tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post2307666002386077982..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Superintendent Super Sunday: It's Geryk by a nose.Larry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-77474849048239431132011-02-08T12:06:39.345-05:002011-02-08T12:06:39.345-05:00Hey Celeste,
I can honestly say in the almost four...Hey Celeste,<br />I can honestly say in the almost four years of this blog with over 1,400 posts and God only knows how many total Comments/responses contained within those posts, I have never called an actual person who has the integrity to leave their name a "nitwit".<br /><br />Unlike Bill O'Reilly, who calls people "pinhead" all the time.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-69606869199545257512011-02-08T11:23:28.374-05:002011-02-08T11:23:28.374-05:00Just wanted to add I enjoy reading your blog and a...Just wanted to add I enjoy reading your blog and appreciate a different perspective on local events and issues. Just don't want to be called a nitwit ;)Celeste Palladinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-75392370424116546872011-02-08T11:19:03.734-05:002011-02-08T11:19:03.734-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Celeste Palladinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-46948672949159447372011-02-08T11:12:55.852-05:002011-02-08T11:12:55.852-05:00Yes Celeste, why don't you ask Amy Wasserman a...Yes Celeste, why don't you ask Amy Wasserman a few months or years from now how she feels when normal folks Google search her name.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-61963796372922725492011-02-08T10:58:03.836-05:002011-02-08T10:58:03.836-05:00it's official (on Catherine's blog): she i...it's official (on Catherine's blog): she is not running for SC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-66775797628331875792011-02-08T10:48:47.835-05:002011-02-08T10:48:47.835-05:00Larry-
Why are you dismissing everyone's comme...Larry-<br />Why are you dismissing everyone's comments by calling them a nitwit? People have varying reasons for posting anonymously-some prefer not to have all of their opinions show up as the result of a quick google search of their name. I am trying hard as I get older to avoid a knee-jerk rejection of beliefs other than those I espouse to- and respecting the person holding the beliefs is the first step. Do you feel comfortable teaching your children to shrug off differing opinions with name-calling?Celeste Palladinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-76386385438893848482011-02-08T10:46:08.365-05:002011-02-08T10:46:08.365-05:00That's right Vincent, that's right.
It a...That's right Vincent, that's right.<br /><br /><br />It also doesn't give anyone the right to question the motivation(s) of those supporting a criminal who by her (and their) ACTIONS has not only shown contempt for parents, her bosses and the working class tax payers of the town she works for, but who has also STOLEN $96,000 (at least) in hard earned tax dollars (for some their FOOD dollars!!) AND countless other hundreds of thousands in salary dollars as the puppet head of a conspiracy that rewarded her a new job (interim to full time) and a HUGE pay increase by planning with her and executing a political dirty trick, BOLDLY silencing the will of the majority of Amherst tax-payers who simply want a voice in a process they had a RIGHT to be a part of! <br /><br /><br />"Vincent"??????????????????<br /><br /><br />You GOD DAMN betcha. <br /><br /><br />It aint over...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-43692838792915222352011-02-08T10:30:15.826-05:002011-02-08T10:30:15.826-05:00Especially when perpetrated under the cowardly clo...Especially when perpetrated under the cowardly cloak of anonymity.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-21669412818740794302011-02-08T09:48:36.859-05:002011-02-08T09:48:36.859-05:00It would seem to me that one of the key prerequisi...It would seem to me that one of the key prerequisites of social justice is respecting the beliefs and opinions of others. I find it ironic that so many who espouse the words "social justice" fail to live by these tenets. I am personally ashamed to see the bullying behavior exhibited by many of the posters. While you may disagree with the opinions expressed by Sanderson and others in the community, that does not give you the right nor the excuse to question either their motives or their ethics.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828499739197757466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-1496970227359173992011-02-08T08:41:36.895-05:002011-02-08T08:41:36.895-05:00Certainly not by folks like you.
