"I guarantee intelligent, educated and trained people in the room connect to me."
- School Board President Marshall Weinberg,
The Independent, June 17, 2011
After four glorious years of fronting for the 'Friends of the Program' football boosters, the Citizens of Massillon will be making a "decision out of strength" and rewarding School Board President Marshall "It's all about the kids" Weinberg with four more years of running our school system.
Four more years of thoughtful, insightful and visionary leadership...
"Recent issues, including an assistant coach and booster club member growing and selling marijuana, could have been avoided, Weinberg said, if the football coach could report directly to the superintendent" (The Independent, March 30, 2010).
Today was the deadline for potential Massillon City School Board candidates to file their nominating petitions with the county elections board. Three of the five seats on the school board are up for election this year.
The terms of incumbent board members Vicki Becherucci, Gary Miller and Marshall Weinberg are coming to an end. Miller and Weinberg are running for another term.
Vicki Becherucci is calling it a day, and is not running for another term. Perhaps her husband suing the school district and collecting our tax dollars in settlement did not engender her to the community. Perhaps no one else in her family needed a job in the school system. Or perhaps her doctors warned her that sitting next to Marshall Weinberg for four more years, and having to endure his endless pontification, would cause permanent damage to her auditory nerves.
What ever the reason, she has stepped aside. We now have five candidates for the three slots on the school board; Gary Miller, Marshall Weinberg, Troy Fry, Michael Slater, and Mary Strukel.
With this field of candidates, Weinberg is a lock for re-election.
Take it to the bank.
Four more years of fiscal responsibility.
Four more years of common sense.
Four more years of rubber stamping for the 'friends of the program' football boosters.
Yes, this will truly be, in the words of Marshall Weinberg, "a decision made out of strength."
Congratulations, Massillon.
Marshall Weinberg has four more years.
