[ale] DeKalb County School Board candidacy announcement

[Jim Kinney]

Heh, heh. That's my plan :-}
On May 24, 2012 10:50 AM, "Matthew" <simontek at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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