Congressman Grimm’s Smoke Screen
We have the Internet to communicate faster and more effectively. It’s surprising to see a politician using the Internet to call out a school leader. Aren’t politicians suppose to be working hand in hand with educators? I was surprised to see Congressman Michael Grimm’s tweet:
Really Mr. Grimm? You blasted the principal of PS 90 in the news and on twitter? Is that what congressmen are supposed to do?
Mr. Grimm is an educated man and knows that there is a lot of controversy over the word God in public schools. Grimm attended law school and studied Constitutional Law – separation of church and state. So why would Mr. Grimm join the media on this drama swirling story? Because Mr. Grimm was a marine and he knows the importance of a smoke screen. Mr. Grimm has been receiving some bad press lately and he needs people to look away from him. And what better story to use as a smoke screen than a media-hyped unpatriotic school leader?
Everyone wants to know why Justin Bieber’s “Baby Baby” is going to be sung at graduation. If Grimm had called or e-mailed the principal, he would have heard something simple like – that’s one of the songs the children practiced this year with their music teacher. It’s that simple. But don’t worry Mr. Grimm, that song is now out of the program as well.
On Facebook, Mr. Grimm wrote that he had this question for Ms. Hawkins:
Call and ask her. She probably will tell you that she doesn’t want to offend her students or their parents. But even more, she will tell you that the song was too big for the kids. Here you can hear a child from that class is really struggling with the song. We all have cell phones – there is no reason for Mr Grimm to not have made contact with Ms. Hawkins by now.
How about all the threats this principal is receiving now because of the media hype? Are you going to call those people to the rug, Mr. Grimm? The Internet allows people, including you to sit behind your computer and be a tough guy. But in this case, adding fuel to the fire just made you look silly because people expect more from elected officials. If you had stepped up and took action by contacting the principal, you could have been proud of your work today.
Why hasn’t Mr. Grimm e-mailed or called that principal, Greta Hawkins? Why isn’t Grimm part of the solution, rather than part of the media hype? Do we really need more politicians who uses their days to add to the media drama, instead of making our community better? I don’t.
Hugs,
marlene
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June 12th, 2012 at 11:55 pm
I see the media trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill on this issue. It’s ridiculous that people are paying so much attention to something so small.
Seriously – aren’t there other issues for Mr. Grimm to deal with. What has he done? I know he walks the parade in Bay Ridge and needs to have someone announce his presence before he gets there by yelling, “Say hello to Michael Grimm” because most people in Bay Ridge don’t know him or his work. We wouldn’t say that about Marty or Vinny.