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Inquiry clears driver of child's duct taping claim
St. Petersburg Times ^ | December 17, 2005 | Jacob H. Fries

Posted on 12/18/2005 6:41:02 PM PST by EveningStar

The school bus driver accused earlier this week of duct taping a kindergartener's mouth shut will return to the same route when classes resume after the winter holiday, Pinellas County school officials said Friday.

An investigator with the district found no evidence to support Kyle Gerber's allegation that the driver taped his mouth on the ride home from Dunedin Elementary School Monday...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: corporalpunishment; discipline; ducttape; liars
The kid and his parents should be horsewhipped. ;)
1 posted on 12/18/2005 6:41:03 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
the family continues to believe Kyle's account.

The eyewitnesses say that nothing happened. But reports of Duct Taping are, although fake, still accurate.

2 posted on 12/18/2005 6:44:39 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: EveningStar

Horsewhipped? May I have a turn?

*Note to parents* - No. Kyle is NOT the center of the universe!


3 posted on 12/18/2005 6:44:53 PM PST by Humidston (Sweet dreams, TC. Save me a seat, ok?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

LOL!


4 posted on 12/18/2005 6:46:13 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
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To: Howlin; onyx; Clemenza; Petronski; GummyIII; SevenofNine; martin_fierro; EggsAckley; Xenalyte; ...

miscellaneous ping


5 posted on 12/18/2005 6:55:39 PM PST by EveningStar
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The kid and his parents should be horsewhipped. ;)

Or taped to a bench... ;~D

6 posted on 12/18/2005 7:00:17 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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7 posted on 12/18/2005 7:02:24 PM PST by RightWingAtheist ("Why thank you Mr.Obama, I'm proud to be a Darwinist!")
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Heh - I tried, and failed, to find that pic ;~D


8 posted on 12/18/2005 7:03:05 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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I just did a Google Image search on "monkey fonics" :-)


9 posted on 12/18/2005 7:58:49 PM PST by RightWingAtheist ("Why thank you Mr.Obama, I'm proud to be a Darwinist!")
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To: EveningStar

Yeah he needs to come out of this with a positive attitude alright. If the boy actually said it, he needs his butt spanked IMO.


10 posted on 12/18/2005 8:26:13 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: RightWingAtheist; HairOfTheDog

:D


11 posted on 12/18/2005 8:53:10 PM PST by EveningStar
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An investigator with the district found no evidence to support Kyle Gerber's allegation that the driver taped his mouth

The investigator replaced the missing roll of duct tape and commended the driver on a job well done.
12 posted on 12/19/2005 5:48:22 AM PST by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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Now you're talking! And good for him! ;)


13 posted on 12/19/2005 8:43:20 AM PST by EveningStar
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