The Sioux Falls School District will hold their election next Tuesday, May 13. There are 4 candidates running for 2 seats, with 1 incumbent running.
While you can vote for 2 candidates, I am only endorsing ONE candidate; Patricia Ringold.
I was in a weird position this time around to NOT know any of the candidates personally so I was able to do my research like everyone else, reading bios, media questions and the candidate forum. I have kept an open mind, and she rises to the top every time. Besides being just an average Jane (not a ladder climber looking to add something to her resume) she has years of experience in youth education and when she talks about the school system and kids you can tell she truly cares and understands.
As for the other candidates, they are all OK, so that is up to you, but what steered me away from them were some of their long winded, meaningless, canned answers. Kelly is the incumbent, yet she hasn’t said a peep about what she has accomplished so far on the board and blabbed about training HS school students for the trades, which is great, but she kept talking about the students as if they were part of some kind of economic development big picture instead of encouraging them to pursue higher education. Werner is a Trumper, but he does have some great ideas, unfortunately he thinks it is OK to display the 10 Commandments in the school room even though it is a clear constitutional violation. Duffy is a canned candidate that the Dems pulled from their hat. An accomplished attorney who made sure she answered every question perfectly. She was handpicked by out going board member Reiter who now serves as her treasurer of her campaign. This kind of crap irritates the piss out of me. Carly, you are done, enjoy your school board retirement. Why do outgoing candidates in this town always have to recruit a replacement for them? It’s irritating and to be quite honest with you it is extremely UNETHICAL and lacks integrity. I think Carly accomplished a lot of great things on the school board, so BRAVO! But let the chips fall where they may. This is why I am telling people to NOT vote for Duffy. This setup disqualifies her and you would think an attorney would know better. Oh, and none of the candidates mentioned our exploding property taxes. You want to know why? Because they avoid controversial topics like a 10 foot pole. I like leaders with spines.
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