There’s a lot of controversy over who should be the next District 3 Guilford County Board of Education member – but there’s no question as to who occupied that seat last.
New Guilford County Commissioner Pat Tillman held that school board seat until early December of last year and now he has a lot to say about the way the vacancy should be filled.
Tillman said this week that the Democrats on the Board of Education who keep rejecting the Republican Party’s choice for the seat ought to follow the intent of the law, stop their nonsense and appoint teacher Michael Logan to the seat.
Tillman said that, because of petty political motives, the Democrats on the school board are robbing the entire District 3 of its rightful representation. Tillman was sworn onto the Board of Commissioners in December and since then there has been no one in the school board seat.
The Guilford County Republican Party has chosen Logan to fill the seat but each time his nomination comes before the school board it has been voted down along party lines.
Republican NC state Rep. Jon Hardister has filed a bill that would take that power of rejecting a party nominee away from the school board and Tillman said he hopes that bill becomes law and gets the Republican Party’s choice onto the board.
“It’s unfortunate that a group on the Board of Education is putting politics and personality ahead of the interests of the people of District 3,” Tillman said. “Tens of thousands of people have had no representation for months. It’s not right. I don’t think the school board should make any important decisions without representation for the district.”
“The intent of the law is very clear,” Tillman added. “The local political party is to pick their nominee. That’s who should fill the vacancy. Then that person will have to run for reelection.”
Tillman said the Democratic members of the school board who voted three times not to seat Logan are essentially ignoring the law on the grounds of, “Well, I don’t like that person.”
The Democrats on the board are displeased with some things Logan has said publicly and posted online.
“Who are these angels?” Tillman asked, adding that it’s too bad if the Democrats on the board don’t like Logan, what he has to say, or his social media posts.
“They talk all the time about how they support teachers and respect them and protect them – but I guess it’s only certain teachers.” Tillman said.
He added that he’s optimistic Hardister’s bill will pass quickly and an end can be put to this political posturing by the Democrats who simply don’t like Logan.
Thank you for being the ADULT IN THE ROOM Commissioner!
There is a simple answer. When elections come around, do not vote for the demorats!
Hold your breath!
But I see that King Skip still thinks the BOE can vote to keep him off under the revised bill. It would seem that the bill could be changed to eliminate any possible ambiguity by simply stating that for a partisan board, the selected appointee from the party WILL be seated. That would leave no room for democrats to twist the intent.
Politics as usual. Yawn.
Tillman is too busy climbing the political ladder. Don’t care what he has to say. He didn’t stand strong enough against Dems when on BOE and will fall in line here too under King Skip. What they did to our kids during Covid is criminal. He wasn’t the right choice for commissioner. It’s a shame
Lip service. If Tillman cared he would have stood up more on the BOE and finished out the term he committed to before running for another office. The current board’s behavior is just one more reason the government shouldn’t be in the business of indoctrination, uhhhh, I mean education.