[Peace-discuss] Melodye Rosales for Champaign School Board info

[Robert Naiman]

I was going to stay out of this, seeing as how I don't live in
Champaign and all, but then, looking at my own sample ballot, I
stumbled across the sample ballot for Champaign.

It turns out that it's "vote for 4" and that doesn't count Mr. Banks
who is running unopposed to fill an unexpired term.

Thus, one could actually vote for all of the candidates who have been
suggested on this list:

> Nathanial Banks

> Melodye Benson Rosales
> Minosca Alcantara
> Chuck Jackson
> Greg Novak

and there is a strategic argument for doing so. To do real strategery,
of course, one would need to know the relative electoral strength of
the various candidates, which I don't.

But putting that to the side, let's suppose that a goal is to block,
say, Grey and Chalifoux, on the grounds that they are "blame parents
first" candidates, as David suggests.

Then it would make sense to vote for 4, because if you only vote for
3, you're abstaining on the vote for the fourth slot. You're saying,
"come on in, Grey and Chalifoux, I have no problem with you being
re-elected."

On 4/14/07, Karen E. Medina <kmedina at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Bob wrote: Greg Novak, a former teacher, is running and he has been
> endorsed by labor
>
> A labor endorsement alone is not enough to make me vote for him this
> time. We have some very important issues concerning the future of
> Champaign, and Novak just is not strong enough on those issues for me to
> vote for him.
>
> I do suggest people look into:
> Melodye Benson Rosales
> Nathanial Banks
> Minosca Alcantara
> Chuck Jackson
>
> Do remember to vote on Tuesday, April 17, 2007. The polls will be open
> from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Check your voter registration card for
> your polling location or go to
> https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/registration_status.html
> for more information.
>
> ==
> David Green wrote:
> Candidates being supported by the progressive community include M.
> Rosales, Alcantara, and Jackson, as well as Banks (uncontested). What
> they seem to have in common is a penchant not to blame parents and
> families first for the problems kids have at schools, as do especially
> Grey and Chalifoux, and probably Bambenek, although he was relatively
> well behaved at a recent forum.
>
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