Maine Librarian's Pointed Budget Message Hits the Mark | Common Dreams - 5 views
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Then along came Kelley McDaniel of Portland -- No. 48 on the day's speaker list.
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She's a part-time librarian at King Middle School -- and a very good one at that
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Talk about a teachable moment.
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She gave the whole five grand, after taxes, to her school. If you live in Portland, that's your school, too.
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Maybe you're testing us, checking to see if we, your constituents, are really paying attention, really listening," she continued. "I hope that's what's going on, because the alternative involves me losing faith in representative government, in democracy and in you, the elected officials."
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But as McDaniel gathered her daughter for the ride home to Portland, a proud young Aedin said she noticed something about her mother's testimony that she hadn't seen with the other speakers. "All of the people on the committee -- they weren't on their computers or looking at their papers while you were talking," Aiden told her mother. "That's because you were using your teacher voice." A teacher voice. Now more than ever, it's worth a few minutes of Maine's time.
