Milk, Cookies And Litigation

By Kleinheider Posted on July 29, 2008 at 2:20 pm

Jeff Woods on meetings in the black community which could lead to a lawsuit challenging  the Metro Schools rezoning proposal — unless the Great White Mayor or a reconstituted school board intervene:

“Everybody in the meetings understands that, if the new school board doesn’t change this or doesn’t overturn it, then really the reason we’re meeting is to prepare for a lawsuit,” the source says. “There’s no question they will sue.”

The role of Mayor Karl Dean in all this is uncertain. Black leaders hope he’ll urge the new school board to undo the rezoning plan, but the mayor hasn’t committed yet.

“I get the clear impression that Dean’s not happy that a large part of the community is upset about this,” our source says. “I think he understands that regardless of whether there’s a lawsuit, it’s not good for the community to be split. We’re hoping he gets in there to knock some heads together or gives out some milk and cookies or whatever it’s going to take to get everybody moving in the same direction.”

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