Bible are you? Do you just remember certain parts that someone told you in order to make an argument but really have no clue about it in reality? Here is a hint, no charge. Try moving on to the New Testament.

Poor analogy. Eating shrimp or pork or anything else is not a sin to Christians. Tgen again, maybe you were only speaking to the Hebrews or Muslims

I could not find the national list but the state police association that I belong to endorsed 68 Republican state respesentatives and senators.

How do you know that our union dues go to the Democrats?

In TX there are only legal unions in police and fire and then, they aren't real unions but bargaining associations. They do have the right to organize and negotiate for pay and conditions. They cannot strike by law and by contract. There is no mandatory participation and I know several officers working in bargaining police departments that get the benefits of negotiations but do not belong to the bargaining unit. Private sector unions put out a product but they can strike without being terminated and usually have mandatory membership. In TX a strike is a sure automatic termination. I agree that the public sector workers should not be able to strike as they are allowed to do in some states, I believe mostly in the NE states. All they can do in TX is to ask for better conditions and pay and the government agency, if they agree to the conditions, signs a contact holding them to what they agreed on. The only thing the right to bargain gives is to get the city or county to at least talk about it. They aren't forced to agree on anything.

So rights to have good and safe working conditions go away if you work for a government?

Are government workers different than any other workers?

I was about to type this and read your response. The President of the United States has the sole authority to make treaties with other countries and by the Constitution, they are the law of the land. The problem is, Obama did not sign a treaty and present it to the Senate as required by law. He signed what is basically a gentleman's agreement between him alone and the other countries. It is legal but that is all it is. A non-binding statement on what he thinks and nothing more.

Because the school district cannot put you in jail for lying.... the police can.

.......except someone has to pay taxes to cover it.

Yep. Money guarantees nothing.

I am fairly certain that Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida also have the Gulf of Mexico. For that matter, Mexico has about half of the Gulf of Mexico and also has more oil than Texas and maybe more than the USA. I wonder how booming their economy is…....

...and Mexico used to be owned by Spain. I always find it interesting when people bring up the Texas was part of Mexico and that we "took" it from them in a revolution. It was an illegal war. After all, all revolutions are illegal as they are against the current government. Mexico up until the early 1800s was part of Spain. Some people in New Spain decided that they wanted independence and fought an illegal revolution. The resulting independence that was won in 1821 created what is now Mexico. I wonder if the same people that think Texas should be given back to Mexico also think that Mexico should then be given back to Spain. The same people love to talk about the United States being created by Europeans taking the land from the Native Americans. Do the same people realized that all of North, Central and South America including Mexico was done the same way? Nooooo, just the evil USA. Right? And let's not forget those evil Texans and their fight for independence.

It might not change anything but the Texas Legislature passed a bill that bans straight ticket voting in Texas. This thread made me think of that for some reason.

I don't think that was the high she was looking for when she took whatever.

Gee, that hurts my feelings. I thought she was attracted to his looks, especially the hair. Now you have dashed my dreams of stealing her away...............

Right 5.67 Authoritarian 0.06

Remembering that the article is merely an accusation by a person that appears to have admitted to the reporter that he has committed a couple of felonies..... Maybe true, maybe false... but at this point it is a claim by a person with an unknown reliability. No charges have been taken by the DA at this time. It is a two page article over a single accusation.