“HE RELIGIOUSLY EXERCISED HIS RIGHT TO HAVE HIS OPINIONS HEARD ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS”…
BC- My kind of guy!….Voicing his opinion must have been the key to his longevity!….
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‘Hallandale Beach resident Barney Schlesinger, who over the last 25 years attended roughly 600 Broward County School Board meetings, died Tuesday of heart failure. He was 95.
“He would come every week,” said School Board member Robin Bartleman. “He religiously exercised his right to have his opinions heard about the public schools.”
As part of his blistering critiques, he would single out school board members as “lying wimps,” “public thieves” and “big double dippers.” He often complained about what he called exorbitant spending.
Born on Dec. 30, 1913 in New York City, Mr. Schlesinger was one of seven siblings. He worked his way through Brooklyn College selling fish and earned a bachelors degree
An avid swimmer who went to the pool most days until he was 94, Mr. Schlesinger loved exercise and education.
“Education was always very important to him,” said his son, Michael Schlesinger. “He believed that money shouldn’t be misspent on schools.”‘
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