So, is there any reason to vote for this school board slate?

Do these candidates for the school board
deserve serious consideration?

For one hundred years, the League of Women Voters has been bringing candidate forums to the Plainfield public in advance of both partisan elections and school board elections.

This year is no different. A forum for the 7 school board candidates is scheduled for the coming Wednesday, October 30, at duCret School of the Arts.

LWV forums are considered the Cadillac of voter education forums because they are run in a fair and non-biased manner, treat all the candidates the same way, keep supporters of one candidate or another from disrupting the event.

What could be better than that?

Is it possible that some school board candidates don't think that's a good idea?

Consider John Campbell's 'Children First Team' slate.

Though treated just like all other candidates, this group could not get its candidate profiles and answers to LWV questions to the forum organizers by the deadline.

Whether because they don't care, or because they think they are better than condescending to the voting public, the difference is the same. Voters are cheated of an opportunity to hear all candidates.

Further, as of Sunday morning, they had given no indication of whether they would even show up for the forum.

What's wrong with this picture?

Plenty.

With American democratic institutions currently under attack from the highest officeholder in the country, this kind of disregard by candidates adds an additional insult at the local level.

Why should voters place any trust in candidates who will not come out and face the public, explaining their positions and asking for your vote?

To me, it makes perfect sense NOT to support such candidates with your vote.

They have a chance to redeem themselves by showing up on Wednesday, but if they don't, shouldn't they be toast?

The LWV forum is at duCret School of the Arts, Wednesday, October 30, at 6:30 PM.

duCret School of the Arts is at 1030 Central Avenue. Ample parking is available in the rear lot, with entrance to the auditorium off the parking lot.

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