"Apparently, she didn't think the wall was meant to keep her out. Some people think warning signs and railings do not apply to them."......
For some reason, in my personal experience, most of these types seem to be Dems.....
At first, I figured her for a Dim or liberal as well, given the fact that she was on the local school board and school boards are often chockablock with liberal activists.
Plus, it seemed pretty stupid to go over a retaining wall next to a 500ft cliff, and stupidity is a common symptom of Dim Disease.
On the other hand, I wondered if she wasn't a lone conservative type, fighting the libs on a school board head on. I don't know what made me consider that possibility, but I'm glad I did.
That's why I'm curious about the source of kcvl's Testimonial, as the author didn't sound very liberal.
When I first read the news article (off another web site) I did a bunch of Googles, trying to find out if she was liberal or conservative (Dim or GOP).
I know it's vicious, but I wanted to gloat over the senseless death of a liberal School Board member, whom I hold responsible for poisoning the well of young American minds (almost a capital offense in my book).
I didn't find much one way or another. For starters, her name was spelled as Chamberlin AND Chamberlain in various news reports. I did find a controversial Rockford School Board but it was in IL. So at first I didn't get much info about Rockford, MI.
After reading the FR post and comments, I did more searches, including her daughter's name, as well as her husband and son's. Didn't find much there either.
The mention of her son Alex, entering 11th grade, further confused me with respect to the Testimonial, as it mentioned her difficulty with conception and childbearing.
From further browsing it looks like Rockford, MI is a small, mostly white, heavily Republican, almost crime free, European immigrant melting-pot, middle American town. Not the kind of liberal East Coast city I've had to endure for most of my Stateside life. Almost makes me want to move to Rockford.
I also finally found the Rockford School Board web site and her profile: Deborah Chamberlin. As a "stay-at-home Mom and volunteer", who named her daughter after a beatified Catholic icon, she doesn't fit the profile of a Godless liberal activist.
So, I feel bad now, as I suspect my first instinct to gloat was wrong, and expressing my sadness and condolences to the family and friends are in order.
My only consolation is that I spent the time to research this woman before forming a prejudiced opinion and posting an inappropriate comment that would dishonor her memory.