Here's one way you can use the only real power you have and you can do it today - Go vote !
Voting is May 15th, but you can still avoid the long line by voting early, today !!
One of the AISD board members is up for re-election. Go show them how many people from our precinct can turn out and vote !!!
If you are curious about Mr Doyle Valdez. He will need your help, as he is the only member with an opponent for the school board race! Here is what the Austin Chronicle has on him (and they recommend re-electing him):
. AISD Board, Position 8:
Doyle Valdez:
Only one of the three AISD board races is contested, which may indicate either a popular consensus on the board's direction or a worrisome reluctance to take on the difficulties of setting policy and especially budgets for an increasingly urbanized school district working in the shadow of a too-often-indifferent state government. We'll presume the former, for now, and recommend a vote for incumbent President Valdez against perennial candidate Jennifer Gale, whose earnestness is exceeded only by her inexperience. We're glad the board and district have moved beyond the administrative chaos that characterized it only a few years ago, and Valdez certainly deserves considerable credit for that transition. We would hope, however, that he and the board would more often look beyond the immediate crises and the administration's instinct for one-size-fits-all answers, and look for ways to make district policy more dynamic and adaptable to the rapid demographic and financial changes in the school community.
For the full article and other issues, go to the source
The Austin Chronicle
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-04-30/pols_feature7.html
Voting is May 15th, but you can still avoid the long line by voting early, today !!
One of the AISD board members is up for re-election. Go show them how many people from our precinct can turn out and vote !!!
If you are curious about Mr Doyle Valdez. He will need your help, as he is the only member with an opponent for the school board race! Here is what the Austin Chronicle has on him (and they recommend re-electing him):
. AISD Board, Position 8:
Doyle Valdez:
Only one of the three AISD board races is contested, which may indicate either a popular consensus on the board's direction or a worrisome reluctance to take on the difficulties of setting policy and especially budgets for an increasingly urbanized school district working in the shadow of a too-often-indifferent state government. We'll presume the former, for now, and recommend a vote for incumbent President Valdez against perennial candidate Jennifer Gale, whose earnestness is exceeded only by her inexperience. We're glad the board and district have moved beyond the administrative chaos that characterized it only a few years ago, and Valdez certainly deserves considerable credit for that transition. We would hope, however, that he and the board would more often look beyond the immediate crises and the administration's instinct for one-size-fits-all answers, and look for ways to make district policy more dynamic and adaptable to the rapid demographic and financial changes in the school community.
For the full article and other issues, go to the source
The Austin Chronicle
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-04-30/pols_feature7.html
