The solicitor, Stephen Russell, said in an interview that he will recommend that the school board not try to seek reimbursement of legal fees from former board members who advocated adoption of the intelligent design policy.
"I have a problem with board members being sued for taking actions that are later found to be wrong," Russell said. "Nobody would run for office."
That's disappointing. The only people who should have to pay for the inanity of the board members are those board members.
It's about accountability. If you promote an agenda that's so flagrantly un-Constitutional that you have to hide it, and lie about it on the stand, then you don't deserve to be shielded from the consequences.
Actions taken in good faith are one thing. But actions taken in bad faith? They should pay the bills.
"Nobody would run for office"? We don't need more people like that running for office.
I agree, but I also see the TMLC as big villains in this case. They shopped around the country (I remember reading about West Va. and (?) Minnesota) promising to defend school boards that adopted ID-ism.
It's about accountability. If you promote an agenda that's so flagrantly un-Constitutional that you have to hide it, and lie about it on the stand, then you don't deserve to be shielded from the consequences.
Amen