The Jedi Kinght Prevails at County School Board Meeting

Breaking news from Christopher Knight's blog.

The Rockingham County (NC) School Board voted not to implement a mandatory dress code.

The July 9 school board meeting recieved more attention than normal because Knight came to the meeting dressed as a Jedi Knight. There were segments about the meeting on at least two local tv stations in the Greensboro tv market.

On his blog, Knight (not to be confused with the former child actor from "The Brady Bunch" who has the same name) said the following:

"I just got home. I am feeling quite rank after wearing a full Jedi Knight costume since 4 this afternoon."

The school board voted to rescind the motion for mandatory uniforms by a 7-3 margin.

Knight is known in the region for his own campaign to be on the school board. He made several eccentric campaign commercials which each featured "Star Wars" references. Three other school candidates, each of whom alas lost, also made similar over-the-top tv commercials, which featured a scene from a B-Western as well as Pink Floyd's anthem "Another Brick in the Wall."

All of Knight's ads can found on youtube, and "The New York Times" wrote what might be their first story ever from Rockingham County about the school board campaign.

Knight is also heavily promoting "The Transformers" movies. I haven't seen it.

For more info:

http://theknightshift.blogspot.com