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Supreme Court to hear teacher porn issue (WI Teacher Union Fight)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | 12/11/06 | Tom Kertscher

Posted on 12/11/2006 12:38:04 PM PST by sbMKE

Supreme Court to hear teacher porn issue

Madison - The state Supreme Court will decide whether pornographic images found on the school computer of a fired Cedarburg teacher should be made public, attorneys in the case said today.

Robert Zellner, a Cedarburg High School teacher who was fired in January for viewing pornography on his computer, filed a court action to stop 1,500 "adult images" found on his computer from being released. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had requested the release under the state open records act.

An Ozaukee County Circuit Court judge ruled that the images are a public record, but Zellner appealed. The state appeals court made no decision, instead asking the Supreme Court to take the case.

Zellner was fired after evidence showed he viewed pornography on his computer for 67 seconds on a Sunday, although he has since testified that he viewed pornography on his computer several times previously. His lawyer said Zellner is fighting release of the images because it is not clear how many of them were accessed intentionally.

Zellner also is fighting in court to get his job back. An arbitrator ruled that the Cedarburg School Board should have reprimanded Zellner but not fired him, based on the 67-second incident, but the board has refused to do so and has spent more than $100,000 in legal fees on the case.

The Supreme Court gave deadlines for the parties to file court papers in the case but it is not known when a decision will be issued.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: naughtyteachers; naughtyteacherslist; teacherunion
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Another case of Wisconsin teacher's unions run amok.

In Cedarburg, a teacher is fired after it he was found to be downloading pornography at school. The teacher's union defends him on the grounds that another teacher checked stock quotes from school and while equally guilty of "personal use" was not fired. Morally equivilent? The union thinks so.

Both union and teacher maintain that nothing wrong was done, and the school board moves to share all 1,500 pornographic photos, from the teacher's machine, with the community. Let them judge who's in the right.

Instead of doing the right thing and resigning in disgrace, the teacher has run up $100,000 in legal bills vs. union reps and is now running the issue of "privacy" in regards to in-school porn stash to the state supreme court.

1 posted on 12/11/2006 12:38:12 PM PST by sbMKE
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To: sbMKE

Maybe he was preparing a lesson plan on the Clinton Legacy.


2 posted on 12/11/2006 12:40:21 PM PST by Callahan
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To: sbMKE

I wouldn't be worried about students seeing stock quotes on the pc even if they were personal. The Unions secular argument of moral equivalency of stocks and porn is dumb.

I am not sure why the images have to be "released" though? I have heard of judges who had to view pictures to determine whether they were "prurient" and/or pornographic.


3 posted on 12/11/2006 12:45:36 PM PST by Rameumptom (Gen X= they killed 1 in 4 of us)
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To: sbMKE
but the board has refused to do so and has spent more than $100,000 in legal fees on the case.

That's public money going to make trial lawyers rich, who will then invest in liberal causes to raise taxes and repeat the cycle.

4 posted on 12/11/2006 12:46:07 PM PST by SteveMcKing
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To: Callahan

Maybe he was a biology teacher.


5 posted on 12/11/2006 12:47:05 PM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: sbMKE

67 seconds?..........Dang, he's worse of than we thought.....


6 posted on 12/11/2006 12:48:41 PM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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"In Cedarburg, a teacher is fired after it he was found to be downloading pornography at school. The teacher's union defends him on the grounds that another teacher checked stock quotes from school and while equally guilty of "personal use" was not fired."

Stocks == Porn

We're all pornographers now.

7 posted on 12/11/2006 12:58:25 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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Maybe he was a biology teacher.

Or an Annatomy teacher.

I think I can get away with that photo here. Fingers crossed.

8 posted on 12/11/2006 12:59:06 PM PST by jdm
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To: Red Badger

1500 images in 67 seconds. He's quicker than we thought.


9 posted on 12/11/2006 1:03:13 PM PST by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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1500 images in 67 seconds. He's quicker than we thought.

And those are just the pop-up's!

10 posted on 12/11/2006 1:03:47 PM PST by jdm
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Sorry, you did not supply enough data to determine if that was an 'Annatomy teacher'. :)


11 posted on 12/11/2006 1:03:53 PM PST by gb63
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To: jdm

Dang! What's on your computer?


12 posted on 12/11/2006 1:09:00 PM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: weegee

There are software programs that can run in the background and fetch all postings in some alt binary group. So he could have downloaded the pictures overnight and got caught 67 seconds after he started looking. (of, course, my knowledge of these matters is very limited, you understand ).


13 posted on 12/11/2006 1:09:10 PM PST by gb63
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To: weegee

I think that's even faster than cable!.....


14 posted on 12/11/2006 1:09:25 PM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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To: Dixie Yooper
I think the only reason that post hasn't been pulled is because I sized down the original [looks less in-your-face, should I say, that way]. However, it really is quite a stunning work of art.
15 posted on 12/11/2006 1:13:11 PM PST by jdm
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Yeah, I have the fastest cable available and if I were downloading typical jpg pictures, I could average about one per three seconds.


16 posted on 12/11/2006 1:15:12 PM PST by gb63
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To: sbMKE
My guess - he doesn't want the pictures released, because they involve gay sex with minors.

As long as it is generic "pornography", he'll get his job back. If it is a picture of gay sex with a minor, public opinion nose-dives.
17 posted on 12/11/2006 1:16:20 PM PST by horse_doc
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To: jdm

Yeah, Anna's a work of art, alright!


18 posted on 12/11/2006 1:17:54 PM PST by gb63
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To: gb63

If the computer in question was available for use by anybody else, then I can't see a conviction. He could have been set up..........


19 posted on 12/11/2006 1:20:33 PM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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To: gb63
Yeah, I have the fastest cable available and if I were downloading typical jpg pictures, I could average about one per three seconds.

Sometimes it's the browser too. When I upgraded to Firefox 2.0, the pages loaded noticeably faster. I also have Satellite internet access, which should be slower than both Cable/DSL.

A 50kb jpeg image opens in about 3/4 of one second for me. If you use Firefox, this will speed it up even more.

Another thing to check out (only if you are interested and feeling adventurous, of course) is a TCP Optimizer.

20 posted on 12/11/2006 1:24:30 PM PST by jdm
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