School Board Cowers Behind Phony JROTC "Task Force"Marc Nortonbyline‚ Dec. 12‚ 2007Five members of the San Francisco School Board voted last night to extend JROTC for a year. They pretended to act on the request of the JROTC Task Force for more time to work on an "alternative" to JROTC. In fact, they are taking their marching orders from the Pentagon. Only Eric Mar and Mark Sanchez had the moxie to say no to the war-makers. Beyond Chron has acquired copies of the meeting notes of the JROTC Task Force through early October. Our review of these notes reveals that the task force is actually in the business of blocking the creation of any alternative to JROTC -- the exact opposite of its mandate. Their request for more time is as phony as a three-dollar bill. Reliable sources tell us that Sanchez admits that the board was "played" by the task force. |