JIM MARTIN'S ARROGANCE

 

Many know that Wake County Board of Education member Jim Martin recently tried to shut down the First Amendment rights of those who disagree with him. Yes, some of those people were candidates. Jim "The Great Oz" Martin may not realize that candidates of numerous ideological persuasions speak at public meetings to express their views. 

That includes Dr. Jim himself doing it. But there is a difference between how Dr. Jim presents himself and those he wanted to shut down present themselves. 

The individuals Dr. Jim wants to prohibit speaking signed up per WCPSS rules and procedures. They express their passionate opinions within the rules of proper decorum and time limits. They finish speaking resume to their seat. 

However Dr. Jim takes a different approach. Here's Dr. Jim in potential candidate mode: 

Yes, that's Dr. Jim over the left shoulder of William Barber accompanied by Wake County Commissioner Susans Evans disrupting the First Amendment rights of others who may want to speak. He's yelling and singing. They shut down the meeting. 

You can view Dr. Jim's antics from June 15, 2010 here.

Now he wants to use the legal power of the Wake County Public School System to shut down the First Amendment rights of whom he disagrees. 

Dr. Jim - once again an arrogant hypocrite.