Unfortunately ...Certainly not by folks like you. <br /><br />Unfortunately the sane, Silent Majority will miss her more than they could ever know (or deserve).Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-2852544588760436832011-02-08T08:35:41.528-05:002011-02-08T08:35:41.528-05:00She was NEVER interested in improving education fo...She was NEVER interested in improving education for ALL. It was always about her own kids. It was about doing away with IMP because she does not believe in reform math, it was about getting rid of Environmental Science in the 9th grade because that might somehow jeopardize her kids chances of getting into Harvard or MIT, it was about adding AP Chem and Statistics because she has the mistaken idea that her kids can't get into Harvard or Yale or MIT w/o those classes on their transcripts.<br /><br />It has always been about her kids and getting her way and never about improving education for all. She does not care about social justice issues or the achievement gap or anything that does not improve her kids chances of getting into an Ivy League school...though many kids currently and in the past have gotten into Ivy League schools going through the Amherst School system in its current incarnation. If she decides to not run for re-election Ms. Sanderson will not be missed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-73409493942148532292011-02-08T08:31:48.926-05:002011-02-08T08:31:48.926-05:00She's probably tired of dealing with Cowardly ...She's probably tired of dealing with Cowardly Anon Nitwits like you. I know I am.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-70386417381226505662011-02-08T08:27:22.531-05:002011-02-08T08:27:22.531-05:00She's taking her kids and sending them to priv...She's taking her kids and sending them to private school exposing herself as just another hypocritical white liberal poseur who talks a good game about improving education for all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-25340095165005177502011-02-08T08:07:34.463-05:002011-02-08T08:07:34.463-05:00Last I looked Amherst College was in the business ...Last I looked Amherst College was in the business of EDUCATION. <br /><br />Nitwit.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-85620039803691511772011-02-08T08:03:28.934-05:002011-02-08T08:03:28.934-05:00Larry,
It's your blog; you can turn off anon c...Larry,<br />It's your blog; you can turn off anon comments anytime you want. Let's see who is left to comment. If you want people to use their real names, calling them "nitwits" may not be the way to go about it.<br /><br />7:19,<br />If she wanted to give someone a private way to contact her, she could open up a gmail account or a yahoo account. She doesn't have to use her employer's email service in probable violation of the terms of service.<br /> <br />Also just because other people do it (I doubt lots of people at AC use their email in their work as elected officials to conduct business with constituents) doesn't make it right. Is it the job of AC job to police it? Sure. Are you saying everyone else should just turn a blind eye when there is a potential ethics violation and when an elected official is possibly violating the rules of her employer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-75006859889421263192011-02-08T07:43:33.603-05:002011-02-08T07:43:33.603-05:007:19,
if someone emails her SC account it becomes ...7:19,<br />if someone emails her SC account it becomes public domain doesn't it? She's trying to give them a private way to contact her.<br />And don't you think her AC email is up to them to worry about? I have lots of friends who work there and other colleges, they all use them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-81786286963332724182011-02-08T07:25:09.573-05:002011-02-08T07:25:09.573-05:00Methinks thou doth protest W-A-Y too much. Coward...Methinks thou doth protest W-A-Y too much. Cowardly Anon Nitwit.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-43013266146939025582011-02-08T07:19:32.117-05:002011-02-08T07:19:32.117-05:00After shutting off anonymous comments on her blog,...After shutting off anonymous comments on her blog, Catherine Sanderson posted this:<br />"If anyone wants to share private thoughts with me, please send them to my private email: <br />casanderson@amherst.edu"<br /><br />This is an email address issued to her as an employee of Amherst College. It is not a private email.<br /><br />Note the policy of the College for use of such email addresses:<br /><br />"Use of an account in ways that are not consistent with the main purposes of the College, or that interfere with the work of other members of the College community, may be revoked, following the usual disciplinary processes of the College for students, faculty, and staff."<br /><br />Surely using her account to conduct town political business and to argue and defend her school committee positions with constituents is not "consistent with the main purposes of the work of the College." Surely if she uses her email address to argue her points about her choice for superintendent with other members of the Amherst College community or the public at large, this "interferes with the work of other members of the College community."<br /><br />https://www.amherst.edu/offices/it/about/policies/eligibility<br /><br />The town of Amherst issues email addresses to all SC members specifically so they do not have to use their personal or business email address to conduct SC business. Why is Sanderson using an Amherst College email address to conduct School Committee business? This looks like both a possible ethics violation and an obvious violation of the rules put in place by her employer for use of her email address.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-29689654214821126392011-02-08T06:07:19.406-05:002011-02-08T06:07:19.406-05:00Name calling just makes the name caller look bad
...Name calling just makes the name caller look bad<br /><br /><br />leg lickeridiotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-25496197532395567462011-02-07T22:07:12.090-05:002011-02-07T22:07:12.090-05:00Irv Rhodes in the Gazette: "I really don'...Irv Rhodes in the Gazette: "I really don't have confidence in you but I'm giving you an opportunity to win my confidence," <br /><br />Why on earth did he vote for someone he feels this way about? And saying after the fact that this is how he really feels is inappropriate, unprofessional and immature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-74354185851219490362011-02-07T22:00:38.883-05:002011-02-07T22:00:38.883-05:00Separate from her disappointment in yesterday'...Separate from her disappointment in yesterday's committee decision she is probably reading the tea leaves in the huge community support for Geryk and questioning the viability of her candidacy to begin with. I wouldn't blame her for not putting herself or her family through what is likely to be a futile fight, particularly of the bitter nature that it is likely to be if any of the comments above are an indication. I do wonder though, about the sincerity of her comments related to putting her support behind whomever is hired. Talk of pulling her three children from the schools just a day removed from the hiring decision certainly doesn't have the remotest ring of support to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-17392067206124244812011-02-07T21:58:22.885-05:002011-02-07T21:58:22.885-05:00Hey Abbie.....can't take anything you say seri...Hey Abbie.....can't take anything you say seriously about the quality of teaching in Amherst when I read this<br /><br />http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=346040<br /><br />Looks like someone should take some teacher training classes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-17524564503282557472011-02-07T21:43:07.796-05:002011-02-07T21:43:07.796-05:00Catherine took out nomination papers to run for SC...Catherine took out nomination papers to run for SC but she has not filed them yet. She has until 5pm tomorrow, February 8th, to file papers and appear on the ballot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-2591816599080420742011-02-07T21:41:42.155-05:002011-02-07T21:41:42.155-05:00Catherine already announced publicly a few weeks a...Catherine already announced publicly a few weeks ago that she was running for SC. Did she not actually file papers at that time? (I guess probably not!) or is she contemplating withdrawing her filed papers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-51635406859452556722011-02-07T21:28:20.391-05:002011-02-07T21:28:20.391-05:00And if she does not file her nomination papers tom...And if she does not file her nomination papers tomorrow by 5:00 PM to continue fighting the good fight, the impetus for change, accountability and transparency is snuffed out for a long, long time.<br /><br />That truly will be a very sad day indeed.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.com