Saturday, December 22, 2007

ORWELLIAN DOUBLESPEAK

Mayor Jaynes has learned the language of doublespeak. Out of one side of his mouth he says that he is not opposed to home schooling and then out of the other he says that home schooling takes money away from the public school system. Which is it, Mayor Jaynes?
It is not to hard to understand his double talk. He is openly uncongenial towards home schooling. Why else would he seek to disallow a home school mom from using a public facility i.e. the Jonesborough Public library for an event?

Mayor Jaynes said that he was misunderstood but with the same breath he asked library officials to reconsider having future programs on home schooling. This is telling the library not to have anymore events that promote home schooling. This is Mayor Jaynes position. He is informing the library of what they can and cannot promote. There is no misunderstanding about it.

Mayor Jaynes says that he is not opposed to home schooling or private schooling. He may not be opposed but he is not in favor either because he goes on to say that for each child not in the school system, "it’s $7,000 (we don’t get)." What does this say? It says that Mayor Jaynes is opposed to home schooling and private schooling. His actions speak louder than his words and I refuse to accept his doublespeak.

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