Thursday, May 8, 2003
State rep offers apology for Metco remarks
A liberal state representative from Concord was forced to publicly apologize last night for saying in an animated speech on the House floor that she supported a Boston desegregation program because she would rather have minority kids ``come to my schools than . . . come to my prisons.''
State Rep. Cory Atkins, wife of former U.S. Rep. Chester G. ``Chet'' Atkins, drew a private rebuke from one of her fellow liberal Democrats after the speech late Tuesday night, sources said.[...]
Huh? What the hell is wrong with that? Metco is supposed to help minority kids and their educations (whether it does or not is another matter). Isn't helping kids get a better education another way of saying "keep them out of jail?"
She shouldn't have apologized, she should have repeated what she said.
