Commisoner President Race

[smcdem]

Sure he can talk, but Julie has walked!

[urfullofit]

Elect a leader, Preserve the past, Embrace the future
To do this we must find a real leader, most of the funding for the remodeling of schools came from the State of Maryland. She and a few others on the board took our tax money and invested it in a piece of swamp land and called it "Tee Off at The MacIntosh". I am sure that it will be a big success if you add a can of insect repellent. The agreement was that the private owner was to come up with x-amount of personal contributions,then the county would put up a bond for the rest . This did'nt happen so to help out their fellow developer they dumped a pile of county$$$$$ and of course our wonderful governor chipped in. So I guess it is safe to say I have helped pay for it twice. Thanks to Julie,Joe,Tommy,Shelby and Paris. I am all for education but they need to be held accountable for all the $$$$$$$$ the board of education spends. Of course they are always asking for more before the fiscal year has even ended.

[Tonio]

BchBns, what's the "H" word?

[Tonio]

Well, you have a point. Most of the school renovation money does NOT come from the county. It comes from the state, about 60 to 70 percent per renovation.

The plan to renovate the county schools has been in place for about 10 years, so I don't believe Randall deserves most of the credit. These renovations are occuring because years ago, Maryland wouldn't approve plans to add new schools. I didn't agree with the state's decision. Many St. Mary's schools are in locations that were fine 30 years ago. But development patterns have created the need for schools elsewhere. Examples: Mechanicsville, Dynard, Banneker, Piney Point. And where has the development occurred? Miles away in Breton Bay, Wildewood, Country Lakes, Golden Beach, Wilderness Run/Chestnut Ridge. Some of these developers promised residents that new schools would be built in these subdivisions. But for a number of reasons, that didn't happen.

[Delilah903]

Originally posted by smcdem
Sure he can talk, but Julie has walked!

I agree that Julie can walk the walk but if we, as taxpayers, continue to walk with her, by the time you are dry behind the ears, owning a new home in St. Mary's County will be a pipe dream for you and others of your generation.

I firmly believe that we spend enough money in the County for education. Unfortunately, not very much of this money finds its way to the classroom. Just how many administrators does it take to run a school system??? What about the salary disparity between these administrators and the average teacher????

[Delilah903]

Originally posted by cariblue


And the alternative is possibly a thief. Of course, we don't know this because he won't respond to the allegations.

How right you are Cariblu!!! See why I question whether my vote will really matter?

I guess either way, they're going to get all of our hard earned money!!

[Kain99]

Originally posted by Delilah903


How right you are Cariblu!!! See why I question whether my vote will really matter?

You did not just say that!!!

1845 - ONE vote brought Texas into the Union

1868 - ONE vote saved President Andrew Johnson from impeachment

1876 - ONE vote gave Rutherford Hayes the presidency of the United States

1939 - ONE vote passed the selective service act

1960 - ONE vote per precinct elected John F. Kennedy President

1978 - ONE vote elected Tim Kelly to his Senate seat in District F

1982 - TWO votes gave the nomination for State Senate in District J to David McCracken in the Primary Election

1984 - ONE vote gave Mary Ratcliff the nomination for State Representative of House District 12 in the Primary Election

1994 - ONE vote per precinct elected Tony Knowles as Governor and Fran Ulmer as Lt.Governor of Alaska out of 216,668 votes cast in the General Election

1996 - ONE vote gave Ann Spohnholz the nomination for State Representative of House District 21 in the Primary Election

1999 - A TIE was broken by a flip of the coin to elect Larry Wilson to a school board seat in the Bering Strait School District

You vote will definitely matter

[Delilah903]

Originally posted by Kain99


You did not just say that!!!

1845 - ONE vote brought Texas into the Union

1868 - ONE vote saved President Andrew Johnson from impeachment

1876 - ONE vote gave Rutherford Hayes the presidency of the United States

1939 - ONE vote passed the selective service act

1960 - ONE vote per precinct elected John F. Kennedy President

1978 - ONE vote elected Tim Kelly to his Senate seat in District F

1982 - TWO votes gave the nomination for State Senate in District J to David McCracken in the Primary Election

1984 - ONE vote gave Mary Ratcliff the nomination for State Representative of House District 12 in the Primary Election

1994 - ONE vote per precinct elected Tony Knowles as Governor and Fran Ulmer as Lt.Governor of Alaska out of 216,668 votes cast in the General Election

1996 - ONE vote gave Ann Spohnholz the nomination for State Representative of House District 21 in the Primary Election

1999 - A TIE was broken by a flip of the coin to elect Larry Wilson to a school board seat in the Bering Strait School District

You vote will definitely matter

Kain,

I'm not questioning whether my vote will count, I'm only stating that whether Julie or Tommy Boy get elected, the after effects will be pathetic. Who do you think we would be better off with???

I personally don't feel that we have much of a choice. On the one hand we have Julie and her record of spend...spend...spend and on the other hand we have Tommy Boy and his record of........??......??

[Kain99]

This is what happens when I try to do more than one thing at a time! Sorry D.. I have a feeling that this is going to be another dumb blonde day...Uggh!

[Ken King (Premo)]

There is still hope that Rocky Rowland will do the write in campaign, he has until October 30 to file.

DRAFT ROCKY, DRAFT ROCKY