Two weeks to election, full page on "Schools", and still nothing in the Journal,about the school board elections.

Voting has been going on for two weeks, the election will
be over in two more, and still, the Journal has not printed
a single article of substance, to guide voters in their selection.

Shame on the Journal.


In District 5, you have one of the good ol' boys,
Paula Maes, who, during the APS Gradegate scandal, said in defense of Teresa Cordova's efforts to get her son's grade changed, that
... it's alright for a parent to "get in a teachers face once in awhile", and who once boasted that she would never allow any audit that named corrupt or incompetent good ol' boys by name; like "for example; Tom Savage."



Running against her, a fresh face; Renee Louise Rosales, a candidate who did not hesitate one second before pledging accountability to the Student Standard of Conduct, a nationally recognized, accepted, and respected code of ethical conduct, and
a code of conduct which demands accountability to meaningful standards of conduct and competence; including truth telling.





Over in District 6, we have incumbent Mary Lee Martin who has been on the board for decades; decades that saw one scandal after another with no attention paid to the underlying corruption and incompetence.

Mary Lee Martin was on the school board when Character Counts! was unanimously adopted as the student standard of conduct. Now, if you ask her if she will stand up as a role model of the same standard of conduct, she responds by stonewalling the question.



Her opponent is David Robbins.
Robbins as well, did not hesitate even one second before answering the question about his willingness to stand up as a role model of the student standard of conduct, and his willingness to tell the truth to stakeholders.

Robbins supports an immediate standards and accountability audit of the leadership of the APS.





In District 7,
newcomer Patrick J Marron,
who says that he is ready and willing to step up as a role model of the Student Standard of Conduct, including telling the truth.

Marron is one of the most vocal of the candidates, in his support of an immediate full scale standards and accountability audit of the entire leadership of the APS.







His opponent in District 7,
David Eugene Peercy,
who when asked if he was willing to step up as a role model of the Student Standard of Conduct, muttered something about how I was preaching to him, and turned around and walked away in the middle of our conversation.

Which I take to mean no,
no, he is not willing to be held honestly accountable to a standard of conduct that requires him to tell the truth to stakeholders.






And last, but not least, in District 3,
we have Jeffery C. Rich.

Mr. Rich, says that he will step up as a role model of the Student Standard of Conduct,
and he will tell stakeholders the truth.

Jeffery Rich also has expressed his support of an immediate full scale standards and accountability audit of the leadership of the APS.





Running against Rich, in District 3, are Lorenzo Garcia, Agatha Lopez, and Anna Armijo.

In truth, I have not found the opportunity to ask these candidates face to face, if they are actually willing to step up as role models of a standard of conduct; a standard which requires telling the truth as opposed to the current standard of conduct which requires only, not getting caught telling a lie.

I will ask them, and I will report upon their response.

But the Journal will not ask the questions, nor will they
report upon the responses.


Shame on the Journal.



photos; Mark Bralley