The value-added debate in LA?may seem a little tame after reading the Medford (OR) Mail Tribune's problems.
Back in 2007, according to the paper,?a Medford high school ?English teacher?sued the Medford School District because school officials wouldn't let her carry?a concealed handgun on campus.? Umm.
The?teacher's suit?prompted Mail Tribune editor Bob Hunter to wonder (is this an editor with too much time on his hands?):? how many teachers are packing???According to the Oregonian,?the teacher?lost her suit in 2009, but the gun license information request dragged on, in court, with?Sheriff Mike Winters saying,?in effect, not over my gun-totin' body.
After a three-year-long court battle, the Oregon Court of Appeals has just ruled ??in the newspaper's favor.? Said editor Hunter:
I've said it many times, but I'll say it again: If the sheriff or anybody else wants to make concealed weapons permits exempt from public records laws, they should go to the Legislature and ask them to do it.
Said the Sheriff, who was ordered to pay over $40,000 in courts costs,
Both the time and money expended during the judicial process was necessary in order to protect school teachers who possess handgun licenses in Jackson County?.? Concealed handgun licensees who reside in Jackson County should not have to worry about their private information being made public due to general curiosity.
No wonder Arne Duncan and his RTT team avoided the West.
?Peter Meyer
