In San Francisco, Virus is Contained but Schools Are Still Closed

[Rob Wick]

Quote:Rob, what is the exact question that you believe I have "sidestepped" answering? I shall do my best to "answer the question honestly."

Well then, let me try again.

My whole point has been that a local community, through its elected representatives, has the right to determine, by applying what it believes to be local community standards, what that community's values are and who best represents those values. You dispute that the SFUSD board is doing that because it's relying on an outside panel to advise it (how that's wrong you have yet to provide a logical answer for) and that the panel is actually the power behind the throne. You argue that the community should honor people like Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson even though two of the three held slaves. You argue that their holding slaves was legal and constitutionally protected at the time. You believe that the panel's argument that Lincoln took the lives of 38 Dakota Indians should be countered by the fact that he spared the lives of hundreds of others.

So let me phrase my question another way. If someone in a San Francisco neighborhood wanted to name a school the "Robert E. Lee Memorial High School" should they have that right to do so and if not, why?

Best
Rob