RE: Moscow School Board election

["Dale Courtney" <dmcourtn@moscow.com>]

> > > Third, one candidate is on the ballot and one is not. I'm urging a

> > > vote for the candidate who filed his nominating petition before
the
> > > deadline and is actively campaigning for the job -- Tim
> > > Kinkeade.
> >
> >If Beauchamp is on the ballet illegally, then this is a "no-brainer."

> >He's an illegal candidate, right?
> 
> There's one filing deadline to have your name printed on the ballot,
and 
> another deadline to have write-in votes counted.  This year they fell
on 
> April 19 and May 7.  So neither candidate is "illegal."

OK, thanks for the clarification -- I was unclear on that. 
 
> I would be interested in hearing the write-in candidate explain why he

> didn't file by the first deadline.   Too disorganized?  Too 
> uninformed?  Not a serious candidate?  Acting out a childish prank
that he 
> and his college buddies cooked up at the last moment?  Or is this a 
> premeditated strategy to catch the public napping while his zealous 
> supporters quietly get their voters to the polls?

Wow!  Now there's a host of negative karma!

Would there be any *positive* reason for him to run? I think that Lois
gave a good reason: that public officials should not be elected
unopposed. 

Dale