Political Quotes

“The second article--I will be brief on this--is from the Sun Sentinel, by Scott Travis: ``Broward schools fought against 2013 plan for more security money.'' They turned down a proposal to levy $55 million in tax dollars for school safety, and one of the quotes is this: One of the school board members slammed the proposal. They said they'd rather ask voters for money to improve technology and renovate old schools, which they did in November of 2014. In hindsight, that was a terrible mistake. There is another article from the Sun Sentinel: ``What's being done to stop another school shooting.'' Again, it is a very long article. I will just say this: Once he decided to shoot up a school, there wasn't much to stop [the killer]. His threats were ignored, the campus was wide open, the school doors were unlocked and students had nowhere to hide. What has changed after 10 months since the shooting? This was back on December 29, 2018. At least a quarter of campuses do not have single-entry points to control intruders. Safe spaces to protect children in classrooms haven't been identified. The killer wasn't welcome at that high school, by the way. He was known by former classmates and even administrators as a potential school shooter. And still he walked right onto campus. It goes on to say: [The killer] didn't keep his homicidal urges quiet. But the schools incompetently handled the threat he represented to his fellow classmates and teachers.…”