Posted on 07/05/2009 5:39:22 PM PDT by freespirited
An elementary school under construction in Upper Marlboro will be named for President Barack Obama.
The Prince George's County school board approved the name by a unanimous vote Thursday night. The 792-student school being built next to Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School is expected to open in August 2010.
Board member Pat J. Fletcher (Dist. 3) spoke of civil rights leaders such as Malcolm X and Shirley Chisholm who gave generations hope for the future.
"For my grandchildren, it is no longer a hope but a reality, and for many of our children, it's a reality now," Fletcher said. "And it is apropos that it be an elementary school where learning begins. It gives our kids a sense of connecting the dots."
Several school districts around the country have named schools after Obama since he was elected president in November 2008....
Mykel Harris, chairman of the county's Republican Central Committee, said during the public comment period that the school board is a non-partisan board and naming the school after Obama would be inappropriate.
"I don't think it's too much to ask that you all not make political endorsements by naming a school after a sitting United States president," Harris said.
Harris questioned rhetorically whether the school board was prepared to name a school after prominent black Maryland politicians, such as former Maryland Lt. Gov. and current Republican National Committee chairman Michael S. Steele (R), U.S. Rep. Donna F. Edwards (D-Dist. 4) of Fort Washington or former U.S. Rep. Albert R. Wynn (D-Dist. 4) of Mitchellville.
Board Vice-chairman Ron L. Watson (At-large) said the decision was not political....
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I think its okay as long as its after they’re out of office or when they’re long dead. Its sick now. Its like seeing dictators face and name plastered everywhere in other communist countries
No, certainly not political a'tall, folks. This just happens to be the same county where a private hotel owner was given death threats for hanging out a pro-McCain/Palin sign.
Disgusting!
Exactly. They should wait and see how he is viewed when his term is OVER before they do this sort of thing.
I was thinking of more like the Obama Memorial Bathrooms for our new park here.
Bingo. Exactly like that to me as well.
And they're going to need all the "hope" they can get once they grow up to become taxpayers. Obama is leaving them with one hell of a tab to pay.
God help us!
That’s assuming a lot, thinking they will grow up to pay taxes.
not only that they’re so disingenious. “Its not political, Obama gives us hope.” Sorry dude, but half the country disagree that he gives hope, he’s also a symbol that will give misery
PG County, where I grew up, is completely lost. BTW -— Upper Marlboro, where the County Court is located, now has docket books they have to stack. Even little Frankie Kratovile had to escape this Democrat paradise! Yep, I knew him and lived in the same neighborhood. Imagine, all these Democrats made PG County what it is and find the need to escape! Make a bed and never lay in it... typical Democrats!
dunno whether to laugh or cry at atrocities as this.
Even before he entered office, stupid stupid people were talking about naming schools, streets after him, even putting his butt-ugly mug on mt rushmore! the man has accomplished NOTHING, and they want his mug on mt rushmore??? how stupid can people be? and why does the election of a corrupt piece of trash give people hope? is this a race thing again? this was the most racist election ever, and this gives people hope?
Libs are wackos, honestly and truly.
I have a toilet I just named after him, so instead of a BM its a BO.
The terlet paper provides instant photo’s of zero when properly used.
I agree. If Obama doesn’t fail, the government will just take it all.
Well, I don’t know how they’ll fit “Barry Dunham Soetoro Barak Hussein Obama, Jr. Marxist Usurper TOTUS” on the sign, but I’m sure these enterprising folks will find a way!
In a related move, the school board voted to replace all textbooks with teleprompters.
Therefore, you must have been opposed to the George W. Bush Elementary School in Stockton, California?
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