JCT: Brantley School organized a mayoral debate in the gym   
   for a couple of hundred kids where Bus Bucks stole the show!   
   As we were walking out, incumbent mayor Chris Friel said:   
   "They sure were your crowd."   
      
   Sadly, the school did not permit us to hand out our flyers.   
   The students were expected to memorize everything they'd   
   heard. And worse, they wouldn't let me tape the candidates.   
   Concern for the privacy of the students taping us.   
      
   I argued with the principal that I didn't want the kids on   
   camera, just the candidates. So what if some kids could be   
   heard asking the questions, what's the concern? No answer,   
   just "policy." I asked her for it because I'd like to write   
   a letter to the Board asking how concern for the children   
   was enhanced by not letting the candidates be taped? And how   
   informative could the whole process be if the kids shaking   
   my hand can't take my flyers! Imagine.   
      
   Of course, they loved the Bus Bucks jobs for students. But   
   one student asked why why a certain part of the area was   
   full of dog excrement. One candidate said: Yes, it's a sign   
   of disrespect! Then sat down. Big solution. I told them I'd   
   pay them One Timedollar (5 minutes) for every piece they   
   picked up! It got a big cheer. Too bad I couldn't record the   
   only positive reaction to the idea of kids shoveling the   
   snow and picking up the dog doodoo! Chris was right. Bus   
   Bucks stole the show with the youth but I have no way to   
   prove it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)