State Sen. Fred Girod
The Oregon State Board of Education has overreached with its recent ban on Native American-themed mascots. Its ruling violates legislative authority, threatens the finances of cash-strapped schools and violates common sense.
The new policy, adopted on a 5-1 vote May 17, shoulders its way into an area of decision making that should be reserved for the State Legislature. Decisions of this sensitivity and consequence should be carefully debated and vetted by…