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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Hmm … More details on the Centerville story
I may have spoken too soon in defense of ex-Centerville school board member Cheryl Smith. Today my colleague Katherine Ullmer reports this wasn’t the first time police were called due to a loud teen party at Smith’s home and in the past Smith herself refused police entry to the home, a move one witness told police was protecting illegal teen drinkers, according to a police report.
We’re still waiting for the final police report and possible charges and school discipline for last week’s incident.
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John McCain’s secret Sinclair meeting
(John McCain at Young’s Jersey Dairy Thursday)
Over at her new On Campus blog about colleges and universities, my colleague Stephanie Gottschlich writes that presidential candidate John McCain made a second, secret stop after visiting Young’s Jersey Dairy in Greene County Wednesday.
McCain’s other stop was a private fund-raising event for key local supporters. The strange thing is that the closed, invitiation-only event was held at Sinclair Community College. The school didn’t even mention McCain’s visit to anyone until AFTER he had headed out of town.
Gottschilich asks a simple question: should a public college host a closed door event with a candidate for president? Especially given that McCain met with the college president and reportedly discussed important local issues related to colleges and workforce development?
Did Sinclair have a responsibility to open that meeting up or politely recommend that McCain find somewhere else to do his fund-raising? A chance to meet the potential next president seems like a missed opportunity for Sinclair students, perhaps one that they should have had?
Go on over to On Campus and give some feedback.
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