<p>He is running. Current chair of the budget committee. The same group having issues with finding a 'missing' $69M.<br>
He's been a near consecutive board member for the past 30 years. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 24, 2012 9:46 AM, "Charles Shapiro" <<a href="mailto:hooterpincher@gmail.com">hooterpincher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
So what do you know about this guy, Paul Womack? Is he running again?<br>
<br>
-- CHS<br>
<br>
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> It is with no small degree of impending community and personal<br>
> responsibility that these words are written. As I have been involved with<br>
> the lives of many people over the more than 2 decades living in DeKalb<br>
> County, involved with the upbringing of my own children, involved with<br>
> education both of myself, my wife and my children and the children of<br>
> others, I know solidly that there is little else we do as adults that has<br>
> more importance than to prepare the next generation for the world they will<br>
> inherit from us. To this end I have worked with the graduates of DeKalb<br>
> County School System at Georgia State University, Emory University and<br>
> Georgia Perimeter College as an instructor of physics and astronomy. I have<br>
> seen first hand many of the strengths and weaknesses of our county school<br>
> system both in the students I have taught, my own children, their friends<br>
> and the children of friends as well as in my interactions with school<br>
> officials and teachers over the past 20 years. I have weathered the<br>
> divisiveness of power during a fight for school control that resulted in<br>
> forced faculty changes and parents pulling their children from the school to<br>
> avoid recriminations from the teachers that won. I have been compelled to<br>
> act on behalf of faculty, students and staff when central office processes<br>
> had totally failed and health and safety issues were putting all school<br>
> members at risk.<br>
><br>
> As I discussed my views and convictions surrounding the DeKalb County School<br>
> System with my family and friends, I discovered a community of supporters<br>
> encouraging my greater involvement. As my resolve steeled with the rising<br>
> awareness of the work ahead, the circle of supporters widened. Speaking<br>
> briefly of intentions with parents, community people and teachers within the<br>
> school system has provided the final conviction that the level of effort is<br>
> recognized by more than just a few and I am not alone in willingness to work<br>
> towards the betterment of DeKalb County School System for the benefit of<br>
> all.<br>
><br>
> To this end, I announce my candidacy for the DeKalb County Board of<br>
> Education District 4 for the General Election on November 6, 2012<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> --<br>
> James P. Kinney III<br>
><br>
> As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to<br>
> consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they<br>
> please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.<br>
> - 2011 Noam Chomsky<br>
><br>
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