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Staten Island's Community Education Council voted Monday night for armed guards in schools...
The New York Daily News ^ | January 7, 2013 | Edgar Sandoval , Jennifer H. Cunningham and Stephen Rex Brown

Posted on 01/13/2013 12:32:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

The historic vote — approving its own controversial proposal to station 300 to 500 retired police officers at local schools — was symbolic because Mayor Bloomberg and Dennis Walcott can veto the council’s recommendations.

Staten Island residents voted Monday night for armed guards in schools, but the city’s top education official said he’ll shoot down the initiative.

“It’s not happening. Plain and simple,” said Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott. “I can’t be any clearer than that,” he added, echoing Mayor Bloomberg’s longstanding position in favor of gun control, not gun-toting guards.

Walcott said armed guards are not needed: “We have safe schools.”(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; bloomberg; doasisaynotasido; education; guncontrol; newyork; sandyhook; secondamendment; statenisland
If the place is so safe, why does the mayor need a platoon of bodyguards?

Full title: Staten Island's Community Education Council voted Monday night for armed guards in schools — but the city’s top education official already said he'll shoot down the initiative

1 posted on 01/13/2013 12:32:43 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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your typical New York politician is not happy unless he can think of young unguarded children huddling in the corner of a school classroom waiting for the mad dog killer to come around and shoot them.

They'are all sick.

First place to start with the commitments is New York City!

2 posted on 01/13/2013 1:27:47 PM PST by muawiyah
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They should make it crystal clear from the start that if the idea is shot down, Bloomberg and Dennis Walcott “don’t care about children, but only about gun control, and they are willing to risk the lives of innocent children to get what they want.”


3 posted on 01/13/2013 1:28:06 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bloomers theft of the citizen’s Three S’s (salt, smoking & soda) didn’t seem to upset the citizenry too bad.

Let’s see how losing the fourth S...students...goes over.


4 posted on 01/13/2013 1:45:37 PM PST by moovova
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These opponents need to be overwhelmed by a mob of angry parents.


5 posted on 01/13/2013 3:25:09 PM PST by Rapscallion (Obama is America's first tyrant....president in name only - PINO)
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Walcott said armed guards are not needed: “We have safe schools.”

Ut oh.

6 posted on 01/14/2013 3:12:02 AM PST by savedbygrace (But God.)
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Never mind what those Staten Islanders say. We know what’s good for them, and we’ll stick to it even if it kills them.


7 posted on 01/14/2013 4:40:10 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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