[ale] DeKalb County School Board candidacy announcement

[Pete Hardie]

good luck!

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> sympathy accepted! It's a mess and getting worse.
>
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Tim Watts <tim at cliftonfarm.org> wrote:
>>
>> You have my support -- and my sympathy.  And if district 4 includes
>> Kirkwood then my vote as well (don't remember if I get to vote for all
>> slots or just my district).  Our civic institutions need more
>> civic-minded folks like you.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 17:58 -0400, Jim Kinney 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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> 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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