An accurate lesson
April 24th, 2008, 5:24 pm · Post a Comment · posted by rlederman
Why would he resign? This guy just demonstrated for high-schoolers what lawmakers think of taxpayers. He was the best civics teacher the young minds ever could have had.
Lawmaker whose computer showed topless image to kids resigns
AP Statehouse Correspondent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A state lawmaker whose computer displayed an image of a topless woman during a presentation to high schoolers has resigned, the Ohio House Democratic leader said Thursday.
The image was projected after Rep. Matthew Barrett, a Democrat from
Amherst, inserted a data memory stick into the computer for a lecture on how a bill becomes a law. He was speaking in October to an American government class of about 20 students in the northern Ohio city of
Norwalk.
Barrett first said he didn’t know how the image had become intermingled with his graphics presentation.
A later review by the Norwalk Police, with help from the State Highway Patrol, found the image had been downloaded by one of Barrett’s children. After it appeared on the screen, Barrett immediately shut down the computer and finished the presentation using paper handouts.
Democratic leader Joyce Beatty said Barrett acknowledged not being truthful about the matter and she immediately demanded his resignation. A spokesman for the House Democratic caucus declined to elaborate on what Barrett said that was untrue.
“It became clear that Rep. Barrett had not been forthright with me and his colleagues,” she said in a statement.
Barrett’s Statehouse office and his law office referred questions to the caucus.
No timeline had been set for replacing Barrett.
