Frank,
You can DEFINITELY, count on ME!
S
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycheech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> For the past three years it has been an honor to serve on the
> Asbury Park Board of Education. These have been turbulent times for
> our local educational system as well as for our city, state, nation,
> and world in general. We are experiencing the spasms, some would say
> the convulsions, of change. Whether that pain will be followed by a
> rebirth I am not certain. But I am not reluctant to say that I have
> tried my best to work with every person or group that had the real
> interests of the children of Asbury Park at heart. It is not up to
> me, however, to judge whether I have earned another year on the school
> board. That is something you must consider; and whatever the outcome,
> I will be grateful for the time I have served on the Board.
> I would ask you to consider the following standard in assessing
> me or any other potential Board member: do you believe that the
> candidate has a personal agenda other than improving the lot of the
> children of Asbury Park? If so, that person has not earned election
> or re-election. His or her idea of the future would be suspiciously
> like the infernal vision of the recent past.
> As you know, in addition to the uncontested two-year seat, and
> the contested one-year seat for which I am running, there are three
> 3-year positions that must be filled. I would ask that you consider
> voting for Ms. Marie Castro, who was unanimously appointed to the
> school board recently. Marie lives in Asbury Tower and has been an
> adjunct professor of English at Lehman College in New York. If you
> have attended any of our recent Board meetings, you must agree that
> Marie can get right to the heart of the matter at hand and do so very
> eloquently. Unlike yours truly, she does not bloviate. Instead, she
> has been the succinct voice of reason, and I am proud to have
> nominated her.
> In addition to Marie, may I ask that you consider the excellent
> qualifications of Barbara Lesinski, who has not only been a long-time
> police dispatcher here in Asbury Park, but has a long history of
> helping improve our city through the neighborhood watch program and
> advocate for programs to combat gang violence. Her work with the
> police department and various county and state agencies is exactly
> what the Board of Education needs if we are to get a handle on the
> violence that continues to plague our city and the turmoil that
> pervades our secondary schools.
> Finally, Mr. Tom Pivinski has already been proven himself to be a
> model Asbury citizen. As chairperson of the Shade Tree Commission, he
> has been instrumental in providing (literally) a breath of fresh air
> in our city. The new trees appearing all over town are really all the
> campaign posters he really needs. He will provide that same level of
> energy and commitment on the school board.
> Please remember that the election will be held on Tuesday, April
> 17, and that the polls will be open from noon until 9 PM.
> Marie, Barbara, and Tom represent the intelligence, vision, and
> strength in diversity that will help the school board meet the very
> serious challenges that lie ahead.
>
>
>
> Frank D'Alessandro
>
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