Lakeland’s high school compromise neglects the First Amendment
Guest Columnist
Zachary Coleman
Zachary Coleman is a Lakeland resident, former candidate for Lakeland School Board and a proponent of schools, fiscal responsibility and constitutional rights.
A compromise paving the way for construction of a Lakeland high school purports to allow the citizenry to have “its cake and eat it too” so long as citizens are willing to tacitly agree to sleep on their rights that the First Amendment protects, such as the right to petition and the right to free speech.
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