You know because he's not in the pocket of charter schools. Though if we are being honest we should have all known that already by looking at his donors.
Lets get right to it. Nick Howland was invited to Seaside Charter schools ribbon cutting, placed in a prominent position and given a "shout out." The problems with this are legion.
First Public schools and charter schools insist they are, are not allowed to endorse candidates or engage in any campaigning on behalf of a candidate.
Next the school is run by a non profit 501c3 and they have the same rules.
Both Howland and Seaside said, %$#& the rules and they may have put both Seaside's charter and non profit status in jeopardy. At the very least they have a lot of explaining to do.
For somebody who claims they are such an astute businessman Howland flaunts the rules quite frequently, or maybe that is how he became an astute businessman.
Howland has also peddled false information on his campaign site, in videos, undoubtedly to potential voters and to the editorial board of the Times Union who inexplicably awarded him for it.
https://howlandforschoolboard.com/safety/
He has also put out a campaign video where he declares himself a conservative businessman, which is little more than a dog whistle to republicans to vote for him and violates the spirit of having non partisan races.
In short Howland seems like he will just do and say whatever he thinks will get him elected and is that the type of person we want on the board?
District 2, you have some other great candidates, ones with a core, ones with integrity, ones with relevant experience too, why would you even consider this guy?
Lets get right to it. Nick Howland was invited to Seaside Charter schools ribbon cutting, placed in a prominent position and given a "shout out." The problems with this are legion.
First Public schools and charter schools insist they are, are not allowed to endorse candidates or engage in any campaigning on behalf of a candidate.
Next the school is run by a non profit 501c3 and they have the same rules.
Both Howland and Seaside said, %$#& the rules and they may have put both Seaside's charter and non profit status in jeopardy. At the very least they have a lot of explaining to do.
For somebody who claims they are such an astute businessman Howland flaunts the rules quite frequently, or maybe that is how he became an astute businessman.
Howland has also peddled false information on his campaign site, in videos, undoubtedly to potential voters and to the editorial board of the Times Union who inexplicably awarded him for it.
https://howlandforschoolboard.com/safety/
He has also put out a campaign video where he declares himself a conservative businessman, which is little more than a dog whistle to republicans to vote for him and violates the spirit of having non partisan races.
In short Howland seems like he will just do and say whatever he thinks will get him elected and is that the type of person we want on the board?
District 2, you have some other great candidates, ones with a core, ones with integrity, ones with relevant experience too, why would you even consider this guy?
No suprises here. Tom Majdanics known for KIPP Charter Schools is also a partner for Summit Construction group. You may be "shocked" to find that that Sumit Constructionn Group built the Seaside building. You may be also "shocked" to find that Tom Majdanics personally donated $1,000 to Nick Howland. Follow the money and you see the special interest, back scratching, good ol boy businessmen paying each other back. Disgusting and shameful.
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