Petition away. The people already spoke in the election. The people who put forth this petition are probably the same people that still think Al Gore won and still have Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers on their cars. Your candidate(s) lost. Get over it!

Trying to pressure Chris Lind off the board is not going to bring Dr. Westerhaus back. In case you haven't noticed, he's about to be hired by the Wayzata district and he said it's not about Chris Lind, it's about over 3,000 people voting for Chris Lind and your petition is not going to change that fact. Give it up!

An even better and more caring petition has been started at:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/719WeCareMore

The petition mention in story is:
Sponsored by residents of ISD719 who support our Superintendent and what's best for our school district.

This new one is:
Sponsored by residents of ISD719 who think it is more important to support our Children and what's best for their education.

And remember as they say in Chicago -
Vote Early and Vote often.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/719WeCareMore

What bothers me about the decision though is the fact that we are giving press to a group of people who are trying to tear the community apart because they do not "approve" of the outcome of a legal, binding election! I agree with Savage Guy - this isn't going to bring Mr. Westerhaus back....it apeears to only be about revenge and isn't our community better than that?

Cindy

Chris Lind is an elected official. With that comes responsibility. It has been raised numerous times by both residents and the paper that he needs to answer some basic questions. For starters, will you release your personnel file and are you sueing the district? Chris Lind has ignored the public and has not fulfilled his responsibility. My take is this petition calls this out and asks for his resignation.

Furthermore, when is CAG going to demand accountability from Chris Lind? He ran on his platform of 'fiscal responsibility', but then when invited by Chairman Murray to join the finance committee, Chris refuses. What happened to his platform? It is time for people to start looking under the hood with this guy and start applying some common sense.

Nice petition you got going there out of 326 names 122 of them are Anon. Your a long way off from being the voice of the community.

Edit since last post 6 new names 3 are Anon your average is falling.

The petition is irrelevant except for the fact that it will only further anger people who support Chris which might not bode well for future referendum votes nor for unifying the community.

As noconfidence points out, over a third of the signors haven't signed their names not to mention the fact that we already had an election back in November. Chris has survived the pressure thus far and hopefully will continue to survive.

However, I do have a question for Chris. Why did you decline the invitation to serve on the finance committee? Have to admit that doesn't seem to jive with your campaign message.

Howe, if that were true
I have seen everything from Chris accused of being a child molester or that people who voted for him must have been stupid.

If people have questions for an elected officials, that have this really neat thing called a Public Meeting. They hold them monthly and you get to go there and ask anything you want. Of course in the past the board usually ignores those questions, but it is still the proper way to "petition" you government.

Starting a smear campaign in the local paper is not.

As to the committee question.
I can give you the reason why I might not want to serve on a subcommittee on a subject I care about.

The whole School Board will get a chance to discuss and debate the budget, so every issues is still influenced by every member.

Based on the actions of the past few weeks, there are still many on the board who want the status quo.

It might be better to have discussion on the budget at the public school board meeting, then getting ganged up on in a committee meeting.

It also gives you a more powerful position to oppose things you view as wasteful. If you served in the committee, the usual response is "we already discussed that in committee and decided it was necessary."

This is the reason some legislative representatives stop serving on a committee when there is a change in power. It is sometimes better to work with the whole legislative body(or board) and public where you might have a chance, then constantly lose against a stacked deck in committee.

I don't believe Chris has been asked any of these questions at a School Board meeting.
Those who had a vested interest in the referendum, immediately began attacking Chris and demanding he answer to them following the election
(And it should be noted, raising the same issues they were before the election.)

If they would behave like adults, they could show up at School Board meeting, make there concerns know and then make an adult decision based on that.

Instead they decided to run a smear campaign and make demands and silly petitions.

It is like a child demanding to be listened to know or they will hold there breath until they turn blue.

This is not how a representative government works. Each small group person doesn't get to make demands and then overturn an election if they don't get there way.

This is setting a very bad precedent.

So he was asked the questions before the election and threatened to sue before the election and yet ... The Voters Elected Him.

He should answer to the Voters - not a small group who didn't like the answer.

Again, if think he owes you something because he is an elected official, then show up at the School Board meeting and ask him.

Please let me know what new issues not raised during the campaign are being raised that demand an answer now.
Take a look at the Stand-By web site to see the letters posted there bringing up these same issues during there campaign for the referendum.

What is a new question is why the issues with the teachers contract were not discussed during all those referendum meetings?

I dont think Robert Dumbed it down enough for you.

He didnt answer, you voted NO end of story!!! He didnt answer, and the majority voted YES and he was elected end of story.

On this we agree.
I certainly hope no one is reading this thread for any advice.

As they say -

Move along, nothing to see here.

Defamation and privacy are two entirely different things. While I understand your point, you might not want to get the two confused.