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I listened to the Glenn Beck "interview." Don't know this mayor and he may be the biggest left wing jerk on earth. But Beck did nothing but interrupt and sandbag the guy. I think Beck did not understand what the mayor was saying.

Beck kept demanding to know if the mayor was outraged that the administrators who covered this up were transferred to other positions but were still working. The Mayor kept saying I can't comment because the criminal investigation, for which I am responsible, is ongoing. Beck kept demanding that he wasn't asking about the criminal investigation and the mayor kept saying "you are asking about it."

Beck didn't want to understand that the administrators who covered it up (if they did) and even the higher administrators who transferred them to new positions, will ALL be investigated to see if they broke the law. So the mayor would screw that up by making political comments about what has taken place so far. The defendants would all say the investigation was biased and their defenses were prejudiced.

Not to mention that as the investigation is underway, there are all kinds of claims - that the girl was willing, that she was raped, that the administrators obstructed justice, etc. To take sides anywhere in this until the prosecutors charge someone would blow the investigation.

This was what the mayor was hoping to get you all confused about. The mayor is not the district attorney. Its lame him acting like that is his responsibility. He is the executive for the administration of Columbus, OH and the person responsible for representing Columbus to the rest of the world and he deeply embarrassed himself. These administrators very unlikely broke any law trying to to tell this poor father to do anything.. but even if they did, this is not the issue.

The issue is that if Beck hadn't decided to chase this, they would have gotten away with this, making a token firing and sweeping it under the rug. There is a serious problem in the school and in the school system in Columbus in general if they are going to essentially protect these people who try to cover up this sort of nightmare rather than deal with it. There have been several comparisons to Bernard Cardinal Law for a reason. Accepting the cover up, he allowed these horrible things to continue year after year in a whole number of places.. almost as great an evil as the original offense. And, all of these folks have not been held accountable, rather the parishioners of these churches have borne the burden of the cost of these horrors, and the sick and the poor who would have otherwise benefited by the monies paid to settle these suits.

In Columbus, the taxpayers ultimately will have to pay any costs associated with this breathtaking stupidity, and they have a right to demand that the City and the School wake up.

IMO there is no reason whatsoever that the Mayor should NOT have been outraged at this incident.

Beck asked him over and over if he condemned the raping of a handicapped girl and the Mayor SIDESTEPPED the question everytime.

That's why Beck kept interrupting him. He was trying to get a straight answer and he couldn't.

Whether you believe someone is guilty or not, your MORAL CONVICTIONS should be enough to be outraged over this incident and not defend it because there is an 'on going investigation'.

The Mayor was spinning so much I'm suprised he didn't fall over after interview.

"investigations" and "policy" are two different things.

i think everyone in col assumes that "investigation" means "hope it all goes away quietly"

coleman could easily have said "anyone who is found to have obstructed justice should be held criminally liable"

as for policy, he could have called for policy changed to suspend everyone up the chain until the "investigations" are conclusive.

beck and anyone on the side of the student have perfect reason to be absolutely LIVID.