Dear Communicus, A letter has been sent to many local businesses and residents asking for a boycott of the Sand Lake Advertiser and the businesses that advertise in it due to the criticism expressed by some of its contributors against the Averill Park School District Board and Administration.
This is a paper that for years has allowed the free exchange of ideas from all sides of an issue and is in my opinion one of the largest contributors to the School District by donation of page space and advertising that are truly enormous gifts of this local public entity.
For the writers of this letter; it was anonymous, no return address, and it was postmarked out of Albany; to try and shut down the very publication that sustains the programs that the rest of us are accused of not supporting can only be classified as insane at best.
I AM COPYING, VERBATIM, THE LETTER SO THAT YOUR READERS CAN SEE WHAT LENGTHS THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL GO TO TO TRY AND SHUT THE INFORMATION FLOW OFF!The letter reads as follows:
STOP THE WEEKLY NASTY GRAMS BOYCOTT THE ADVERTISER AND BOYCOTT ANY BUSINESSES THAT ADVERTISE IN IT
Our families have banded together to ask our friends and neighbors to boycott "The Advertiser". We believe that this publication is being used by people who are creating a negative and destructive atmosphere in our towns and dividing the school district. A great school district is being maligned publicly by the same few malcontents over and over again.
1. We believe that our school district has improved dramatically in the last three years.
2. We believe that our kids deserve this to continue.
3. We believe that much of the nastiness is due to personal agendas being played out in public.THE PEOPLE BEING HURT HERE ARE OUR KIDS, NO ONE ELSE.
1. We have great administrators and teachers.
2. We believe that if they leave APCSD we will be forced to accept people of lesser quality because not only are there very few qualified administrators out there, but who would want to work here and be treated this way?
3. We believe that if our current administrators leave we will have to pay much higher salaries to attract new ones.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO STOP. THE PEOPLE MALIGNING OUR DISTRICT ARE NOT THE ONES WHO SHARE OUR VALUES, THEY ARE NOT THE ONES WHO WORK WITH THE PTA, WHO ATTEND SPORTS EVENTS, WHO CONTRIBUTE IN ANY POSITIVE WAY TO THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS. OUR STUDENTS ARE THE FUTURE!! DON'T LET THE NASTY GRAMS CLOUD YOUR JUDGMENT. MOST OF WHAT IS SAID IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. NEVER HAS BEEN AND NEVER WILL BE. DON'T JUDGE OUR DISTRICT BY THE LIES OF MALCONTENT PEOPLE.BOYCOTT THE ADVERTISER AND THE BUSINESSES WHO ADVERTISE IN IT. TELL YOUR FRIENDS YOUR RELATIVES AND ANYONE WHO CARES ABOUT KIDS.
The end
What happened to free speech and exchange of ideas? Last year we saw the BOE tell people they couldn't talk at the meetings. That didn't go very well. Now someone is trying to actually censor a local newspaper! Everyone is entitled to their opinion and this blog supports the free exchange of ideas.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
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We have a guest contributor....Anonymous........
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Poestenkill Elementary running Averill Park CSD?": You people are the most despicable bunch of liars I have ever seen. You should all be ashamed of yourselves, but of course, people like you will never be ashamed, because you must have grown up thinking that lying, cheating, gossiping and manipulating were the way to go.This blog should be called DISHONESTLY AVERILL PARK.Maybe this will help explain your pathetic behavior.
Lie [lahy] a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive [Mirriam/Webster Dictionary].A pathological liar is defined as someone who lies incessantly to get their own way with little concern for the consequences. “Pathological lying is a coping mechanism that is developed in early childhood and is often associated with some other mental disorder”. A pathological liar is a focused, goal oriented liar. Pathological liars have little regard or respect for the rights or feelings of others. “A compulsive liar lies out of habit. Lying is their normal reflexive way of responding. Compulsive liars bend the truth about nearly everything, whether it is large or small. For a compulsive liar, telling the truth is uncomfortable.” Compulsive lying is “thought to be a trait developed in early childhood as a response to being placed in an environment where lying was necessary for survival or parental attention.” Lying is more than a bad habit. It is heartbreaking and cruel. Some people attend church, but still continue telling untruths about others, or spreading rumors born of false gossip. There’s an old saying, “sooner or later you have to pay the piper”, and we all get to find that out one way or the other.The Bible gives many instances where God speaks directly about the spiritual consequences of lying. Proverbs 6:16-19 says, "These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."Prov 19:55 A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape. Prov 19.9 9…[A]nd he who tells lies will perish..James 3:1414 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.Ex 23:11 "You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. “Let me in, I know you're inside, I can hear you breathing, You can not hide, Let me inI am not going away, I am the Piper, now PAY!” (Lavin, Music, May 1999)JUST REMEMBER, WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND, AND YOUR TIME WILL COME.
Lie [lahy] a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive [Mirriam/Webster Dictionary].A pathological liar is defined as someone who lies incessantly to get their own way with little concern for the consequences. “Pathological lying is a coping mechanism that is developed in early childhood and is often associated with some other mental disorder”. A pathological liar is a focused, goal oriented liar. Pathological liars have little regard or respect for the rights or feelings of others. “A compulsive liar lies out of habit. Lying is their normal reflexive way of responding. Compulsive liars bend the truth about nearly everything, whether it is large or small. For a compulsive liar, telling the truth is uncomfortable.” Compulsive lying is “thought to be a trait developed in early childhood as a response to being placed in an environment where lying was necessary for survival or parental attention.” Lying is more than a bad habit. It is heartbreaking and cruel. Some people attend church, but still continue telling untruths about others, or spreading rumors born of false gossip. There’s an old saying, “sooner or later you have to pay the piper”, and we all get to find that out one way or the other.The Bible gives many instances where God speaks directly about the spiritual consequences of lying. Proverbs 6:16-19 says, "These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."Prov 19:55 A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape. Prov 19.9 9…[A]nd he who tells lies will perish..James 3:1414 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.Ex 23:11 "You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. “Let me in, I know you're inside, I can hear you breathing, You can not hide, Let me inI am not going away, I am the Piper, now PAY!” (Lavin, Music, May 1999)JUST REMEMBER, WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND, AND YOUR TIME WILL COME.
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