City Newspaper Archives - 5/2007
SCHOOL BOARD: Democrats practice 'status-quo politics'
Published on May 15, 2007
Regarding "Democrats Wrestle Over City Races": The shallowness of your reporting is nothing less than amazing. There was a flagrant absence of critique and meaningful discussion as to how the field of Democrats vying for four open seats on the Rochester Board of Education was almost magically "narrowed from 14 to five" - before we were even halfway through the party's designating process.Could the magic be explained by the fact that a political deal or two have been cut? You didn't mean to suggest that the question never occurred to you, or that you believe that the speedy "narrowing" of the so-called "democratic" process was natural, did you?
For the record, some of the chosen five are not knowledgeable about educational issues. In fact, during the designating committee meetings, some of those who received the highest number of votes have not articulated a single concrete education issue.
At least you could have communicated to your readers that the anointing of the magical five represents nothing more nor less than old, tired, Democratic Party business as usual, status-quo, fix-is-in-style politics.
One thing is for sure: the real School Board race will take place in the primary-paved streets of Rochester.
Howard Eagle, Rochester(Eagle is running for a seat on the Rochester School Board.)
