Six of seven members of the school board are DFL\/union endorsed, including the current Chair, Rosie Loeffler-Kemp and former Chair, Dave Kirby.
\nRecently John Schwetman announced he is seeking DFL endorsement to make a run at dislodging Alanna Oswald from her at-large Board seat. Mr. Schwetman is a friend of Loeffler-Kemp, and both Loeffler-Kemp and Kirby are on his campaign committee. In effect, DFL-endorsed allies are ganging up to throw Oswald (who is DFL, but not endorsed by the machine,) off the school board. <\/p>\n
Alanna Oswald missed only one meeting I can remember in four years, when she was out of town for an MDE meeting. For a while, suffering from an infected gall bladder, she sat uncomplainingly through several meetings, running a high fever. She has been amazingly dedicated to the school district-\u2014a very intelligent and competent public representative who always does her homework, and is often out in the schools and always accessible to the public. <\/p>\n
I\u2019m not suggesting board member Oswald shouldn\u2019t have to get out there and convince her constituents she is still representing their interests, or that Mr. Schwetman doesn\u2019t have a right to challenge her. I am unequivocally stating, however, that the political party that dominates our town has no legitimate criticism of Alanna Oswald\u2019s record, and that she does not deserve to lose her job. <\/p>\n
Alanna will try to secure DFL endorsement in her bid for reelection, but Mr. Schwetman (a union man with a lot of connections, who plans on being in Europe during the endorsement convention) has a strong chance at coming out on top, meaning all the big money from the machine\u2018s apparatus would flow into his campaign. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I also was defeated for the DFL endorsement by a candidate who couldn’t bother appearing at the DFL endorsement convention two years ago. David Kirby served on that Endorsements Committee. It was a bit of a shock to me to find him when I went in for my interview. The local DFL channels Donald Trump and his gutless Republican Congress far too often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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