Seriously Dan, as a member of the gay community, you should be addressing why so many gay guys enter the priesthood

So you're saying that although a private school might fire someone for showing kids porn and hitting them in the crotch while on the job, a public school is likely to keep paying someone while he's on suspension for having been accused of engaging in tacky behavior in his free time?

What?

Point well taken - yet, in the local case, if the allegations are true, this principal will need to look for another job. Any trust established as a manager of employees will have been destroyed. How could any subordinate - especially women - feel safe around a man who clearly has such a profound disconnect with reality, sexual expression, boundaries and earned respect?

If the allegations of "tacky behavior" are true.

Wait -- no -- my point was, "what the hell was Stefan's point"?

What point are you taking?

Second, the principal is on leave while the school investigates - if they find he did what he is alleged to have done, he will be fired. If you weren't so busy trying to fit the world into your narrow view, you'd know this happens in schools all the time - employees do bad things, they're suspended while they're investigated, and fired if they've done wrong.

Just like any other job.

Thanks for confirming my point. How common is it for a union member to be fired simply for being a bad teacher?

It's a lot easier to take responsibility for your life.

Administrators quietly transfer all students with parents who complain to competent teachers (who of course are rewarded for their hard work with overloaded classes)

While I appreciate some of the things my union does for me it can also be one of the obstacles to making schools better for students- those of you that blindly attack conservative criticism of the public school system are idiots - much like Patty Hearst you defend the institution that made you so fucking stupid. And I consider myself a progressive, but I think defending a broken institution just isn't helpful to those kids that truly need school that serve them.

It's too bad, Colo Springs is easily the most attractive city in Colorado and among the most picturesque locales in the USA. But it became a conservative stronghold when the defense industry took root, and that's why so many religious nuts decided to relocate there. (Spongedob isn't homegrown.)

BTW, does anyone else find "I Am A Teacher" @ 14 kinda suspicious? Like maybe that person isn't really a teacher but is an anti-public education troll? Or is it just me?

FWIW, I have never been a union member, but I have managed employees who are subject to collective bargaining, and I really liked it. People think I'm crazy for saying that, but I thought it made my job easier. Of course, I took the time to learn the contract and work rules, so I could manage effectively, and wasn't afraid to work with the union.

If you don't do your homework (i.e. learning the contract and work rules) managing union employees is a nightmare. That's why so many incompetent managers and poorly run companies are afraid of unions.

Lastly, it takes two parties to sign a contract: Management and union. Unions will, of course, look after their best interest. If the corporation (or governmental agency) can't defend against that, the problem is with their labor relations, HR, and legal departments.

My favorite:
Q. Do you own any land?
a. no
q. here's two acres (at this point, the prankster delivers a swift fist to the balls).

Get it? two acres (as in, ache-rs)! I kill myself!

I heart Catalina Vel-Duray

Colorado Springs is the ugliest city in Colorado, no matter the majestic beauty of Pike's Peak and the Rockies. It is precisely because of the fundie religious hypocrisy that inhabits that metropolis' zeitgeist that people like young Mr. Burr are allowed to exist - and yes, thrive.

Oh, how I do long for the lost days of blue statehood...