I was quite surprised to see in this morning's Statesman-Journal that Jack Stoops has applied for one of the appointed positions on the WESD Board. As chair of that Board over the past few years he presided over a fiasco of epic proportions. When it became clear that he couldn't get re-elected he withdrew from the election and now wants back on the Board through this back door process. What hubris.
This method of selecting ESD board members is part of a pilot program in which five members are elected by the school districts who make up the ESD and the remaining four are chosen by those five "elected" board members. Public institutions should not be run on political patronage which, in my opinion, the current process fosters. Let's go back to the direct public election of ESD board members.
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