At least five Joplin R-8 Board of Education candidates will attend a forum 5 p.m. Saturday at Vazzo Venue, 512 S. Joplin Avenue. The event is sponsored by Jasper County Grassroots.
Those who are confirmed to attend are Jeff Koch, Derek Gander, Michelle Steverson, Matthew Robertson and Marda Schroeder
The moderator will be Reggie Powers from Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce.An event organizer told the Turner Report that candidate Veronica Gatz Scheurich has said she will not be at the forum. Scheurich has not been attending earlier candidate forums.
Candidate and former board member Mike Landis did not respond to the invitation. Landis has also been a no-show at earlier forums.
4 comments:
Disappointing but not surprised. So many people gushing on and on about Veronica Scheurich , really ?. Doesn't the community , the students and teachers in Joplin schools deserve someone who actually shows
up ?
I’m not impressed.
If a candidate has been duly anointed by the big boys and girls club why risk getting dirty at the candidate forum?
For Landis to not show up at these forums speaks volumes about his character.
Scheurich was out of town, at her daughter’s dance competition, in Tulsa.
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