the heat moment was lastnight, and after all the heat from bothside,
the boards standed firm on their votes-the name after GVP still uphold
stronger than before because many of these media bias and fabrication
about the GVP.

here are some for your to read:

The former GVP is the rooted of all the Hmong people, before former
GVP became his post, minority groups and Hmong people were living
similarity to slavery in America. With his mobility and changed, it
turned the Hmong people and other minority groups to be who we are
today, former GVP is having as a similarity to our Greatest Dr Martin
Luther King Jr., as who gave his life to do good to mankind and
humanity, such that we are now living with equality, equal, and
rights. Nevertheless, we are yet living in a society that
discrimination is still existed everywhere within the minds and
thoughts of a human being.

Hmong then, were equitable to slavery in America; as for one to
understand that without Dr King, many of you and I are not having the
luxury as we are today and able to speak freely as we are doing here
at this very moment. To put this in contrast, as without the former
GVP, our Hmong people may still lived in slavery situation as bowing
and kneeling their heads to low land Lao, as whenever they past by, as
well as people of our generation may still being deny education
(because most poor people and minority were deny of education). Before
the former GVP became his post, there was no Hmong PHD, and educated
men were less than or few than 10 people. Nowadays, both Hmong men
and women were graduating with degrees from high school to PHD,
because of the rooted caused of the man, former GVP.

I believe that the former General Vang Pao has done good deed to
humanity, mankind, and his name deserved to be recognized as this. I
want to thanks the board members and appalled their diversity and
strong leadership to make this difference.

According to Dr. Gary Yia Lee, a Hmong scholar, who has debated on
radio show back in the early 70 with Dr. McCoy, as when his book,
first came to be known and personally met with Dr. McCoy at the
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Dr. Gary Yia had
offered Dr. McCoy to go back to Long Cheng with him in 1974 and being
his guidance, to further investigate his allegations more thoroughly.
According to Dr Gary Yia, Dr. McCoy was in Laos for only 2 weeks, and
had not even stepped his foot in Long Cheng, back then in those days,
there were no books, libraries, or other authors that written
extensive about Hmong and the former GVP, such that can accessible
easily for reading or quoting. Dr. McCoy also had refused Dr Gary's
offered and said that he was not interested, and his expertise was
Philippine, not Hmong. As far as a scholar, one shall open to peers
review and is willing to further consider the search for the truth and
to validity its resources and materials. However, when scholars who
refused and/or not interested to further research onto validate his/
her resources and materials-This would already tell us about the
research materials and statistical data. I believe that this tells all
about the creditability of the allegation and accusation, as when
scholars who refused of another scholar's assistant to get to the
roots of its sources and causes.

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Tuesday, May 8

School Board stands firm on school name DEBORAH ZIFF 608-252-6120
dziff@madison.com The Madison School Board listened to a passionate
cry from the public Monday night asking that it reconsider issues it
had already decided, including last week's budget cuts and the
controversial naming of a Far West Side elementary school.

But after almost four hours of public comment, the board took no
action to reopen debate or schedule agenda items for a future meeting.
The Doyle Administration building was filled with a standing-room
only, lively crowd speaking out on several different issues.
One portion of the crowd held yellow and red signs protesting the
consolidation of Lapham and Marquette elementary schools into
Marquette, a move made during last week's finalization of the budget.

Another group held handmade yellow signs pleading with the board to
maintain funding for buses to private schools, another budget cut.
And still more people were there to support or oppose the board's
decision to name a new elementary school after Gen. Vang Pao, a Hmong
military leader who fought alongside U.S. troops during the Vietnam
War.

One of the most crowd- pleasing moments came when Bob Queen, a long-
time resident of the Marquette Neighborhood, waved a "symbolic"
$250,000 check and suggested a plan to sell some of the currently
unused property owned by the School District near Marquette School to
real estate developers. His proposal to use the money to keep
elementary students in the school received wild applause from the
audience. He was told to meet with Superintendent Art Rainwater to
discuss the option further.

A request to reconsider the naming of General Vang Pao elementary
school, based on allegations that he ordered summary executions and
was involved in drug trafficking, also led to some heated exchanges.
Heidi Reynolds presented a petition with almost 500 names requesting
that the board reopen a discussion on the name.
"Naming a school isn't about pleasing a community, but it's about our
children, all our children," she said, questioning what teachers and
parents would teach schoolchildren about the school's namesake. UW-
Madison history professor Alfred McCoy, who has raised questions about
Pao's actions in his writings, expressed concern at the meeting about
reports that Pao conscripted "boy soldiers" and had unscrupulous
financial transactions. "I'm strongly in favor of naming the school
after a Hmong leader," he said. "There are many Hmong historic figures
appropriate for the honor." But several other Hmong speakers, who said
they worked or served with Pao, rejected the allegations and said they
were insulted by suggestions that they should choose another figure.
"It's demeaning, insulting," former School Board member Shwaw Vang
said. "Thirty- thousand Hmong people died protecting American people
in South Vietnam. . . . We rescued American troops so we could sell
drugs to them. It's preposterous." The board also elected new
officers. Arlene Silveira was unanimously chosen to replace Johnny
Winston Jr. as president after he declined a nomination to continue in
that role. Lawrie Kobza was again elected as vice president, with
Winston the only dissenting vote. Winston was elected clerk, and Carol
Carstensen was re-elected treasurer.