Sun Prairie STAR Not Showing Whalen the Love

From: "John and Kelly Whalen" <jkwhalen@charter.net>

Date: October 9, 2010 9:00:01 AM CDT

Cc: <jewhale@spasd.k12.wi.us>

Subject: Important Reminder

Dear Friends,

Below is an invitation that I submitted to the Sun Prairie Star in hopes that it would be printed.  Because they elected not to do so, I am taking a more grass roots approach.  Please take the time to forward this message on to your friends and family living in the district.

Thanks for your assistance, and I look forward to seeing you at the Annual Meeting.

John

 Please Attend the Sun Prairie Area School District's Annual Meeting - You are wanted!

On Monday, October 11, 2010 at 7:00 pm, the Sun Prairie Area School District will be having its Annual Meeting at the High School Performing Arts Center (888 Grove Street, Sun Prairie). As the President of the SPASD School Board, I would like to extend a personal invitation to attend.  This is an opportunity to see democracy in action.  As an elector (18 years of age, living in the District for at least 10 days) you will have the power to vote on some very important items that affect education in our community.  The most important is the local tax levy.  Historically, attendance at the Annual Meeting is low - significantly less than 1% of the eligible participants.  This invitation is an attempt to greatly increase attendance.  Let there be no confusion as to why I am doing this.  As a Board member, I want to be confident that the tax levy we are proposing is acceptable to the majority of the community.  It is unfair to have such important decisions made by a small group on either side of the issue.  Decisions affecting the whole community must be made by a representation of the whole community.

Please visit the District's web site for all of the information regarding the Annual Meeting (www.sunprairie.k12.wi.us).  A recent editorial and advertisement made the claim that the information on the website was incorrect.  For the record, that information was for last year's annual meeting - and was correctly labeled as such.  If you have any questions about this information or have difficulty finding it, please email me atjewhale@spasd.k12.wi.us, and I will help you out.

YOU ARE WANTED!

Sincerely,

John Whalen

Geee...You don't suppose this Whalen e-mail and the McCourt e-mail were sent out ONLY to people that supported them, do you?  How exactly does that provide for "representation of the whole community"?  Smells to us like Whalen & McCourt are VERY worried about who might be turning out tomorrow night...and what might be on their collective minds.  Will there be tea?