In a community that sees too few contested races, in a time when educational policy is under debate across Wisconsin, the Whitewater Schools have three candidates contesting two open school board seats.
I’ve been following this election (as longtime readers would expect), and I’ll post about all three candidates – Kelly Davis, Dan McCrea, and Jim Stewart – this week.
At the least, I’ll have four election-related posts this week: a quick summary of my own views (candid policy declarations are a virtue), and then longer posts on each of the three candidates.
Here’s my planned order of presentation:
Tuesday: Summary of Views.
Wednesday: Post on Candidate Kelly Davis.
Thursday: Post on Candidate Dan McCrea.
Friday: Post on Candidate Jim Stewart.
These initial posts may be followed by others; this outline is a floor, not a ceiling.
Readers will find that, to my eyes, there are clear choices in this race. Having written directly on Whitewater subjects for nearly eight years (and sure to write for decades to come), I’ll be forthright in my remarks.
Eligible voters in the direct may vote for two of the three candidates, and there are two candidates who seem, to me, especially good choices.
More on all this, beginning tomorrow.
I wanted to add my thoughts prior to your conversation regarding the school board candidates. I find it distressing that the “Whitewater Banner” blog, which Mr. Stewart authors, is consistently riddled with typos and inaccuracies. For example, a few weeks ago the “Banner” ran a story concerning Mr. Ray Guy, a retired NFL punter. Mr. Guy played exclusively for the Oakland Raiders for 14 seasons yet Mr. Stewart said Mr. Guy played for the Minnesota Vikings. Just 4 days ago the “Banner” ran a story about the Whitewater High School girl’s basketball team stating that they would play the state semi-final game on Thursday, March 12th when in fact that game was scheduled for Friday, March 13th. How can one support Mr. Stewart for the school board, an entity that oversees the education of the youth in the surrounding area, when it appears he disdains both the fact and spell checking activities that are the journalistic mainstay of any publically available information site such as the “Banner”.