Questions for John DeWilde

Dear John,

Someone alleging to be you has commented on the post "BCCT Voters Guide: School Board"

Please either contact me savethemorrisvilleschool@yahoo.com or in another comment providing some sort of authentication that you are who you say you are and I can approve the comment.

I posted a comment from someone that was supposedly Graeme Thomson and apparently was not.

Update: John DeWilde has provided authentication and his comment will be posted. He has also agreed to answer some questions from the audience.

He even notes that passions are running high. After all, this is about our kids. Do not get between me and my kids. I promised I would keep things as cool as possible, so please pose your questions in the form of a question, like Jeopardy, but with fewer lit matches attached to the gallons of gasoline included in the question. Send them to savethemorrisvilleschool@yahoo.com or post as a comment and I'll pass them along.

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First question: Thank you very much for responding so quickly. I will post your response. Will you hold yourself open to having reasonable conversation with other commenters and posters here? I know some of us can go over the top and I will try to keep it issue oriented.

The first question I would ask is why do you allow the QSRE type of anonymous literature to go out? Do you approve of the "$3300.00 dollar tax increase prediction by Bill Hellmann, CPA" and "Jermaine doesn't pay taxes" fliers or can you back them up somehow?

JD: Yes I would be happy to have open and honest and reasonable conversations with other posters. I'll ignore anything inflammatory. Passions are running high right now.

I haven't seen any QSRE fliers, and that isn't a dodge. I have been told about them, but I don't know the details. I am going to ask Bill about his numbers though. I can't say yay or nay to his statement, but the bottom line is that if the school is built taxes will go up signifigantly.

My opinion is that if the facts aren't correct then don't print them. I saw the blog about the flier and I'd like to know how being a renter is relevant. Who hasn't rented before? He isn't paying home property taxes, but he is still paying taxes.

Someone posted on the blog that I have moving violations "so is this the type of person you want on the schoolboard"? Again what is the relevance.

Flame suit on....

STS: We've already noted this: The new school is dead. Claiming that a new school will be built if the Morrisville Pride candidates are elected is bogus at best, and is more properly an outright falsification.

Anyone else?

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Next series of questions: Thank you for participating in this. Here is the first series of questions. This is a collection of six emails and comments so far

1. Why, as a candidate and resident, have you not seen the QSRE fliers that have your name on them? Why, as a candidate, do you not know the details of literature promoting your election to the school board?

2. Why do you believe it is acceptable to let proxies operate beyond your control and do the dirty work for you, and then claim ignorance on the details?

3. Who told you about the QSRE fliers? Did you distribute any of them yourself?

4. Are you currently employed as a Special Ed. teacher? If not, why not? When was the last time you were in front of a classroom with special ed students actively teaching the student(s)? Is your certification up to date and are you up to date with your continuing education? Because the special education field changes abruptly from year to year, do you feel you have the professional credentials to authoritatively comment on special education needs in 2009?

5. As a Board member, what is your view on student re-registration and will you be involved with the Board's initiatives to re-register students? Do you believe Morrisville schools are overrun with out of district students? Do you believe that the administration is not doing enough to address this issue?

6. Are you troubled by inaccurate statements and written comments by Marlys Mihok, QSRE, and others on your behalf? If so, what do you plan to do about it? If not, why?