Many people have asked us who we are endorsing for the school board. Today we are announcing that we are endorsing Justin Gardner for one of the open positions.
Justin has repeatedly demonstrated one of the core tenets of what he believes -- openness and transparency -- by being the one who attends, and video records the HCSD board of education meetings. He does this to ensure people who can't attend have an opportunity to see what is going on.
He, like us, believes that we can only fix the fiscal structural problems in the district by involving as many stake holders as possible. We find it ironic that the district is willing to bring 150+ people together over the summer to discuss "athletics sustainability" but cannot, apparently, find any time to bring people together to discuss "district sustainability".
Like us, Justin is fed up with the way the district and the board of education manages our tax dollars. He promises to work with everyone in community to find solutions to our money woes, something that other people on the board and running for the board have not shown an inclination to do.
So, if you are at all concerned with the way things are being run, please vote for Justin on November 8th.
And for the other open position? Well, after much discussion we have decided to only endorse one candidate. Some of you may ask why. Simply, while we believe any of the other three non-incumbents would be a far better choice than the incumbent running for reelection, none of them was able to satisfy us that their positions were inline with ours on enough of the issue to warrant an endorsement. There's also a tactical reason for people to only vote for one candidate (despite there being two positions), but that is a side-effect to our decision, not the driving factor behind it.
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