Florida School Board Tries To Ban Book

The Miami-Dade School Board has banned a book called "Vamos A Cuba", or "A Visit To Cuba", since then the ACLU and others sued to have the book reinstated to the library. Critics of the book say

(Reuters)"The book teaches our kids that Cuba is a paradise," said Julio Cabarga, president of the exile group Cuban Patriotic Council. "We want to make sure our community knows that we are against the pack of lies, half-truths and deceit that this book is projecting to our kids and our grandkids."

These are 5-7 year old children that are reading this book. Why don't the parents share some responsibility to teach their kids about Cuba? This is a public school, not an anti-Cuban school.

Leonard Pitts, a Miami Herald columnist, noted that the school board's own lawyer warned board members that and banning the book violated the district's policies and would probably be defeated in court, and that an expert said taxpayers could be stuck with a $300,000 legal bill.

"Three hundred grand. To fight over a children's book. And, in all probability, lose. Can you spell idiocy, boys and girls?" Pitts wrote. "If you were educated in a Miami public school, there's a good chance you can't. Yet, the school board has $300,000 to waste on this foolishness?"

That's OK, Jeb will just hit up Dubya for more Federal funding.