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 To the editor:I am writing to express my deep concerns about the
proposed city truancy ordinance which I read about in yesterday's
paper. I am an 18-year-old high school graduate, and because I look
young for my age I am frequently mistaken for a person under 17. The
thought that I could be stopped, questioned and asked for
identification on the streets of Lincoln for no other cause than
that I look like I am 17 or younger both terrifies and disgusts me.
I am a junior leader in my 4-H club, which has mostly
home-schooled members. Since they have more flexible afternoon
schedules, we frequently do community service projects during public
school hours for groups in Lincoln which don't have the option of
after-school times. If this proposed ordinance were in effect
without being restricted to only children listed as absent from
school, we would be much more likely to do our community service in
other towns which do not threaten our First and Fourth Amendment
rights.
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 There are a dozen other arguments I can think of which point out
flaws in this proposed ordinance and the serious consequences to
myself and others. What scares me the most is that Lincoln will
become a town where I cannot walk down the street or do something
with a group of children trying to help their community without
being stopped and forced to prove myself innocent.
Elizabeth Carter
[Posted
November 30, 2007]
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