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Ann Arbor teen who fought “anti”-bully bill takes on another “Bully” issue

By on March 1, 2012 in Interview, Uncategorized

Look out world, here comes Katy Butler. Again.

Last November, I wrote about an amazing teenager from Ann Arbor named Katy Butler (HERE and HERE.) She and her friend Carson Borbely put a petition on Change.org to try to force legislative change on what became known as the “License to Bully Bill”.

Well, Katy is back at it. Because she has been such an activist on the issue of bullying, starting at the tender age of 16 and continuing now that she’s 17, she is very well-informed about the issue. She recently found out about a new documentary film called “BULLY” that follows several teens who are dealing with bullies and reveals the impact this has on them and their family and friends.…


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State Education Board member ties schools of choice to bullying: Allow bullies to drive kids out – UPDATED

By on November 29, 2011 in Education

You have to hand it to the Republicans who are hell-bent on destroying the public school systems through what they dishonestly call the “schools of choice” initiative, they are nothing if not creative. This label is dishonest because the reality is that the “choice” they mention is only available to those with the resources to afford it. If you can afford to send your kid across town (including transportation to and from school), you could be described as having a “choice”. If not? Well, no choice for you. And that doesn’t even speak to the issue of funneling tax monies to private, for-profit schools or to religious schools.…


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Update on Ann Arbor teens’ anti-bullying petition

By on November 22, 2011 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan Republicans

Last week, I wrote about Carson Borbely & Katy Butler, two inspiring Ann Arbor teens who have done something tangible and important to combat bullying in Michigan. Fighting back against a Senate-passed “License to Bully” bill that claims to be “anti-bullying”, the created a petition at Change.org. When I wrote my piece last Thursday, the petition had a bit over 53,000 signatures. Today, only five days later, it has over 55,000.

Katy and Carson are also beginning to get noticed. Shortly after my piece (along with some targeting tweeting and emails), AnnArbor.com did a piece about them. So did the Macomb Patch.…


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Two Ann Arbor teens help to create legislative change on Michigan’s “License to Bully” bill – UPDATED x2

By on November 17, 2011 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan Republicans

Last week, I wrote a piece for A2Politico about the so-called “anti”-bullying bill passed by the Michigan Senate a couple of weeks ago that is not only not anti-bullying but, in fact, is generally known as “The License to Bully Bill”. In my article, I mentioned two Ann Arbor teenagers who stepped up to respond in a powerful way.

Two Ann Arbor-area students, Katy Butler and Carson Borbely, created a petition on the online petition website Change.org. Their petition is currently the most popular on the site and has picked up well over 500 signatures just in the hour or so that it has taken me to write this piece.…

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