League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 6, 2007 Election
	MIchael Flannery Answers Questions Candidate for Board Member; Cincinnati City School District

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. What are your qualifications for office? (50 word limit)

I'm a Dad, not a politician. I don't care if I'm ever re-elected. I have no personal or professional agenda for seeking this office. At Channel Nine I put the needs of the child in my story ahead of everything. Direct instructions from a supervisor went ignored if I felt it was not in the best interest of the child. The students of Cincinnati Public can expect the same treatment. Most important, I can spot an Emperor with no clothes EVERY SINGLE TIME.

2. What plans do you have to address your top three priorities? (100 word limit)

I'm not going to tell you I have all the answers. I don't know if I have any of the answers. I'm not a member of Academia, an attorney or an accountant. ( I don't even balance my own check book) I'm just a Dad who believes it's more important for school board members to be parents than politicians.

Every Parents should volunteer their time to the their child's school. How they volunteer depends on their resources and abilities. The mom with accounting skills, becomes the treasurer. The dad with the 15 passenger van drives on the field trips. Since I can get elected to school board . . . then that's what I should do.

3. What is your position on amending the Ohio Constitution with regard to the funding of public schools? (150 word limit)?

Four times the Supreme Court rulled that the way we fund our schools is unconstitutional and four times the Ohio Legislature ignored these rulings. Would any of us get away with that???? How come both houses aren't charged with contempt of court.

My position is the citizens of Ohio should initiate a class action lawsuit against all and past present legislatures who have ignored the supreme court's rulings. And the supreme court should be impeached for not doing their job as officers of the court.

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