Video of Prudence motion. Comprenez vous?

Thu, 05/28/2009 - 9:48pm — jmcdaid

Transcript:
Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that the committee further delay the closing of Prudence Island school for one year only if additional revenue of 44 thousand dollars is received from the Town of Portsmouth.

Okay, what part of that is not crystal clear? Could two grown human adult native-language speakers simultaneously and independently misconstrue that to mean something other than what it says on its face?

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Fri, 05/29/2009 - 11:19am — Maddie_C

Clear as a bell, but more is needed

Your clip is just the motion, no discussion before or after. Your point is that there's nothing to support the statement by a couple of committee members that they thought they were voting for nothing more than for the council and the school committee to work together. Well was there discussion beforehand that ~might~ lead a committee member to think they were talking about working together? was there discussion after the motion that might support their statement?

I guess I'm asking if the one clip you show of just the motion, clear as a bell to me, leaves room for the typical politicians excuse that it was "taken out of context"

Fri, 05/29/2009 - 8:52pm — jmcdaid

Will see what I can do

Hi, Maddie_C...
YouTube unfortunately has a 10-minute limit; have been looking at a couple of other video sharing services but can't guarantee I'll be able to post the whole thing real soon. If you live in the area, you can check the Channel 18 listings for the full meeting.

Cheers.
-j