Millersville University officials did not ask an anti-terrorism task force to help provide security for next month’s controversial appearance by Bill Ayers, university spokeswoman Janet Kacskos said Thursday.
Randy Gockley, a member of the executive board of the South Central Task Force, confirmed Kacskos’ statement.
Gockley said Greg Noll, the task force’s program manager. proposed to university officials during “informal talks” that the Ayers lecture on March 19 could be used as a training exercise for 20 regional police officers.
“The idea was that the William Ayers visit was something we could incorporate into a real-world (training) event,” said Gockley, the county’s emergency management coordinator.
WE ARE OUTRAGED, OUTRAGED! THAT PUBLIC FUNDS SHOULD BE USED TO … to…
…uh…
They what?
Volunteered?
Does this mean the DA and Rep. Bear were lambasting the task force itself for its’ fiscal “irresponsibility?”
Ah, but here’s Stedman in this morning’s paper, a-sounding like the chief law enforcement official of this here community should:
“(Ayers) has the absolute right to speak,” Stedman said. “The university has an absolute right to invite him, and law enforcement has a responsibility to do everything we can to keep the peace.
“Whether we agree with him or not, we’ll do our job regardless of who the person is, as we’ve done in the past.”
Good. Though I eagerly await the attempts to argue with this sentiment.
