Posted on 09/18/2012 6:16:25 PM PDT by neverdem
>A college professor at Brevard Community College (BCC) in Cocoa, Fla. has been placed on leave after she allegedly required her class to sign a pledge to vote for President Barack Obama “and Democrats up and down the ticket.
Campus Reform reports that professor Sharon Sweet at BCC allegedly told students to sign a pledge that states: “I pledge to vote for President Obama and Democrats up and down the ticket.”
The pledge came from “GottaVote.org,” a website paid for by the Obama campaign.
The Leadership Institute’s Campus Reform has more:
University administrators said they learned about the incident late Thursday afternoon and launched an investigation, after they received a phone call from a concerned parent.
“Based on the allegations, Associate Professor Sweet has requested, and been granted, a leave of absence without pay effective immediately,” reads a statement put out by John Glisch, Associate Vice President for Communications at BCC.
“The college will continue its investigation into the matter, which will include interviews with all students in her class,” continues the statement.
In addition to being inappropriate action in the classroom, Sweet’s pledge requirement may have also violated Florida election law.
Section 104.31, of Title IX in chapter 104, states that “no officer or employee of the state… shall… use his or her official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or nomination of officer or influencing another person’s vote or affecting the result thereof.”
(H/T: WatchdogWire)
One has to wonder, why would she make that request?
Ping
If I made my students sign a vote Romney pledge, my “leave” would be permanent.
Liberalism truly is a mental disorder.
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I've made 1600 phone calls from home to NH in the last six days using the system set up by the campaign. Even 100 call will make a difference. Who will join me?
The whole idea of a candidate even offering such a pledge goes against every tenet of our voting system.
asst. math. prof.
Even though what the teacher did was highly questionable, if not illegal, and surely immoral, it would probably mean nothing in the long run. People will vote the way they want to despite any ‘Pledge’. After all, voting is still by secret ballet.
Thanks for doing what you do.
One has to wonder, why would she make that request?
Gives her more time to wade through the job offers from Harvard, Columbia, UC-Berkeley, Brown, UMass, Wisconsin, Smith, Wellesley, Yale................
Everyone should contribute in their own way. Since most people think of campaign contributions as money, I wanted to show that making phone calls from home is worth plenty to the campaign and doesn’t cost us a dime.
Thanks neverdem.
LOL!
Higher education indoctrination these days makes me want to puke, but then I can't say much for K-12 either.
Most RECENT mug shot. ASSAULT (with intent to commit a felony)
Offender Name: SHARON ELAINE SWEET
Arrested On: 06/12/2012
Alias1: SHARON SWEET
Alias2: SHARON E SWEET
Booking ID: 721027
Charge:
ASSAULT (WITH INTENT TO COMMIT A FELONY)
BATTERY (TOUCH OR STRIKE)
Arrested By: FMPD
http://www.mugshotsworld.com/SHARON-ELAINE-SWEET
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