Ken Mettler proposes anti-Harvey Milk, pro-Reagan Day "Harvey Milk does not rise to that level"

[The Straight Story]

Ken Mettler proposes anti-Milk, pro-Reagan school policies


A Kern High School District trustee wants to say no to Harvey Milk and yes to Ronald Reagan.

Trustee Ken Mettler, who is also running in the 32nd Assembly District Republican primary, will ask his board colleagues at a Monday meeting to adopt a policy discouraging schools from celebrating Harvey Milk Day May 22, which honors one of the first openly gay men elected to public office in California.

He will also ask trustees to support a state Senate bill establishing Ronald Reagan Day, which would fall on Feb. 6.

"This is something I truly believe in, and the timing makes sense," Mettler said Thursday. "Harvey Milk does not rise to that level of recognition. These days should be reserved for those who have had a major impact."

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Harvey Milk Day into law last Oct. 12. Milk served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors before being assassinated in 1978. Harvey Milk Day this year falls on a Saturday.

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