The appointment of a District 3 Guilford County board of education member is far from over according to NC State Rep. Jon Hardister.
When asked if the appointment of Bill Goebel to fill the District 3 Guilford County school board seat on April 4 meant that the issue was settled, Hardister said, “It’s not over. It’s certainly not over.”
Hardister said, “Local governments, such as school boards, are political subdivisions of the state and the state has tremendous power over them.”
He said, “In my view the school board has defied the law twice now. Our discussions at the state level is what can we do to rectify that.”
Hardister said that he was in discussions with both the state House and Senate leadership to determine the best way to move forward.
He said, “We’re strongly considering taking additional action and there could be legislation introduced shortly.”
Hardister said that when the school board refused to seat Michael Logan, the nominee of the Guilford County Republican Party, he took action to clarify and strengthen the law. He said, “I strongly disagree with the school board’s interpretation of the law.”
Hardister said, “What I want to see is that the law is respected and upheld. The law, decency and fairness has to be respected and thus far it has not been.”
Hardister said that the Guilford County Republican Party could file a lawsuit, but added, “The GOP shouldn’t have to spend money to get its nominee seated. It’s not possible in good conscience to ignore something like that.”
Hardister said, “Bill Goebel is a friend of mine and I don’t hold any animosity toward Bill. I know a lot of Republicans are pretty upset with him right now and I think he could have and should have handled things differently.”
Hardister said that Goebel could step aside or the state could decide to replace him.
Appears Goebel thinks only of himself, as most all politicians do.
I am just as angry at the “mean girls” in the Guilford County School Board and their attorney Jill Wilson. Attorney Wilson acted in bad faith and should be replaced as the attorney. The School Board acts as if they are above the law and the legislature should act on their double-dealing. There have been many social media postings that I have found offensive. Normal people just move on and not overreact to likes or dislikes on the platforms. Many other parents will find their deceit outrageous.
You got beat man go back to Raleigh and pass some real legislation before you lose your seat you almost got beat by a ghost with the best gerrymander possible so your probably on your way out the door. This is a college town with college educated people running things. This isn’t Ash county with a bunch of farmers and Mechanics running government so you should make your legislation Air tight we ain’t no bunch of Dumb hicks we control the third largest metro in the state too 100 in the country you have to wake up early In the morning to pull this light work
Careful…without those mechanics and farmers loudmouths like you would be walking and starving to death.
Without out us most of the outside counties would starve stop fooling g yourself
College town means a large segment of the voting public are transient and will likely move on after graduation and never actually pay taxes in this municipality. I’ve lived in some very ” big cities” and Greensboro is nothing to write home about. But I see it makes you feel good so keep the posts coming
Third largest city in the state historic academic institution and jobs that employ 4 adjacent counties who cares what you think
So what Hardister is saying is that the general assembly doesn’t believe in local government. They lean towards authoritarian government instead of what our constitution states. Great. Just great.
Just another day with Dems in charge wanting their way or the highway. This is how power is in a small burg. We don’t want this guy and we’ll do everything possible to keep him out.
Vote them Dems out and get someone who wants to work with children. All current Dems want this Woke philosophy poured down the children’s throat.
Well surely that not the GoP who underfunded school for over 10yr. Is trying to force the end of public school in lieu of charter schools that don’t have to follow all the red tape to make sure everyone has equal access to education.
Jon, Why do you want the state to have terrific power over school board elections? Why insist they be R or D partisan? General election for local school board and all the voters have an opportunity to vote and the community will make the decision. If they don’t vote, they can’t complain.