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About Me
- Peter Sobol
- My family moved to Monona in 2003 and have been happily ensconsed in the Frost Woods Neighborhood ever since. I have 2 kids who graduated from Mg. I have been serving on the school board since April of 2007. We moved back to the Midwest in 2002 after spending 10 years in California, where I was a Department Director for Maxtor, a Fortune 500 company. In truth we left California largely because of the school situation - chronically underfunded schools did not offer the kind of programs or opportunities we wanted for our children. We picked Monona because our thorough research showed that this was a place we would really like to educate our kids. Our experience has taught us to value the quality schools we have here in Monona, and the importance of careful stewardship to maintain community support for those schools.
5 comments:
I'll start reading THI when they stop printing Richard Kerr's drivel.
Such as?
What? I don't know him, or anything about CG politics, but he was right on about the School Board candidates.
http://www.herald-independent.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubsectionID=128&ArticleID=1493&TM=42391.14
Thanks for the post, Peter.
I have a question for anonymous (#1): So you have a problem with clearly labeled opinions being printed, or only those you disagree with? Say what you will about Mr. Kerr's opinions, but at least he is willing to own them by signing his name. If you feel so strongly about those letters, I would encourage you to respond to his remarks with a letter to the editor of your own in the future, rather than posting anonymous complaints on Mr. Sobol's blog, which do nothing to help the community.
Sincerely,
Adam Mella
Managing Editor - THI
As my tag notes above, I support anonymous posts. In an ideal world, an anonymous post lets everyone just hear an idea, and not associate race/class/personal history/other motives to the thought. People can then weigh the ideas on their own.
On the national level, there seems to be some opposition to the President's ideas because of his heritage and/or political party. I suspect if the same ideas came from an anonymous source, some would have more support.
There are drawbacks from it too, especially since people can appear to be more then one person, and can type rumors and slander. I tend to ignore these, but clearly not everyone does.
With regards to the above, I support the Herald's printing of letters to the editor, even when I don't agree with the letters, but also think Anonymous letters and posts have merit. More participation in government includes participation with those you don't agree with, and you can disagree with an idea if it has a name next to it or not. The rules of this blog are pretty easy to follow, and I enjoy reading the civil and constructive ideas.
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