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After everything that happened at the July meeting, you would think that Standard Mode Of Dress (“SMOD”) aka school uniforms would not come up again anytime soon at the Rockingham County Board of Education. Or ever again for that matter.

Well, tonight it did.

Take a wild guess who brought it up.

Now to be fair, Ron Price did not outright suggest putting the SMOD issue back up for discussion as something to be immediately implemented (all hell would have broken loose on the far opposite side of the table if he had tried to). But the mere fact that Price spoke at length about wanting to have policies and guidelines already in place and ready for SMOD “in case” it is ever implemented, is troubling enough. I also happened to notice that Price spoke about SMOD as if it was something that the administrators and faculties of schools ...

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“Leaders at all levels seek power ahead of justice”.

I won’t quote the entire letter here but this part of it warrants special mention:

I live in Rockingham County. For months I’ve watched elected officials in my own backyard trample on the Constitution: from a school board member suing citizens for practicing the right to petition, to a city council banning new churches.

I’ll give you three guesses who is being referred to here 😛...

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“Look for the complete and factual account of the Viacom incident on this web page in the near future. The account has been delayed due to pending litigation.”

Yes, even now, I can’t resist having some fun with this situation 🙂

There is a massive update coming on this, and hopefully in the next few days. In the meantime, if you’re a reasonably long-term reader of this blog you’ll no doubt “get” the above joke....

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Over the weekend I was re-reading through parts of the Harry Potter books and something really scary crossed my mind. It turns out that there are numerous striking similarities between Harry’s arch-nemesis Lord Voldemort, and disgraced Rockingham County Board of Education member Ron Price (the admitted thief and loather of public participation).

Consider…

– Lord Voldemort has no friends. Ron Price couldn’t find a friend or relative who would hold his Bible as he was being sworn-in for the school board.

– Lord Voldemort conned many people into thinking that he was a charming man. Ron Price conned many people into thinking that he was a “conservative” Christian.

– Lord Voldemort is fixated on himself and sees everyone else as a potential threat. Ron Price is fixated on himself and has said that “I’ve learned who my opponents are and who will work with me.”

– Lord Voldemort and Ron ...

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Here’s the report that I filed a few days ago about the meeting of the Rockingham County Board of Education this past Monday night, during which the board voted 7-3 (with 2 abstaining) to rescind their vote in April that would have mandated school uniforms at Reidsville Middle and Reidsville High schools. Richard Moore has posted some audio clips – including one that encompasses ALL of the public comments – on his site. Here are the links to the clips, in Windows Media format…

– Opponents of Standard Mode Of Dress speak out against the policy and urge the board to rescind the vote

– Board member Ron Price berates POTSMOD (People Opposed To Standard Mode Of Dress) and TV station WGSR as being “bad for the community” and blames them for changing people’s minds

– Board member Herman Hines shares his thoughts about school dress policy

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Opponents of a school bond referendum in Davie County have vandalized thousands of dollars worth of signs supporting to measure and it’s being treated as an actual crime there. I’m going to do some more looking into this come early next week. Funny how a few counties over it’s treated as a serious criminal matter (as it should be) but here in Rockingham County it’s almost as if it’s no big deal when other people’s political signs are messed with.

Speaking of Ron Price, there’s one more thing – at least – that is in the works. You’ll know it when you see it.

Thanks to Penny Owens for forwarding along this news video from WGHP Fox 8....

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Because of some apparent abuse on the part of a suspected individual on the “The Ronfather” post, I am temporarily turning off anonymous comments. You must be registered with Blogger in order to leave comments at the present time. I’m hoping to lift this and return to normal commenting – which you can choose to be anonymous or not – as soon as possible.

EDIT 5-03-2007 1:03 a.m. EST: Normal commenting has been restored....

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If this is The Ronfather, does that mean its central character is “Ron” Corleone?

Someone called here yesterday to ask me about the Ron Price situation and I told this person that at no time have I “hated” the guy. Been disgusted with him? Certainly. But that’s a far cry from outright loathing his guts. At the same time, he’s doing wrong: both by staying on the Rockingham County Board of Education (in spite of being an admitted thief) and by this lawsuit against the Moores… which many here believe will be only the first in a series of retaliatory strikes against those on Price’s “enemies list”.

Bear in mind that at one point I was one of Price’s strongest supporters. I even offered to make a TV commercial for his campaign back during the election season… for free. You don’t do that for someone unless they’ve ...

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Gerald Witt has a write-up in today’s News & Record about the lawsuit that Ron Price has filed against Richard Moore (click here for more info on that). At the beginning of his story Witt makes mention of something that’s currently on Moore’s website and I couldn’t resist posting it here either for sake of posterity…

Political sniping going to court

By Gerald Witt
Staff Writer

WENTWORTH — Ronbo — a mash-up of Rambo and Rockingham County school board member Ron Price — greets visitors to Richard Moore’s Web site.

Moore, a local political pot-stirrer, independent publisher and unsuccessful 2006 school board candidate, doesn’t seem rattled by a slander and libel lawsuit Price filed against him last month claiming $140,000 in damages.

A copy of the complaint is on Moore’s site, next to the Ronbo photo: Price’s face on the body of John Rambo , a long-haired, tank-topped Vietnam

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Where is a good icepick when you need it most?It finally dawned on me today: Ron Price really is, unequivocally, a neo-conservative. And “neocons” are the most loathsome political movement in American history, without a doubt. These are people who believe in “the noble lie”: that it is perfectly okay to deceive people if the goal in mind is political power. As was proudly boasted in National Review recently, neo-conservatism is an off-shoot of the teachings of Leon Trotsky, who helped bring communism to Russia along with Lenin. Well, neo-conservatism is Trotsky’s beliefs in absolute power without apology… coupled with excessive narcissism and feeling of self-importance without regard for others.

Sounds just like confessed thief and disgraced Rockingham County Board of Education member Ron Price, who is now violating his oath of office by suing his opponents for practicing their constitutional rights.

Well, as considerably more than one person told me months ago would happen, Price is ...

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