Anti-vegan school refuses to allow a fair defense to be prepared

Posted At : October 19, 2007 12:37 AM | Posted By : Daily Veg Editor
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School district officials have denied Dave Warwak's appeal for transcripts.

Recently fired for telling his students to keep veganism a secret, Warwak claims to have never said the word secret. "I said the exact opposite. The last thing I want is for veganism to be a secret."

Warwak is asking for time to review transcripts so he may prepare his defense. At particular issue with Warwak are records from the Sept. 24 closed-door meeting in which he was terminated.

District attorney, Robert Riley feels surrendering transcripts from past meetings is an issue for the hearing officer to address on the day of the hearing.

School officials and Warwak did manage to get together on one item of contention. Through a process of elimination, they agreed to allow Edward L. Suntrup PhD to hear the controversial case. Suntrup, known for his unwavering neutrality, was selected from a list of five potential hearing officers provided by the Illinois State Board of Education.

A tenured teacher of 10 years, Warwak has been at odds with his school over their lunch program since April.

The hearing is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 19th.

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Victory - animal protest judged legal

Posted At : October 5, 2007 6:07 PM | Posted By : Daily Veg Editor
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In an important decision, the Australian federal court ruled on October 4 that a protest against live sheep export was legal, as it was concerned with environmental protection:

http://www.animalsaustralia.org/media/press_releases.php?release=86

The ruling makes a mockery Peter Costello's pathetic attempt to restrict free speech in Australia. The most important message is that in future, all Australian protesters need to ensure that their message is related to consumer protection or the environment, the two situations that earn an exclusion from the secondary boycott provisions of the Trade Practices Act. This, however isn't hard as the livestock industry (including wool production) is a leading cause of global warming and environmental degradation and meat causes all sorts of health issues including higher risk of cancer, heart problems, diabetes, BSE, bird flu, food poisoning and more.

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