Politics & Government

Sunshine Elected School Board President

Do you think the "mob rule" comment was out of line?

The Glen Cove Board of Education's when trustee Joel Sunshine made a comment cautioning against the board's decisions being too swayed by public opinion, calling it a "slippery slope toward mob rule."

Residents in the audience took offense, and the topic came up again this week after .

Do you think Sunshine's comment should have weighed more heavily on board members' voting? Did it warrant the response it got from some in the community? 

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