SILENCE!!

….says the Grand Wizard of the Alpena Public School Board, Eric Lawson. It appears as though he really doesn’t want to hear from the public. In September he created an extensive list of what could be said at school board meetings and what was prohibited, including clapping. Lawson even had deputies at the board meetings to forcibly remove anyone who might clap. It would be interesting to know what those deputies thought about Lawson misusing their time and training in this manner. Using our law enforcement officers to threaten and intimidate the public is alarming behavior.

When Lawson was informed that much of his new dictates violated First Amendment Rights he had to rescind the clapping ban and, perhaps in retaliation, then decided to eliminate one of the public comment times. What fol