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   XPost: or.politics   
   From: lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net   
      
   Don Barcode <"@@@.@@."@> wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:31:33 -0700, Paul J. Berg wrote:   
   >   
   >> ~   
   >> From The (Portland) Oregonian - July 17, 2007   
   >>   
   >> Aaron Miller must have had an awful feeling in his stomach when a   
   >> Clatsop County sheriff's deputy approached him in a public park this   
   >> month and asked him, "Have you been smoking pot?"   
   >>   
   >> Miller said yes, which wouldn't be news except that a) he is an   
   >> elementary school principal in the Vernonia School District, and b)   
   >> the district argued all the way to the Supreme Court in 1995 that it   
   >> had the right to test all student-athletes for illegal drug use. The   
   >> court agreed.   
   >>   
   >> Schools Superintendent Kenneth Cox says he supports Miller, who will   
   >> be disciplined but won't lose his job. Miller and Cox promise to   
   >> speak publicly about the charge later, but both are waiting for   
   >> Miller's court hearing next month.   
   >>   
   >> Other bits of context: Illegal drugs, including marijuana, are a   
   >> high-profile issue in Vernonia and the surrounding area. For example,   
   >> a postal carrier in Vernonia was recently arrested and charged with   
   >> distributing pot from his delivery truck. Vernonia police conduct   
   >> drug raids and seize marijuana.   
   >>   
   >> On the other hand, marijuana is legal to smoke for certain medical   
   >> conditions, and it's not uncommon at many public gatherings, as well   
   >> as on college campuses and in private homes. The Clatsop County   
   >> district attorney has applauded Oregon's "sensible approach" to   
   >> treating marijuana possession in small amounts as an offense on par   
   >> with a speeding ticket.   
   >>   
   >> So Miller's conduct and his boss's defense of him are caught in   
   >> crosscurrents about society's attitude toward recreational use of   
   >> marijuana, about the way Vernonia schools view illegal drugs, about   
   >> the difference between adults and minors, and between people in   
   >> public employment and positions of leadership and those who are   
   >> expected to serve under them. Should Miller's misdeed be shrugged   
   >> off, or should it cause him to lose his job leading students and   
   >> staff in the Vernonia School District?   
   >>   
   >> The district's rush to defend him and to say that his job is safe   
   >> strikes us as the wrong impulse.   
   >>   
   >> How can a district that has, quite literally, made a federal case   
   >> about [flush]   
   >   
   > The headline I'd like to see is "WebTV units seized from moronic   
   > cross-posting trolls"   
   >   
   > Good day.   
   >   
      
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