Next Tuesday, May 13, is Nebraska's primary election day, and much is at stake for Dorchester School Board applicants.There are seven candidates, including two incumbents, vying for three open school board seats. Current board member Lori Pracheil is not seeking another term.
The following individuals will appear on next week's ballot for Dorchester Board of Education:
- Bill Boller (Incumbent)
- Kelli Burkey
- Mikki Hoffman
- Jeff Jacobson
- Ron Kahle (Incumbent)
- Lisa Wells
- Lindsey Zoubek
The primary election will narrow the field of school board candidates to six, meaning one less applicant will appear on the general election ballot on Nov. 4. (The publishing of this information is neither an endorsement of current officials, nor of any challenger.)
In the race for Village board, five individuals are running for the two open seats. However, no action on that contest will take place until the November's general election. The five village board candidates are:
- Todd Jensen
- Jeff Jacobson
- Brandon Koll
- Dean Pracheil (Incumbent)
- Lyle Weber
I'm voting for Lindsey Zoubek because I think we need some people with young blood and young children. I am also voting for the two current board members because they have done a good job balancing the budget while looking out for the school/town's future needs.
ReplyDeletedo any of these people have any background in education?
ReplyDeleteit might be easy to say, lets vote for them because they are young, and we want new blood, but in this day and age candidates need to know alot about running a business, and determining what education is about.
Look at our school system now, its a shambles, just go ask teachers, students and parents.
I truly hope those elected to the village board push this pavement issue to the forefront. Anyone who parked on a sidestreet for the school auction has to agree Dorchester looks like a sewer on a rainy day. I left town north of the football field and had to use four wheel drive. To me, this is getting rediculous. I glanced at some pictures of early 1900's Dorchester. The only thing that has not changed are the crappy streets. Property owners are investing $4 million in a new school. I hope this new blood on the village board will have the courage to finally accomplish what should have been done in the 1970's.
ReplyDeleteI spoke to five other homeowners on my block and 4 of them want paving, besides me.
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of respect for our older Dorchester residents but I can't understand why some of them fought so hard against paving the streets back in the 70's.
Of course many of those residents have either moved or passed on. It's time we move Dorchester into the current century and give our kids the option of returning to a nice, livable bedroom community.
Signed,
A resident of NW Dorchester.
You know our roads would be jsut fine if we would actually spend some money on some gravel. I have NEVER seen any new gravel in this town. The only new gravel we get is used in the park!
ReplyDeleteStop the paving campaign. You must have alot of money, I sure don't, stop cause trouble.
ReplyDeleteHey, village board candidates...
ReplyDeleteI see that little old Exeter, which is a lot further from Lincoln or Seward or Crete, is voting on a $1.3 million bond issue to build a new swimming pool, as well as a proposed 1.5-cent city sales tax to fund economic development and other needs.
Becky Erdkamp, village clerk in that town of about 700 residents, said the current pool was built in 1964 and is long past its 20-year life expectancy. “If we want our kids to have something to do,” Erdkamp said, “a pool is the best option to keep kids off the streets.”
Sadly, in Dorchester we cant even get paved streets. Let's get with it folks.
Take the November election very serious folks. Dorchester has suffered due to lack of vision and leadership ... and that goes well beyond just elected officials.
ReplyDeleteChange your corner of the world and support those people that are anxious & willing to make things better, even if it means making some enemies along the way.
If you don't, you get what you deserve.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOTDuy47pj8&feature=related
If paving goes threw, we'll be packing up and moving, the new school is great, but I cannot afford anymore tax. Iam satisfied with the town, sure we need make it look better, but they are new people moving into town, and am sure they didnt care about the paving, shut up about it, and let lying dogs lye. The people that write about it just like to make trouble. They did something else to do, like mow their grass.
ReplyDeleteIf you pack up and move, watch out for the pot holes. Hit the right ones and you'll never be able to leave.
ReplyDeleteWe went to several rural graduation parties this weekend & with all the rain we anticipated poor driving conditions but were pleasantly surprised the country roads were holding up rather well. The worst roads we drove on were the streets of Dorchester when we returned home, that is sad and embarrasing.
ReplyDeletecongratulations, on all that won in the school board election.
ReplyDeleteLindsay Zoubek
Ron Kahle
Bill Boller
To the person who congratulated the school board members............
ReplyDeleteNO ONE WON
These were the top three vote getters. They won nothing.
There are still 6 candidates in the running in the general election.
This is why our world is screwed up. We have people who dont know what they are talking about.
Get with the program
No, the reason the world is screwed up is too many people think only of themselves. Have a little compassion & understanding. I certainly hope you're not a teacher or a parent because your attitude towards others would crush the life out of young impressionable children.
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