By Jeffrey S. Solochek, Times Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
LAND O'LAKES — A Pasco County Sheriff's Office patrol car sat parked right in front of the entrance to Tuesday's School Board meeting.
An armed, uniformed deputy stood in the back of the board room, arms crossed, eyes scanning the crowd.
The assorted officials in the room said this public display of security had nothing to do with last week's high profile shooting at a school board meeting in Panama City. In that instance, the gun-wielding husband of a dismissed school employee ranted about the economy before firing at the board and then taking his own life.
The deputy's presence in Land O'Lakes, where officers do not always attend, had more to do with the meeting agenda, they said. Specifically, the board was to consider new attendance zones for several schools in central and ...