This week the state department of education released letter grades for all traditional public schools and public charter schools in the state, the letter grades are deceptive and create false pictures for better or worse of the programs at the…
Category: Editorial
Civil Service Board’s reversal for Brown should have excluded others
The Monroe Fire and Police Civil Service Board will allow Reggie Brown to take the police chief’s test, but it also failed to take an action that will have a haunting effort for years to come. During a special call…
The race is on for the first girl in the USA to become an Eagle Scout
The race is on for the first girl in the USA to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. That possibility was made real this week when the National Boy Scouts of America leadership decided to open its ranks to…
Amendments,while worthy, don’t belong in the constitution – Vote No
As a general rule, we are reluctant to support amendments to the constitution because a constitution deals with the basic laws of the state and does not deal with specific situations. In 1974, the state revised its constitution…
Was the Las Vegas massacre America’s worst? History begs to differ
Our nation is distraught and disturbed over the shooting in Las Vegas this week in which upwards of 58 people died and over 500 were injured by a single shooter. While it may have escaped the…
Gun Buy Backs don’t get illegal guns off the street; try something else
In response to the continuing, murder a week, cycle in Monroe many groups have been scratching their heads trying to do something to stem the violence. One of those ways is to sponsor gun buy back programs; but do they…
We have a Memorial to Robert E. Lee, but nothing for Abraham Lincoln
By Roosevelt Wright, Jr. Across America memorials and building names that salute men who fought against the United States are being protested, except in Monroe. We are the nation in reverse; we have taken down the name of an American…