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In reply to the discussion: (Allen) West watch: no concession, no decision on challenging apparent Murphy win [View all]hay rick
(7,608 posts)21. He only lasted 9 months as a school teacher.
Link: http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2012/06/allen_west_first_commercial.php
From the article:
West's time at DBHS wasn't all hugs and Lisa Frank pencils either: Robert Draper's Do Not Ask What Good We Do, published last month, offers a little more insight:
"West, his wife, Angela, and their two daughters relocated to south Florida in 2004. He taught history at Deerfield Beach High School but only lasted nine months. It astonished him that his students knew nothing about the Constitution or why the Civil War was fought. When one of the kids took a swing at him, West knew that there would be serious trouble if he remained."
Serious trouble? Who could have seen that coming?
In his resignation letter, West wrote:
..."There exists a higher calling and purpose for me to serve in this time of critical need. Late last week I was offered a high level position which will require me to deploy to South Asia, Afghanistan. Although there is an imminent danger involved, as well as separation from those I love, I must accept the call and the challenge for a greater purpose, the safety and security of America and those seeking new freedoms."
In summary: "In the name of freedom, I QUIT."
It was also likely in the name of money: While West made $38,000 for a year at DBHS, in 2008 he made $87,330 as a government contractor with Calibre Inc., according to federal disclosure documents.
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(Allen) West watch: no concession, no decision on challenging apparent Murphy win [View all]
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2012
OP
"I'm a Republican, so you should expect me to act like a whiney deluded loser." - West (R)
Berlum
Nov 2012
#1
You wind it too tightly and it calls you "disgusting" "vile" and "not a lady"
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2012
#18
Like he has a chance of pulling off an election heist. What's he gonna do? Appeal to Gov Scott?
marble falls
Nov 2012
#32