Otis Sanford, the editor everyone at The CA misses greatly since he left us for academia, emails with the kind of insight you expect from a great editor. He asks:
Two unanswered questions I have are: Would existing city and county school board members be eligible to run for one of the new seven spots in August, 2012? Since then won't roll off the unified board until 2013, I'm wondering are all of them automatically retired at that time. Also, I still don't get to the number 21 on the transition planning commission. I can only get to 18 people. Who are the other three? Just curious.And my answers:
- Yes, they can run for those elected positions. If an MCS or SCS member wins a spot in August, the County Commission would then appoint a replacement for them from their MCS or SCS district. Keep in mind it is also possible for the County Commission to give one of the new seven seats to current MCS or SCS members by appointment and then appoint their replacements to the MCS or SCS boards.
- On the Norris-Todd transition committee, there are 18 appointments and three ex-officio non-voting members - Pickler (as SCS president), Jones (as MCS president) and Luttrell.
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