Derry Jackson, arrested again

Portland School Board member Derry Jackson has been arrested for the second time this month, again for violating a restraining order that requires him to be 50 feet from his ex-wife. News coverage.

Discuss.

Feb. 24, 2005
Posted in in the news 2005.

  • 9:25 p.m.
    Feb 24, '05
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    Heh, "breaking news" usually isn't something that happened yesterday. ;)

  • Jonathan Singer (unverified)
    9:40 p.m.
    Feb 24, '05
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    I had to serve jury duty with him and really wanted to hit him for his borderline anti-Semitic comments. I restrained myself, but I must admit it was difficult.

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    11:53 p.m.
    Feb 24, '05
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    So wasn't he off the School Board the last time he got arrested, or does this clinch it?

    If not, why not? You can't serve in the Leg. with a current felony rap, why should the PPS Board be any different?

    Anyway, here are a few reasons why I couldn't care less about Derry Jackson's rap sheet:

    1. First, are there any other School Board members in Oregon with such junk? And if the casual reader doesn't know, is it because Gianola and Emry only consider it "news that's to the point," for example, when a Portland board member is the perp? If a School Board member from Burns, for example, poaches deer on his neighbor's 50 acres of sagebrush, should that be news, too?
    2. Second, what does Derry Jackson's example serve? Does Marc Abrams, or Debbie Menasche, for example, need to be warned of the dire consequences of violating the stipulations of a restraining order? Probably not, huh?
    3. Finally, is it not glaringly obvious to anyone who's come in contact with the Man of the Half-Hour that, if you are not, in fact, inspired to take out your own restraining order for fear that he will hurt you, that Derry Jackson still just might have some "issues?"

    BlueOregon? No. Blue Oregon? No. Red-assed Oregonian? Sure, and make it a double.

  • Rorovitz (unverified)
    11:41 a.m.
    Feb 25, '05
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    Um, am I the only one who doesn't understand John's post?

    And for the record, I think it's very worth questioning the role of Julia Brimm-Edwards work for Nike while on the school board. I think it's in the direction of conflict of interest.

    But Derry really should learn to follow the law. What example does he set for the kids?

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    1:56 p.m.
    Feb 25, '05
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    Mr. Jackson's 15 minutes of infamy should've been up 20 minutes ago. His refusal to step down is an embaressment to the board and a clear signal that his self interest trumps the interest of the community he serves.

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    2:51 p.m.
    Feb 25, '05
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    Lemme break it down for ya, Rorovitz:

    There needs to be a mechanism for removing people from the School Board who are currently in jail, I think.

    But other than that, the fact that Derry Jackson has violence issues that landed him yet again in jail isn't worth the two minutes they spent with it on the Channel 6 Evening News, or the paragraph Kari spent posting it to BlueOregon. It was news the first time. Now it's flogging a dead horse.

    This isn't Derry's first go-round with the law. So what has changed since then?

    Or, if you like, shorter JD: So what?

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