Gregg's Been at the Kool-Aid Again

Where are the editors of the P & C when we need them?

CCSD School Board member Gregg Meyers's rant in Monday's "Letters to the Editor" needed the red pen. He takes several iterations of "have not had the charter school Kool-Aid," "Not having had the charter school Kool-Aid," "Those who have had the Kool-Aid," "If you've had the Kool-Aid" to get to the point of his letter--his endorsement of Toya Green for CCSD School Board as the representative who lives in District 20. Notice I didn't say "represents District 20"; Toya should be happy.

Of course, I love the added touch, that Meyers uses his business address (Broad Street) in this rambling and disconnected endorsement. Using his home address East of the Cooper would have sent the message that Mt. Pleasant is trying to tell downtown Charleston whom to vote for. Of course, that would be the correct message.

Also notice that Meyers is afraid to mention the name of the "particular charter school" that was asked by Meyers and Green to "create a plan to address its educational weakness" in a failed attempt to intimidate. He would like the uninformed reader to believe he means SeaIslands Youthbuild or one of the other failing charter schools that were formed by CCSD cronies as baliwicks for relatives and toadies of school board members.

He dare not mention that he and Toya tried to intimidate James Island Charter High School for two reasons: (1) he doesn't want to become a laughingstock, given how much better run the school is without CCSD School Board oversight; and (2) he doesn't want to alienate James Island voters.

Fortunately, most readers certainly stopped reading after the second glass of Kool-Aid.