TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE

Then I saw "a new heaven and a new earth," for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. Revelation 21:1

Concerns about Cherry’s fall

Germantown citizens are still reeling from a recent triple-whammy:

1) Principal Kyle Cherry of Houston High was caught intoxicated, putting a ladder up to a window of a Houston High teacher;

2) Mr. Cherry was allowed to remain on the job for nine months with only a reprimand that required him to selfreport similar incidents;

3) This incident was never revealed publicly until journalists began investigating after Mr. Cherry abruptly resigned on April 20.

This incident has raised many troubling questions: namely, which public officials, from the superintendent to the mayor to the city administrator, knew about this problem and did nothing to publicly expose or rectify it?

It is time for a public investigation to determine who was negligent or worse, and new oversight policies adopted to prevent similar incidents

LETTERS

Email letters to letters@commercial appeal.com; mail Letters to the Editor, The Commercial Appeal, 495 Union, Memphis, TN 38103; or click on the “Submit Letter” link on the Opinion page atcommercialappeal.com. from getting swept under the rug. Herschel Freeman, Germantown

Kudos to Cohen’s staff

Recently, I had an issue with my passport, which I needed for a May travel date. I called U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen’s Memphis office for help.

The service I received from Beanie Self was extraordinary. She assisted me every step of the way; she was genuinely concerned about my problem.

As Memphians, we are very fortunate to have Congressman Cohen as our representative and to have his excellent staff at our service.

Ronnie Smith, Cordova