The newsroom chose to endorse Saleem Gilmore for the Area 5 seat on Peraltas governing board. More info on these candidates: annarborvotes . Under Texas law, the College is a separate political subdivision. My goal always is to keep tuition rates as low as we can.. Increase trade programing. This fall, voters get to elect four members of the seven-member Board of Trustees. Closing the Culinary Arts program, the Construction Programing, the Family education building have all had a negative effect on our students, faculty and community. See the links below for MLive/The Ann Arbor News coverage of all the contested races for local, county, judicial, state House, state Senate and Congressional races, as well as tax proposals that will be on the ballot in Washtenaw County. new google.translate.TranslateElement({pageLanguage: 'en'}, 'google_translate_element'); The four-candidate race also includes Martin Thomas, manager of campus services. The Congressman's Site WCGOP Twitter Account Washtenaw GOP Tweets Yohannes on the other hand, while seemingly a little underprepared for the types of questions we would be asking her, and a knowledge base of current district issues that left a little more to be desired, did give the impression to our newsroom that she was running for the right reasons. ("naturalWidth"in a&&"naturalHeight"in a))return{};for(var d=0;a=c[d];++d){var e=a.getAttribute("data-pagespeed-url-hash");e&&(! Candidates Forum 2022: Washtenaw Community College Trustees. Board. First row (l-r): Angela Davis, William G. Milliken, David DeVartiSecond row (l-r): Diana McKnight-Morton, Christina M. H. Fleming, Dr. Richard J. Landau Read more: Will Washtenaw County board stay all-Democrat? Malcolm: Be more accessible and listen to the faculty and support staff that actually do the work and carry out the written policies set forth by the board to ensure student and employee success. ":"&")+"url="+encodeURIComponent(b)),f.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"),f.send(a))}}}function B(){var b={},c;c=document.getElementsByTagName("IMG");if(!c.length)return{};var a=c[0];if(! 1:00. While our newsroom found strengths and weaknesses in each of them, we ultimately chose to endorse Louis Quindlen, Saleem Gilmore, and Sheweet Yohannes. And, if need be, agree to disagree on topics that are irreconcilable and move on with the mindset that the most important asset to protect at WCC are the students and their future. With over 17 years of teaching students at Laney College, Louis Quindlen stated that his number one priority as current faculty member and hopeful trustee was to ensure that the district honors its mission of serving Peralta students. No member of our staff had more say in our choices than any other, and each of us had the chance to share our thoughts and concerns. Information on other state, county and local primary races can be found at Vote411.org. day prior to the Board meeting. Prior to being elected a College trustee, I served 6 years on the Washtenaw Community College Foundation board. WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Washtenaw County voters have dozens of reasons to show up to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 8, if they havent already voted absentee in the general election. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. In protest the League held two sit-ins in 1935. In an email correspondence with, , Reiss declined to participate, stating that the candidateswho will all make very good board membersshould be the focus. As an incumbent trustee and current Board President, Reiss witnessed and was a part of many upheavals within the district. 15857. Cindi Reiss did not join us at our Trustee Candidate Forum. The current board needs to understand that the President works under the directives of the board and not the other way around. ":"&")+"url="+encodeURIComponent(b)),f.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"),f.send(a))}}},s=function(){var b={},d=document.getElementsByTagName("IMG");if(0==d.length)return{};var a=d[0];if(! A closer look at the new Peralta security vendors. (e in b.c))if(0>=c.offsetWidth&&0>=c.offsetHeight)a=!1;else{d=c.getBoundingClientRect();var f=document.body;a=d.top+("pageYOffset"in window?window.pageYOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollTop);d=d.left+("pageXOffset"in window?window.pageXOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollLeft);f=a.toString()+","+d;b.b.hasOwnProperty(f)?a=!1:(b.b[f]=!0,a=a<=b.g.height&&d<=b.g.width)}a&&(b.a.push(e),b.c[e]=!0)}y.prototype.checkImageForCriticality=function(b){b.getBoundingClientRect&&z(this,b)};u("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality",function(b){x.checkImageForCriticality(b)});u("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkCriticalImages",function(){A(x)});function A(b){b.b={};for(var c=["IMG","INPUT"],a=[],d=0;d