10/19/12 - The Howell Carnegie Library hosted a forum last night for six of the seven candidates vying for the four seats available on the Howell School Board this November.Those candidates are incumbents Ann Routt, Mike Maloney, and Jan Lobur as well as Mike Yenshaw, Deborah McCormick, Stacy Pasini, and Pat Howle. Yenshaw was not present at the forum due to family obligations, but sent a letter to be read in his place. As part of their campaign efforts so far the candidates have split themselves into two slates. Maloney, McCormick, and Howle have described themselves as fiscal conservatives, while Routt, Yenshaw, and Lobur have billed themselves as âexperienced, dedicated, and ready.â Only Pasini is not grouped into either slate, but last night she said she had no problem with the process in a nonpartisan race so long as it did not distract from the goal of improving student performance. Maloney, the only incumbent on the fiscal conservative slate, said the practice would be helpful to voters with the financial challenges he says the district would be facing in the future. Maloney also said that his slate formed because the candidates on the other slate had been endorsed by the Michigan Education Association and the Howell Education Association in past elections. Members of that slate pointed out that they have not sought any such endorsements this election, and Lobur said they decided to run as a slate to make their qualifications known to voters. Members of the âexperienced, dedicated, readyâ slate pointed to the successes and relative health of the Howell district compared to surrounding districts as evidence of positive leadership. Routt also said that their slate formed to keep the election nonpartisan after the fiscal conservative slate received endorsements from the Livingston County Republican Party. (TD)
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