Bigdog

Lots of news from BISD BOM meeting last night.   Chargois and Haynes are out, RIF will only be 6 or 7 teachers.
 
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/BISD-board-approves-administrative-RIF-5652856.php
 
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/BISD-will-rebid-contract-given-to-Calvin-Walker-5652182.php
 
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/BISD-s-Chargois-will-resign-board-to-negotiate-5652863.php

Is this the kindergarten page? :D
 
Bigdog, I can feel the exasperation in your posts.

I checked, only a 20% chance of rain today in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. 

Lots of news from BISD BOM meeting last night.   Chargois and Haynes are out, RIF will only be 6 or 7 teachers.
 
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/BISD-board-approves-administrative-RIF-5652856.php
 
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/BISD-will-rebid-contract-given-to-Calvin-Walker-5652182.php
 
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/BISD-s-Chargois-will-resign-board-to-negotiate-5652863.php

Assuming that this is directed at me, here is my response.  I have no idea what your education background is but you should know that the First Amendment only goes as far as the next person's nose meaning that slander and libel are not protected.  This applies to national as well as local media and this board.  If any media engages in it there are repercussions as there are here, and you have been warned twice already.  The moderators try to give everyone several chances but you are about to use them up.  That is not a threat only a statement of fact.  As far as your other comment I do not claim any moral high ground , I am human just like everyone else.  Myself and the other moderators do this job because we enjoy the board and want to keep it enjoyable for everyone else.  None of us are paid for our time and we do this voluntarily.

This is not a newspaper or news site.  It is privately owned and managed.  Your freedom of speech is governed by the rules of this site setup by the owner and are accessible on the front page.  Myself and the other moderators are charged by the owner to enforce those rules .  If you don't like it move on to another site.

Assuming that this is directed at me, here is my response.  I have no idea what your education background is but you should know that the First Amendment only goes as far as the next person's nose meaning that slander and libel are not protected.  This applies to national as well as local media and this board.  If any media engages in it there are repercussions as there are here, and you have been warned twice already.  The moderators try to give everyone several chances but you are about to use them up.  That is not a threat only a statement of fact.  As far as your other comment I do not claim any moral high ground , I am human just like everyone else.  Myself and the other moderators do this job because we enjoy the board and want to keep it enjoyable for everyone else.  None of us are paid for our time and we do this voluntarily.

This is not a newspaper or news site.  It is privately owned and managed.  Your freedom of speech is governed by the rules of this site setup by the owner and are accessible on the front page.  Myself and the other moderators are charged by the owner to enforce those rules .  If you don't like it move on to another site.

Wouldn't hold my breath for BH being in the playoffs if I were you.

Playing catch??  In Vidor??

:) 

I like your enthusiasm. The Jaguars, the Bulldogs, and the Indians are all capable of winning in the first round next season. You need to worry about what your team lost. All of your offense. All of it.

Enough with the race baiting.

If you're looking for a direct connection, I have an aunt who taught in BISD and a cousin who currently teaches in BISD. I have two more cousins who are BISD products and several friends and family members who currently live in BISD or went to school at a BISD facility.
 
But you could take all of that away, and I would still be cheering this on. I would go into further detail, but the points I would make have already been made in this thread. Whether it's the moral gratification of seeing corrupt leadership finally come down that tvc pointed out, or the economic development issues and statewide embarrassment the BISD issue has created that North brought up, or the fact that the first steps towards justice for the BISD students and taxpayers have finally been taken that virtually everyone has brought up at some point, all of those are perfectly legitimate reasons for us to be very, very happy that this takeover is finally occurring. I know I've personally been saying that this would eventually happen for five years now.

Corruption is interesting and when many people see what they feel is corruption, it is great to see the monster fall. 
 
Why were so many people hung up on a jury trial with millions of people being ecstatic at the outcome for a local crime that didn't happen in 49 states? Many felt that Zimmerman was being railroaded and it was great to see the verdict. On the opposite side, many felt that he was guilty of murder and would have jumped with joy with a conviction..... and again, for something that had nothing to do with this most places in this country. 
 
When we see corrupt public officials (or anyone we think is corrupt) being held accountable, it is awesome. Look at the councilman being arrested in Kountze for felony theft a couple of days ago. There were plenty of comments on the various news sites and Facebook and none seemed favorable to the councilman and said how great it was that he was caught. Most of those comments came from communities that are bigger than Kountze and not even in the same county, so why should we even care?
 
What all of these have in common is a vindication of people's feelings. It has nothing to do with Beaumont (as much as many Beaumont people want it to be) but the feeling that corrupt people are actually about to pay the piper. 
 
In my opinion.

Would you like to ask that again now?

The board is out as of Monday.  Change is on the way!

Yes, it  ends in Nederland at the Sunoco terminal.  It is not going through PA though.  The southern leg from OK to Nederland has been completed and is sending oil.
 
 
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/oil-to-begin-flowing-in-southern-leg-of-keystone-pipeline/2014/01/21/ffe35abc-82bb-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/business/keystone-xl-map/

JBs is Orange is good. However, this is pretty common on weekends around our house so I don't go to many BBQ places
 
 

 

 


 
 
 

 

Yeah they had a gun show in Ark. a couple of years back and you could pay to fire some of the stuff.  I would have love to put some .50 rounds down range..
 
http://www.oklahomafullauto.com/

I haven't had a chance to shoot either one but I'm sure they are fun.  A friend of mine was able to shoot a Barrett .50. I would love to shoot a gatling gun!

here is the petition, the link is broken on the KFDM site.
 
http://www.scribd.com/doc/231989573/BISD-Petition

Kwame Kilpatrick, and yes he is in jail for 28 years on federal charges.

No idea, but BISD didn't merge with the other districts until the early 80's.  So it would be less than you would think.

Nope. Maybe over Ozen