Flint School Board update 5/4/07

BANKERT'S VOTER GUIDE
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Great Schools Initiative
Flint School Board Endorsements

For Tuesdays (May 8) Election

• Jennifer Dillard,
1 Year Term:

• Michael Cross,
2 Year Term

• Fred Bashir,
4 Year Term

• Antoinnette Lockett,
4 Year Term

• John Topping,
4 Year Term

WE ENDORSE these candidates because we believe they have the skills, experience and temperament to lead the School Board in constructive ways to improve our City’s schools. Further we believe these candidates share our vision for making Flint Schools the best in the State.

HOW WE CHOSE: We wrote to each of the 22 candidates, asked them to fill out a questionnaire to be eligible for endorsement. Sixteen responded, none of them incumbents. We interviewed 9 candidates at public meetings. The attendees reflected the racial balance of Flint. Candidates were evaluated by attendees. A team of 9 GSI members, using the evaluations collected, made its decisions.

THE GREAT SCHOOLS INITIATIVE is a group of citizens from across Flint that are African American, Hispanic and Caucasian. Since 2004 we have conducted 16 meetings in all parts of the City to which some 400 citizens attended. They told us what they expected and wanted from their schools. The Board of Education embraced our "Vision for Great Schools in Flint"


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5/4/07
Flint School Board , GSI endorsed candidates, Campaign Update

VOTE MAY 8TH

ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE!

Elect For the 1 year term: (one person to be elected) -
DILLARD–DILLARD–DILLARD .

Jennifer Dillard

For the 2 year term: (one person to be elected)
CROSS-CROSS-CROSS-

Michael Cross

For the four year term (three to be elected)
BASHIR-BASHIR-BASHIR-

Fred Bashir

LOCKETT-LOCKETT-LOCKETT-

Antoinette Lockett -

TOPPING-TOPPING-TOPPING-

John Topping-

VOTE MAY 8TH

See events:
http://goodmorningflint.blogspot.com/2007/04/gsi-endorsed-candidate-events.html

Your recent candidate information below.

Great Schools Initiative ( GSI) Endorsement comments below.
Forward to your friends and tell 10 people today how important it is to vote on May 8th for the Flint School Board Candidates.

Posted here by Terry Bankert with regular campaign updates.
"I am a member of GSI and advocating its endorsement."
Other candidate interviews can be found on the sites below. "
Forward to your friends or send me your email lists and I will send this for you.

For comments directly to me,
attorneybankert@yahoo.com

For additional information, about Great Schools post your question here for general comments or contact: Jim Richardson, spokesperson Great Schools Initiative jrmjrichardson@sbcglobal.net
Or, Phone, 348-5331

If you have questions for the candidate post here or contact them directly.

The Great Schools Group recommends five candidates for May 8th Flint School Board election .

The Great Schools Initiative, an interracial citizen group that has advocated for a vision of sound education in the Flint School System and has been active for nearly three years, has completed a long and open review process that has resulted in their recommendation of the following candidates for the May 8th Flint School Board election.

For the 1 year term: (one person to be elected)

-DILLARD–DILLARD–DILLARD

Jennifer Dillard
1821 Penbrook Lane Flint Mi. 48507 239-3432
JennyDillard@comcast.net


Video Interview posted on" MiTube", A Michigan Public Media Project of Public Development
http://mitube.org/view_video.php?viewkey=3dff4b38fc8d2872f1ec

Also posted with text and comments
"the uncommon SENSE"
http://www.downtownflint.com/

More on Dillard at,

http://goodmorningflint.blogspot.com/2007/04/jennifer-dillard-candidate-41607.html
Dillard is a Flint Journal Endorsed candidate
http://goodmorningflint.blogspot.com/2007/04/flint-journal-enorsements-42207.html


For the 2 year term: (one person to be elected)

-CROSS-CROSS-CROSS-

Michael Cross
1730 Woodburne Drive Flint Mi. 48503 766-4153
CrossSchoolBoard@aol.com

http://www.drcrossflintschools.com./

Maintains a DAILEY campaign log at
http://flinttalk.com/viewforum.php?f=2

Video Interview posted on" MiTube", A Michigan Public Media Project of Public Development
http://mitube.org/view_video.php?viewkey=4caaed33c36b1b5fc2cb

Also posted with text and comments
"the uncommon SENSE"
http://www.downtownflint.com

More on Cross,
http://goodmorningflint.blogspot.com/2007/04/dr-mike-cross-candidate-41706.html
Cross is a Flint Journal Endorsed candidate.
http://goodmorningflint.blogspot.com/2007/04/flint-journal-enorsements-42207.html

For the four year term (three to be elected)

-BASHIR-BASHIR-BASHIR-

Fred Bashir
1916 S. Averill Ave. Flint Mi. 48503 744-0958 4 year
fwbashir@yahoo.com


Video Interview posted on" MiTube", A Michigan Public Media Project of Public Development
http://mitube.org/view_video.php?viewkey=ba1c09b3695e0cb6cde7

Also posted with text and comments
"the uncommon SENSE"
http://www.downtownflint.com

More at
http://goodmorningflint.blogspot.com/2007/04/more-41807.html

-LOCKETT-LOCKETT-LOCKETT

Antoinette Lockett
1737 Laurel Oak Court Flint Mi. 48507 232-0315
ansalockett@comcast.net

Video Interview posted on" MiTube", A Michigan Public Media Project of Public Development
http://mitube.org/view_video.php?viewkey=421734881b53e1e1b18b

Also posted with text and comments
"the uncommon SENSE"
http://www.downtownflint.com

More at
http://goodmorningflint.blogspot.com/2007/04/more-41807.html

-TOPPING-TOPPING-TOPPING-

John Topping
1061 E. Vernon Dr. Flint Mi. 48503 239-1313
attorneytopping@yahoo.com

Video Interview posted on" MiTube", A Michigan Public Media Project of Public Development
http://mitube.org/view_video.php?http://mitube.org/view_video.php?viewkey=fedad7bbbed0eca3fe2e

Also posted with text and comments
"the uncommon SENSE"
http://www.downtownflint.com/

More on Topping at
http://goodmorningflint.blogspot.com/2007/04/more-41807.html
Topping is a Flint Journal Endorsed Candidate
http://goodmorningflint.blogspot.com/2007/04/flint-journal-enorsements-42207.html

Don’t wait to follow just lead!
Your job is to lead 10 people to the polls on May 8th 2007 in Flint MI.

Terry Bankert
attorneybankert@yahoo.com

4/16/07

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF INFORMATION CONCERNING THE FLINT AREA.. What would you like added to this list?

"the uncommon SENSE" Flints best alternative newspaperhttp://www.downtownflint.com/

MiTube, A Michigan Public Media Project of Public Development http://mitube.org/

Best Neighborhood News here at East Village Magazine: http://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/

Flint Town Talk : http://www.mlive.com/forums/flint/index.ssf

My favorite - Thank You Steve Meyers for Flint Talk: http://www.flinttalk.com/

Flint Citizen Internet Advocacyhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Flintcitizen/

Flint_Mich Flint's alternative source for news... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Flint_Mich/

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