Al Slane selected to succeed Jim Carrel

While the Packers continue to deal with the aftermath of Brett Favre's decision to un-retire, a successor has been named to the Sun Prairie School Board; there will be no "un"-resigning here. Come August 1, Carrel moves on and someone else moves in. In the end, Carrel's knowledge of heating and cooling engineering will be replaced by...well...an engineer. In a 4-3 board vote, Al Slane decisioned Patrick Anderson for the vacant seat.

SP-EYE's crystal ball initially indicated that Patrick Anderson would be selected. For those trivia buffs, the Baltimore Ravens drafted WR Patrick Johnson in the 2nd round in 1998. The Atlanta Falcons' Jamal Anderson got his 15 minutes of fame for choreographing the "Dirty Bird" touchdown celebration. Upon receipt of the candidate application information, Kevin Viney's submittal temporarily caused the needle to jump on the Board Shenanigans (BS) meter. Following Sunday's vote, however, it became evident that the stage 5 BS alert was either a false alarm, or the board was unimpressed with Viney's 3 minutes flat time in answering the main 5 candidate questions. As the curmudgeonly Dr House would say: Engineer Guy was selected over Banker Guy, Real Estate Guy, and Educator Guy. Actually put someone with an education background on the board? Naaaaaahhhhhhhhh.


Candidates were each asked 5 main interview questions, followed by optional follow-up questions posed by board members. Board members came up with 5 follow-up questions which were generally asked of each candidate.