I often like to quote Robert Wilkinson. This particular quote in my opinion would ring true for the Amagansett School Board: “People who choose silence over accountability aren’t sorry, they’re strategic. They’re hoping their silence pressures you into letting it go so they never have to take responsibility.
“That’s not guilt or growth. That’s manipulation hiding behind avoidance.”
Still here.
Joe Karpinski
Amagansett
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