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greatlaurel

(2,004 posts)
Sat Feb 8, 2014, 01:42 AM Feb 2014

Update on Daubenmire petition. Board voted not to hire him. Thanks to everyone who helped!

Last edited Thu Feb 13, 2014, 06:20 PM - Edit history (1)

The school board voted 3-2 against hiring this nut. He will not be hired to torment kids at Lakewood High School.

It was close, but the combined effort made a huge difference. Thank you all very much.

Here is a link to a website that shows his behavior at the school board meeting last night.
http://bustergammons.blogspot.com/


A school board here in Ohio, near us, may hire Dave Daubenmire (aka Coach Dave) for their football coach. He is a homophobic bigot and bully. He thinks he is a great, persecuted Christian martyr. He believes bullying is great.

Watch the video at the link, if you can stomach it. We know the guy and he has no business around kids.

Please help get the word out and help get to 5,000 signatures. https://www.change.org/petitions/lakewood-local-school-district-hebron-oh-do-not-hire-dave-daubenmire

Thanks!

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Update on Daubenmire petition. Board voted not to hire him. Thanks to everyone who helped! (Original Post) greatlaurel Feb 2014 OP
To quote Dave Daubenmire mokawanis Feb 2014 #1
signed! n/t 8 track mind Feb 2014 #2
Done and you want to see something very funny? Turn on the closed captions and read him rant about uppityperson Feb 2014 #3
, blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #4
Wow what's going on in ohio? first that creationist teacher who carved crosses on students' skin, alp227 Feb 2014 #5
signed, let us know if it helps ... mettamega Feb 2014 #6
In addition to all of the tomg Feb 2014 #7
K & R davidpdx Feb 2014 #8
Thank you all so much! greatlaurel Feb 2014 #9
One more thank you to everyone who signed the petition. greatlaurel Feb 2014 #10

mokawanis

(4,455 posts)
1. To quote Dave Daubenmire
Sat Feb 8, 2014, 02:15 AM
Feb 2014

"The whole bullying idea is built around the homosexual agenda, to try to get people not to criticize or make fun of or poke fun at homosexuals."

I'm happy to help with the petition to keep this guy away from school kids. He's a bigot and a fool.

uppityperson

(115,681 posts)
3. Done and you want to see something very funny? Turn on the closed captions and read him rant about
Sat Feb 8, 2014, 03:15 AM
Feb 2014

bowling. Rather than getting pissed, I just laughed at him. What an asshole. Signed the petition as no, he should NOT be around kids.

"bother them cornmeal and eagles an extremist and what those Paul aid veterans I out other memorials"

What?

"will begin to see Christians in Christian ideas cheap christian values become the most ball lead planes in all this nation I don't like bowling".

Ohhhhh Kay. backing slowly away.

alp227

(32,073 posts)
5. Wow what's going on in ohio? first that creationist teacher who carved crosses on students' skin,
Sat Feb 8, 2014, 04:08 AM
Feb 2014

(that teacher is John Freshwater, and he has a mighty interesting court case) then this Coach Dave guy who thankfully has spent at least a decade out of the public schools. according to this news article:

Daubenmire is a 1971 Lakewood High School graduate, but he is perhaps best known for his time coaching at London High School, where the American Civil Liberties Union accused him of mixing religion with teaching and coaching. The ACLU, responding to a parent complaint, filed a letter of concern with London schools regarding team prayer before or after games.

Daubenmire also was head football coach at Heath High School from 1981 to 1988 and, more recently, at Fairfield Christian Academy.

At Fairfield Christain, Daubenmire was named Division VI Coach of the Year in the Central District and led the Knights to the playoffs twice in three seasons.

Two weeks after he was named coach of the year, he was told he would not be brought back for the 2013 season, largely because of disagreements with the administration.


Well, it looks like Coach Dave was too cranky even for this Christian school.

tomg

(2,574 posts)
7. In addition to all of the
Sat Feb 8, 2014, 04:26 AM
Feb 2014

obvious reasons - to begin, the man is a homophobic loon and his apparent teaching philosophy is quite mad - one would think "a fiscally responsible" School board would recognize some very costly law suits coming down the road.

I signed.

greatlaurel

(2,004 posts)
9. Thank you all so much!
Sat Feb 8, 2014, 11:03 AM
Feb 2014

Known this guy all his life, he has always been a bully and all around nasty person. He is so much worse in person. He was heavily involved with the Freshwater case, trying to grab as much attention as he could. The Freshwater thing cost the Mt. Vernon schools a ton of money they could not afford. The same thing is going to happen to the Lakewood district as well.

Ohio is such a strange place. We have tons of great universities and colleges, but we have a huge population of right wing nuts including quite a few Klan and John Birchers, along with a very large and gullible population of religious fundamentalists.

The rethugs are trying to destroy our public schools and universities with a very aggressive privatization of public schools and meddling with the universities. The test case for the universities is what they are doing to the University of Akron. They are eliminating over 50 degree programs and requiring all degree programs that are left guarantee that the degrees link to a specific job after graduation. It is really stupid, an example being elimination of marketing from the business school. What the heck.

If you can think of any more ways of getting the word out let me know.

Thanks again.

greatlaurel

(2,004 posts)
10. One more thank you to everyone who signed the petition.
Thu Feb 13, 2014, 09:50 PM
Feb 2014

This was really important to stop this guy from being hired into the public school system. It saves those kids from being bullied harassed by someone who has a bizarre view of the world and the school district from lawsuits.

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