[ale] DeKalb County School Board candidacy announcement

[Matthew]

I usually have issues with career politicians. I think people should
let others take over.

On 5/24/12, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> He is running. Current chair of the budget committee.  The same group
> having issues with finding a 'missing' $69M.
> He's been a near consecutive board member for the past 30 years.
> On May 24, 2012 9:46 AM, "Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So what do you know about this guy, Paul Womack?  Is he running again?
>>
>> -- CHS
>>
>> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > It is with no small degree of impending community and personal
>> > responsibility that these words are written. As I have been involved
>> > with
>> > the lives of many people over the more than 2 decades living in DeKalb
>> > County, involved with the upbringing of my own children, involved with
>> > education both of myself, my wife and my children and the children of
>> > others, I know solidly that there is little else we do as adults that
>> > has
>> > more importance than to prepare the next generation for the world they
>> will
>> > inherit from us. To this end I have worked with the graduates of DeKalb
>> > County School System at Georgia State University, Emory University and
>> > Georgia Perimeter College  as an instructor of physics and astronomy. I
>> have
>> > seen first hand many of the strengths and weaknesses of our county
>> > school
>> > system both in the students I have taught, my own children, their
>> > friends
>> > and the children of friends as well as in my interactions with school
>> > officials and teachers over the past 20 years. I have weathered the
>> > divisiveness of power during a fight for school control that resulted
>> > in
>> > forced faculty changes and parents pulling their children from the
>> school to
>> > avoid recriminations from the teachers that won. I have been compelled
>> > to
>> > act on behalf of faculty, students and staff when central office
>> processes
>> > had totally failed and health and safety issues were putting all school
>> > members at risk.
>> >
>> > As I discussed my views and convictions surrounding the DeKalb County
>> School
>> > System with my family and friends, I discovered a community of
>> > supporters
>> > encouraging my greater involvement. As my resolve steeled with the
>> > rising
>> > awareness of the work ahead, the circle of supporters widened. Speaking
>> > briefly of intentions with parents, community people and teachers
>> > within
>> the
>> > school system has provided the final conviction that the level of
>> > effort
>> is
>> > recognized by more than just a few and I am not alone in willingness to
>> work
>> > towards the betterment of DeKalb County School System for the benefit
>> > of
>> > all.
>> >
>> > To this end, I announce my candidacy for the DeKalb County Board of
>> > Education District 4 for the General Election on November 6, 2012
>> >
>> > --
>> > --
>> > James P. Kinney III
>> >
>> > As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
>> > consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as
>> > they
>> > please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
>> > - 2011 Noam Chomsky
>> >
>> > http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/
>> >
>> >
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