THE LAW BE DAMNED! -- REP. LASEE URGES ARMING TEACHERS
What's the law? For Rep. Frank Lasee it is something to be changed or circumvented if it gets in his way.
Milwaukeeworld readers remember that the Father of TABOR is also the father of a child born out of wedlock and that he wrote the mother of his child asking to have his support payments reduced.
Now, the Republican assemblyman has hatched a crackpot idea calling for arming teachers. It's a front page story right now on CNN.com . Arming teachers and principals works in Thailand and Israel, he says, and why not do the same in Thiensville and Ixonia?
Thailand is the site of bloody violent episodes with Muslim separatists, the CNN story tells us. Thiensville, it need hardly be repeated, is surrounded on all sides by the much-larger Mequon, and tensions between Catholics and Lutherans have been simmering under the surface since the first boatload of Pomeranian settlers arrived there in 1839. Eerily reminiscent of the schism between Shiite and Sunni Muslims are the irreconcilably divided sects of the Missouri Synod Lutherans and their Wisconsin Synod counterparts. Trinity Lutheran School shall become a fortress -- and not just a fortress of faith!
Ixonia has had its share of factionalism ever since the Town of Union was rent asunder in 1846, in an event that anticipated the Civil War that would one day divide the Union itself. The residents there could not agree on a name for the new town, so they had schoolgirl Mary Piper pull letters out of a hat until a suitable town name could be fashioned out of them.
There are a few fine points, and as usual with Lasee, facts in the way. For instance, Thai teachers are considered government agents, much like soldiers, and it is the Third World, after all. Israeli teachers are not armed, in fact, but the guards at the schools are.
And then there is the looming presence of a little document called the United States Constitution, and the laws formed under its umbrella by the government.
Lasee figures the Wisconsin legislature will be able to find a way around a pesky federal law that bans guns on school grounds.
Well, he got his name in the headlines, and that's what counts.
--Michael Horne
posted by Michael Horne @ 4:14 PM
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Everyone believes that Lasee is using the recent tragedy of dead school children and staff in Wisconsin and around the country at this time to advance his own career. He can’t introduce any bill until next January so is now just making a fool of himself at the expense of very sad stories. That is pathetic! I think from the reaction in Wisconsin he might want to just sit in the back of the Assembly and stay quiet. Let the grown-ups talk instead Frank.
Manitowoc County Supervisor, District 24
Robert Dobbs
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Robert Dobbs
1516 20th Street
Two Rivers, WI 54241
(920) 246-4455
E-mail: dobbsrobert@hotmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/04/06
Response to State Representative Frank Lasee's Proposed Legislation Concerning Allowing Weapons in Schools.
Two Rivers, WI –Manitowc County Supervisor Robert Dobbs was appalled by the press release from Representative Frank Lasee concerning the introduction of legislation allowing teachers and staff in our schools to carry a concealed weapons.
Supervisor Dobbs stated “Representive Lasee has clearly shown his disregard for the recent school shooting events in the United States and further has demonstrated his lack of concern for this issue by stating we should allow concealed weapons in schools. No weapon of any kind should be allowed in our schools and further more, legislation to severely punish those who do bring weapons within our school boundaries should be pursued instead.”
Representative Lasee mentioned the schools in Thailand but he has clearly forgotten the recent military coup in this country and the suspension of civilian authority, implementation of martial law, and suspension of civil rights under the current military dictatorship.
Supervisor Dobbs further stated “Representive Lasee now is showing his true colors with a lack of competition in this fall's election. Representative Lasee is truly out of touch with his district and needs to leave office if these statements are his true beliefs. Representative Lasee demonstrates with these statements of intent to introduce legislation his total disregard for the safety of our children in our schools. I cannot fathom that any school principal, administrator, teacher, or other staff personnel would allow themselves to carry concealed weapons into a school. The safety and security of our schools must be paramount without the introduction of weapons in schools. We cannot allow vigilantism to pervail over the rule of law and I cannot see any member of law enforcement agreeing with this.”
Supervisor Dobbs is considering filing as a write in candidate, as an opponent to Representative Lasee, considering there is no competition to call Representative Lasee on his ridiculous statements and make him accountable to the 2nd Assembly District of Wisconsin.
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