Comments on the election in Call Newspapers
April 16, 2008
Link – i.call
Frank told the Call that he believes last week’s election proves Mehlville voters value public education as he characterized Brown, Mooy and Bertelsen as “anti-public-education” candidates who ran on a platform of stating they would never vote to place a tax-rate increase on the ballot.“Ultimately, I think that this community did what it always does — the community’s independent minded and they made up their minds about what was best for their community by electing independent-minded and highly qualified people with the common goal of public education …,” Frank said. “I think it’s great because there were a lot of sideline pundits that were trying to monopolize the debate over what was best for 11,000 students and ultimately this community did what they think is best for public education, and that means that public education means something to this community by electing what we believe is a new generation of leadership for the Mehlville School District.
“I think it’s great. As it relates to preparing the children of the Mehlville School District for the 21st-century global economy — not only surviving in it — but actually being active participants and shaping that economy, this board really is made up of the closest thing you could possibly get to the sports analogy of a ‘dream team’ for the children of the Mehlville community,” he said.
