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Vasquez has
spent about $90,000 on his first two campaigns so he
obviously has the “political” bug. Can
Toledo
elect two Hispanics to the school board? I can see Vasquez
slide by Richard Brown and Toledo Police Department
Detective Harold Mosley, who may declare this week, if they
split the black vote.
Can Vasquez
get past Republican Chris Myers? Maybe so, if the Myers’
affiliation with School Board members Darlene Fisher and
Robert Torres becomes an albatross.
And what
will Mayor Carty Finkbeiner do now that The Blade has given
him a green light to intervene in school board matters? Make
that a directive rather than just a green light.
Point Place
activist Lisa Sobecki is in a great position. She is a
smart, Democratic white female with the Party’s endorsement
(the Dem’s have endorsed both Sobecki and Brown) who lives
in a part of town that always has a heavy voting turnout.
The mayor
has called for civic leaders, who are “big picture” guys, to
come forward to take on the challenge of TPS. He then
publicly recommended one Jack Ford.
Huh?
Isn’t that
the guy Hizzoner beat two years ago because he said he could
not lead? I am beginning to surmise that Carty is doing all
he does in anticipation of a new TV series – The Mayor.
Deborah
Barnett is soon to go. She is a peach of a woman, nothing
but pure class. The Toledo Chamber of Commerce will rue the
day that they turned their backs on her and supported the
“reform” candidates, Torres and Fisher. Barnett has been a
great club woman, sorority leader and community activist for
20 years. Her strength and leadership will be greatly
missed. We all wish her well in her newly expanded role with
Sky-Huntington.
Did you
read the Charlene M. Czerniak opinion piece on May 19 in The
Blade? You must read this. It says it all as to where we
need to go in the area of math and science for Toledo’s
future.
She ought
to be hired as a deputy superintendent for curriculum
development.
As a side
note, Iran’s announcement that they want to be like China is
pretty scary. We should worry about that, not about the
bomb. The last thing American industry needs is an
increasing number of global competitors who have or are
figuring out that getting their children ready in math and
science is the way to go. China, India, Japan, Ireland …
who’s next?
Memo to the
aforementioned Harold Mosley. If you are going to run,
please consider the following steps first.
Have a
campaign manager who is talented, a treasurer who will fill
out your forms properly, a finance chairman who knows how to
ask for money, a scheduler who knows your hours and can
direct you, a volunteer coordinator who can recruit people
to help you and, then, have your paperwork for your
committee completed. Do all of this before you
announce.
Contact Jack
Ford at
jack@thetruthtoledo.com
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