If you live your life in accordance to the rules set forth by a lawful society, and that constitutes the community you live in, then you must believe that law applies to every person living in that city. You’d be wrong.
Recently the Chief of Police in this city, Chief Lashbrook, addressed the City Council; his speech placed emphasis on citizen cooperation. He “asked for help from the average citizen” living here, in effect he asked each of us to report anything suspicious to the police. He went on to say this cooperation was “critical” to succeeding in fighting crime in our city.
I can easily see his point; there aren’t enough police to cover every square inch of this town 24/7. I concur. Not everyone feels the same however. We live in a city where there are special zones of immunity where this sort of cooperation is strongly frowned upon. In fact some people get pretty damn mad. In the military these zones are referred to as DMZ. In civilian areas I have no idea of just what they are called; perhaps hypocrisy zones where hypocrisy exists and is allowed to function. Privilege is something that is generally earned by passing tests or preforming deeds that set you apart and consequently earn you privilege. In our community there are area’s where this privilege exists but not for any of the above mentioned reasons. It exists because certain people want to protect it even though illegal activity is taking place there. That place is the NIACC campus.
I am not against the young recruit that comes here to play ball; quite the contrary. This is a young man who does not stem from wealth, not even close. The NCAA does not allow athletes to work and stay eligible to play, this then presents a quandary, where does his money come from? On the one hand the NCAA says he cannot work, his family cannot send him money and the school is only providing a bed and three meals a day….not nearly enough in the life of a young boy. Maybe the coaching staff needs to address more then shooting free throws, turning a blind makes vou an accomplice, no different than if you were the driver in a bank robbery, in the laws eye you are equally guilty as if you entered the bank.
Next question; how far up does the guilt go? Is the salesman who sold the car a year ago that was used in the bank robbery share guilt? Hardly, but if the administration knows or even suspects there are drugs being dealt at that school, and by refusing to acknowledge it…they too belong before the bench.
We are certainly not short on hypocrites in this city, just toss a basketball or football in the air and they’ll be the first to reach for it. These are people who are adults now but never gave up their dream of playing professional sports; well get over it. Professional sports are riddled with every known drug, look at the on going government inquisitions about Roger Clemens lying under oath about hormone growth enhancement drugs, then you have the home run hero Barry Bonds along with hundreds more…..these people are a bad joke. Is this what you want your child to aspire to?
Just how important is it to win a game at the Junior College level? Is it important enough to pollute a city? It must be important enough to attack the truth, to deny what is true and proven to be factual; is it really so important that you are OK with looking the other way while young people are hustled for drugs? Someone recently said to me; “This sort of thing goes on in every college.” They’re right, it does….but you and I live here…..where the D-Boys have moved off campus and are open for business and business is good, and when your daughter stops stealing things from the house to pawn, it doesn’t mean she kicked the habit, it just means she found other ways to pay……
Peter Children
9 thoughts on “Op-ed: Certain people want to protect NIACC (by Peter Children)”
Peter, Glad to see you have moved on from Bookmeyer and found a new hatred. However I think that you are a VERY sad man in need of a hobby. Your writing has gotten sloppy and unbearable. You need to have your facts straight before you start dogging on people or places. As NIACC alum I am PROUD that I went there. I know this might surprise you (BUT I NEVER SAW ANYTHING YOU ARE SPEAKING ABOUT DURING MY YEARS THERE.) The football players were some of the hardest working kids that I knew. It’s funny that according to you NIACC is a “dive, so to speak.” Yet they are ranked #14 in the nation (NATION) for success rate of graduating and moving on to bigger schools. Let’s not forget all the accomplishments and successful people that have come from there. Many business men in town started at NIACC. Tom Heithoff and Chuck Lukanen who were on the NIACC baseball team moved on to major leagues. Five of NIACC’s current golfers were just named Academic All-region athletes, or what about Shawn Harper who was the lowest GPA in his high school but was given a break at NIACC. He went on to Indiana University and was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams. Just because someone goes to NIACC or is offered a scholarship does not mean they are bringing drugs and crime to our area. I believe all the meth heads that have been in the paper lately are all WHITE and shockingly much older than NIACC grads you are referring to. Yes there have been some bad apples but the good FAR out way the bad.
Peter, You lost your credibility long ago. You are a hypocrite yourself. You talk about lying and role models for children to aspire to in this “article”, yet just a few weeks ago you wrote about your slutty ways with married women. You are no better than those you put down and libel.
I picture you as an old, angry man. You embody every characteristic I would not want a young person to aspire to.
Now all of a sudden you’re Jesus?
Peter YOU NEED HELP.
Just how big is this athletic department at NIACC? It sounds huge.
OK Peter, I read it but I am not real sure what your point is here. I think you are saying that NIACC is guilty of providing a safe house for drugger’s and is somehow immune to prosecution. Also, there are “elite’s” that can do what they want because they are “special” in our community. SO, WHAT ELSE IS NEW? That has been going on in this city forever. It is called the have’s vs. the have not’s. The have’s win no matter what the vote is and the police look the other way. It’s always been that way. Get over it. It won’t change.
Believe me it’ll change if you as a citizen of this community speak up. Too many people have remained silent for too long. The murder on the North end is the straw that broke the camel’s back. Fight back, fight for where you live. In today’s Globe there are reports of home’s being invaded…these people don’t want to steal your belongings to get money to go to the movies, they want drugs. Wake the hell up!!
Believe me Peter I have fought city hall and authority’s when they were wrong all of my life and have the scars to prove it. I will continue to fight as I always have but as I get close to 70 years old I have realised that they have me out gunned. It is fine to sit on the internet and say what you think should happen, it is another story altogether to try to do something about it in ral life. I have been accused of walking the walk all my life and all I have gotten is knocked around. I am not real smart because I keep coming back for more and savor the small victory’s as they happen.
Glad our founding fathers and original patriots didn’t take your idea and run with it, LVS. We’d still be a British colony.