Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Wait for the facts

I think a lot of people have ''heard things'' but no one is going to say anything definatively until we hear from Ohio High School.

The Dispatch article said: ''A source close to the investigation indicated that the players' addresses were falsified without the school's knowledge.'' To me that says the suspected players falsified a residence inside the PLSD boundaries so the coach that drove them home very well could have driven them to a home inside the district.

If in fact the PLSD did investigate this independantly - that should only help. The article also states an outside complaint was also filed. If the district discovered a problem & turned it in it is showing good faith.

Good sense does seem to be lacking though. Any coach that's alone with a child/children in a car needs his head examined. What if there had been a car accident??

Wonder if these boys are good friends of the Boren's? Does Hope have what she wants now?

vote

I wonder if these guys are 17 and old enough to vote on the issues. Seems to be a common prblem around here.

More questions...

Why would Pete be out of touch with something going on in his own program?

''North's Assets'' (what does that mean anyway?) weren't needed at all. Did you not read the complaint was filed by another school outside the PLSD? This was not a secret within the Central Ohio Football Community.

Seems to me if the Superintendent needs to do the AD's job then maybe we don't need the AD.

There's a hundred boys that are legitimately in that program, working hard and deserve to have the district fighting on their behalf. Not someone with a broom trying to shove things under the rug. That could never work, when you are at the top everyone's going to take a shot at you - whether it's high school, college or professional - got to keep your nose clean.

By Another Tiger Dad

No evidence

I don't believe that there is any evidence that I've seen that shows Pete is not in touch with all things related to Tiger athletics.

From what I've seen and been told, the paperwork submitted by the parents of these boys checked out. The home visits were done periodicallly and also checked out.

If the parents of these kids falsified documents, doesn't that led us to believe that they're the ones with the broom sweeping things under the rug? Why throw Pete Laihr, and the rest of the Tiger football staff under the bus?

Seems to me that everyone (including the illustrious Karen Mantia) is willing to assume the Tigers are guilty right now.

By Tiger dad