I’ve been a busy guy lately, and neglecting my blogger duties.  I was nudged by my friend Rich Brady to take a position about tomorrow’s election, in particular, the school board issues.  He sent me this email, and I figure he says it pretty well:

 

The teacher’s union is trying to get a majority on the SD Board of Education. They have a unique opportunity to do this because one of the people running (Barrera) is unopposed, which of course means he’s automatically in. He plus Sheila Jackson, who most often supports union positions, will give them two votes out of five The critical vote in this election is the Mitz Lee/ John Evans contest, with Evans being the union-supported candidate. If he wins, the Board will have a union-supporting majority which will be disasterous for the challenges facing us including possible teachers strikes and budget cuts.
We simply can’t stack the deck against our new superintendent and any possible semblance of what’s good for our kids education as opposed to what’s good for ther teacher’s union,by handing over the Board majority to the union. We must return Mitz Lee to another term.

A little about Rich:  He was PTA president when I set foot on the hallowed ground of Grant Math+Science Magnet school.  It was my full intention to keep a low profile around school- I was giving up a LOT of my “work-time” to be a dad, and needed to be mindful of the entanglements that come with volunteering.  As a self-employed person for 26 years, I have little patience for the typical “stuff” that goes on within volunteer organizations.  Rich, however (damn, you Rich, damn you!) ran the PTA in a way I could handle.  Like a business, and like an entrepreneur.  Sadly, I said to myself, “This is a guy with whom I can work”.  And proceeded to do so.  Leadership has changes since then,  but Rich and I still enjoy working together.
And I value his opinion.
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