Posted on 08/26/2016 10:18:06 AM PDT by SMGFan
President Obama can't catch a break in Jersey City.
A first-term assemblywoman's effort to rename a city elementary school after the nation's first black president fizzled this week when the school board rejected the move, two months after the board approved naming a different school after Maya Angelou instead of Obama.
The board's action this week came amid accusations of backroom deals and officials being left in the dark about the school renaming process. And it has left Assemblywoman Angela McKnight, who made renaming a Jersey City school after Obama one of her first initiatives after taking office in January, livid.
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well dad was in the service in the early 60’s so I was born at Ft. Campbell, KY
Even if you want to name your school after a Black American there are a whole slew of better choices than Obama and Angelou.
Al Sharpton High School
Home of the Fighting Perpetually Aggrieved
Transgender High?
Billy Ray Valentine School for the Enterprising.
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