Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

webmaster one or closet webmaster (both names were used) said this as the reason for deleting a posting:

''There is an opportunity for intelligent discussion on this site and it will not be used for any other sort of agitating and that posting was over the line.''

This webmaster forgets. S/he forgets that our country was founded by agitators. None of our founding fathers are people I would consider to be ''nice''. When you're fighting for a cause, you're always considered an agitator.

S/he also forgets that PATA was founded by agitators. The fact that many of them now hold office and may have gotten complacent doesn't change the fact that they were agitators. Sometimes the shocking gets results.

Obviously people with an agenda didn't like the posting. The agenda is to get a bond issue passed. Obviously, these people don't think violating children's and parent's civil liberties is over the line.

But step on the school board's feelings and watch out!

After all, they're only doing it for the kids.

Perhaps someone could explain exactly what was over the line about the ''offensive'' posting.

why

There is a time when if the agitation crosses the line of federal law, and in this case this particular posting and train of thought probably crossed that line. Any reference to that line cross in other postings were deleted also, not because the webmaster disagreed, but because we have a responsibity to monitor this site to keep it up an running.

Some other postings in that thread were deleted too, because the original title post created the offense and the replies had to be deleted too becaue the site only allows us to delelte the entire posting if the original string post must be
edited. If that post would have been down as a reply I could have just taken off that one post, I could not in this case. Sorry to those who spent time creating responses and they were deleted because of this site management issue.

As the original founder of this site, and one who went out and sought information and put it on here for many years since 2000, I have come to know that intelligent discussion can be supported here, and it is valuable. I have never deleted because I disagreed with anything, and I have disagreed with a lot. I do not like the glock 17 screen name either, and consider this close to crossing the line especially when the discussion involves children, Glock, you are a regular, so you will probably read this,you may consider changing your screen name.

For all of you who sat in the library with me reading meeting minutes and copying them, contacting reporters, writing letters to the papers, and walking petitions,attending endless meetings.... you should understand that we will not support law breakers nor should this site be used by such, those who merely post here and let it go, you will understand someday.

Because we monitor, this site is here, no monitoring and we can shut this down with two clicks.

I will not have police coming to my door to inquire about what is going on with this website.

go on and on, if you like I had no hesitation to delete and will not have any again.

By closet webmaster

What federal law?

What federal law was violated? Clearly this needs to be spelled out, as deleting postings seems to be a webmaster pasttime of late.

Please enlighten us.

And why are you threatening to shut this website down with two clicks?