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Civil War confederates don't need state protection (Tulsa World via Enid News)
Legislators .. quietly altered a bill .. in the state House to prevent local governments from ... renaming schools, streets, bridges, buildings and parks that honor any historical military figure, historical military event, military organization or military unit ...It’s difficult to imagine anything less appropriate for state control than the name of an elementary school. Local schools’ names should reflect local tastes, which can and will change over time. A hero in our time might not be so admired in the future, and we should honor our grandchildren’s potential choices on such things as much as we honor the memory of military heroes of today.
If legislators want to control school naming rights, they should run for the school board.
Until then, their job is funding schools, not naming them.
http://www.enidnews.com/opinion/civil-war-confederates-don-t-need-state-protection/article_afc28e2d-7459-5a48-b6cc-07d1f7d4f229.html
