I think we can all agree that helping our Veterans, like Rory Diamond's K9's for veterans does is a good and worthy thing, but if the Times Union is going to lavish praise on Diamond they should give us a complete picture of the man.
Diamond was one of the fiercest opponents of the school districts efforts to get a sales tax referendum passed to help fix its aging and crumbling schools. While doing so he accused the school board chair of being less than honest, and said only students at charter schools have a chance, which is laughable and uninformed. He did this after taking a million dollars from public school foe and charter school proponent Gary Chartrand,something Diamond didn't bother to disclose. One could make the argument he fought against the city's schools and children, along with jobs and a stimulus, after being paid to do so.
Then speaking of being paid, Diamond is well rewarded for his efforts, after Chartrand's million dollar gift his compensation went up 40k to a quarter million dollars, pretty good right and I guess more proof that true altruism doesn't exist.
Diamond, may love helping veterans but he sure doesn't love helping children, and his moral ambiguity is troubling to say the least.
As a teacher and a veteran people like Diamond make me sick. $250k for what? Because he's politically connected?? He shouldn't make any more than a starting teacher's salary. Diamond certainly puts the "profit" in non-profit. The military is about service, selflessness, and sacrifice. Diamond does not represent any of these ideals. He is a fraud who banks on the kindness of his benefactors.
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