First, we wish to apologize to some of our writers who have not yet had their blogs published. Due to various breaking news, we've fallen behind. At times, we will now publish twice a day. Look for us around late morning and late night - this is not written in stone as far as time is concerned and will not be an everyday publishing event.
Please feel free to send us guest blogs; we will attempt to publish them as soon as possible. We publish views from all sides as long as they're polite, etc. You know the drill.
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There are many ways not to tell the truth without lying. Still, when we ask questions of someone, a "no comment" is sufficient if they don't wish to answer. Take the Town of Rogersville. Some years ago we asked if they had given drag racers a permit to race in the industrial park. We were told "no." What they had done was to provide the drag racing show with a parade permit. Not the same thing, so technically the city did not lie to us; however, do you think we will ever so much as blink to help that town in any way? We sincerely hope you answered "no." (People who live there who need help, yes; the town itself, no.)
Now we see this:
The entire brouhaha over this fourth grade teacher physically abusing children could have been handled so much more nicely, but apparently the staff at McBride were told to lie about the suspension. Why? They knew it had to come to light at some point.
Every Muscle Shoals parent should be asking Supt. Lindsey why anyone chose to lie about this man and his alleged crimes. We're asking him now. Or was it the principal at McBride? We're asking you now. Why was the employee who answered the phone told to lie when she could just as easily have said 'no comment?"
