> Eva Young > Near North wrote > Read the article to read what all school board candidates said. After the > debate, I talked with candidate Starway - who is running as Republican > without party endorsement. During that conversation, he mentioned that > gays were causing the downfall of civilization. Starway has not approached > Log Cabin Republicans of Minnesota for endorsement. With that attitude, he > will not get LCR-MN endorsement. > > http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=47607&sID=13 > > Many candidates, like David Dayhoff, agreed that the school system is > failing because of a lack of vision and clear strategies. Dayhoff said the > school board is suffering from "bungled" policies, "disastrous" > school-closing plans, and a "massive stampede of children out of the district." > > "I cannot sit on the sidelines any longer,"Dayhoff said. "For four years we > have been stuck in a vicious cycle of massive budget cuts. The board's > response is [that] we're going to do what we did last year, but less of it." > > Dayhoff pointed out that the huge exodus of students out of the urban > schools to the suburban school districts makes the situation even worse. > "The problem is not White flight, but Black flight,"Dayhoff said. Dayhoff > said the rates of Black students transferring out of the Minneapolis > district is 7.8 percent per year, while the transfer of White students is > 3.5 percent per year. > > Kudos to Henry-Blythe for standing up to the Teachers Union here. Is this > the reason she didn't get DFL endorsement? > > Incumbent candidate Henry-Blythe said within the district there are > institutional and structural issues and "dirty little secrets" in the > district that need to be discussed. Henry-Blythe said the high level of > teacher turnover rates and the inability to match teachers to children are > due to a rigid union contract. > > "I understand these agreements were made to protect adults, but the > pendulum has swung too far from the center and our children are being hurt, > and the achievement gap will never be closed," Henry-Blythe said. She added > that seniority has caused some schools to experience a 200 percent teacher > turnover rate in three years.
To see and hear the candidates "in the flesh", so to speak, subscribers to Time Warner Cable in Minneapolis can turn to Channel 15 this Monday, Sept 13, for a two hour broadcast of the Candidate Debate held at the Minneapolis Urban League on August 16th. Most of the candidates were there. This was originally broadcast on my regular Thursday evening (5:30 PM Channel 17) show CITIZENSHIP CHRONICLES in two parts. This is a great chance to see the candidates one last time before going to the polls on Tuesday to winnow them down to six for the general election. It will be repeated every 5 hours on Channel 15 starting at midnight on Monday so you can catch them just before voting if you wish. Steven M Nelson Willard Hay http://citizenshipchronicles.blogspot.com/ Get UP! Get OUT! & GET INVOLVED!!! REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
