Finishing
the Job
WANTED: A QUALIFIED SCHOOL BOARD
CANDIDATE
Mercer
voters have accomplished what many though would have been an impossible task
several years ago, and that was ridding the Mercer School of an inept
administrator and a corrupt school board.
The job
is almost complete – almost except for one position on the board which is up
for election this coming Spring. The
term of Hank Joustra expires, and someone who is well qualified needs to step
forward and run for the office.
Candidates
for the three-year term can file their Campaign Registration Statements and
Declaration of Candidacy forms beginning this December 1 and have until no
later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, to submit them to the school district
clerk. The election will be held on
Tuesday, April 6. If more than three
candidates file, a primary election will be held on Tuesday, February 16.
(A Mercer
Town Board election is also coming up with the same deadlines, except that
nomination papers are required.
Candidates can begin circulating their nomination papers beginning
December 1, 2020, and will have until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, January 5, to file
them. In that election Mercer voters
will have the opportunity to replace John Sendra as town chairman.)
A purge
of the old school board began with the Spring, 2017, election when voters
ousted Denise Thompson and, in a subsequent election, dumped Kelly Kohegyi, the
mother-in-law of former Administrator Erik Torkelson. Another Torkelson cohort, Deanna Pierpont,
left the board when her term expired, and then was soundly rejected by voters
last Spring when she attempted a comeback.
The last of the Torkelson clique, Micki Pierce-Holmstrom, saw the
writing on the wall and chose last Spring not to seek reelection.
We now
have four well-qualified school board members and a new administrator who have
been cleaning up the mess left behind by Torkelson and his “stooge board”.
Regarding
this coming Spring’s election, the deposed, former school board members or
their “hangers-on” need not apply.
Is this saying that Joustra isn’t running or that he needs to be replaced. If it means replacing him you’ve got that right because he contributes nothing to the School Board. Just watch one of its meetings and you will see what I mean.
ReplyDeleteVic Oiumette should run for school board! His credentials speak for themselves! For Town Board and chairman who do we have that would be willing to run?
ReplyDeleteI heard that Sendra isn’t running for re-election as chairman and that Tanner Hiller is, anybody else hear that?
ReplyDeleteJust when you thought it couldn't get worse.
DeleteThat would like going from bad to badder.
DeleteI heard Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny 🐰 are running for town board.😂🤦♂️ I find it hilarious that you keyboard warriors have so much to say about the school board and town board but rarely, if ever, show up to any meetings! You hide behind your anonymous tag and think your voice or opinions matter.(I am now) I know living in today’s cancel culture is tough and horrible, but show up to the meetings for Christ’s sake!
DeleteAnybody is better then Sendra in my opinion.
DeleteWhat has Hank done so poorly that someone needs to run against him? We all know why Sendra needs to be replaced. It’s hard finding good people to run for positions in a town the size of Mercer. Let’s be grateful we have younger people stepping up. I for one am supporting Hank for re-election if he chooses to run again.
ReplyDeleteIf you have ever watched on Zoom Hank's performance at a school board meeting you wouldn't be voting for him. He brings nothing to the party.
DeleteWell I have not seen any academic improvements and I have 3 kids that attend Mercer school. Joustra certainly was not close to being qualified and he has added NO value except to be vulgar and confrontational. Good thing his term was only one year!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear Sendra may not be running. The town board needs a good cleaning. In stead of analyzing the hell out of the sign ordinance let's get some bussiness in town. Look at all the empty bussiness in town. Get this horder to get rid of his junk and get a bussiness in the lumber yard and Williams electrics old building. Now we have a empty gas station " real classy". Oh wasn't mercer supposed to be the next Aspen Colorado! LOL.
ReplyDeleteOpal Robert’s should run against Joustra!
ReplyDeleteYou don’t need to run for a board or be on a board to speak your mind, our constitutions 1st amendment right gives us that ability.
ReplyDeleteSince when has Mercer followed the laws?
DeleteFace the facts, this school should be closed. Let's stop beating a dead horse.
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