When Enforcement of The Rules Of The Game Are Dependent On Who Brings Attention To It.

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I just sat through another Hillsborough County School Board Meeting.

I have an in-law that was a concierge on a big cruise liner in the Hawaiian Islands. My wife and I and his parents had the luxury of spending 10 days on the boat, and got a tour of the Bridge. The majority of the mucky-mucks were socializing while a few paid attention to the controls, even though every thing was on auto-pilot. I had the same feeling listening to the majority of the Board comments. If one took statistics on the number of Zephyrus comments I think it would be a grand number. Where do those comments go that start out with a wistful hypothetical question or statement?

The School Board is a quick learner after the dustup they took from the Alafia gang, Tonight, they let the Cell Tower Renegades in with welcome arms like the toll booth in Blazing Saddles. After these Renegades were safely within the circle of wagons, out came the posse that picked them off one by one. They even had the equivalent of a distant city sheriff show up to state the law.

So what happened to my Post title?

In Little League, the last time I was there 20 plus years ago, if a batter batted out of order, the rule book said that the only person that could protest this move was the opposing team's coach making an appeal directly to the head umpire. Not the score-keeper mom in the stands, neither of the official scorekeepers in the booth, and the booth can't send a message to the coach.

The rules were further written so that savvy coaches might get an advantage by not appealing. In other words, you might not automatically call foul unless it is to your advantage, depending on what happened. Few coaches knew the rules, and even fewer parents.

I said all of that to say this. Supposed there was going to be a scheduled meeting, and there were rules built around that meeting. Proper notice of the meeting could be one of those. But if there was a glitch, it would be dependent on someone calling attention to it.


One last thought. Arguments that are fact based and technical in detail are easier to present. Emotional arguments may impact a jury, but not a judge.