Nelson: Board members waited too long to speak up

By: Sharon Nelson | Morganton News Herald
Published: November 08, 2009

Drexel, NC --

How long have the problems with our current Burke County Board of Education been going on? Weeks, months? It seems like years.
One week before the election, we finally heard from board members Rob Hairfield, Tim Buff and Karen Sain. Why wait so long? It sounds like desperate words from desperate people.
We wanted to hear from you during the difficult times and you were nowhere to be found. Our board was the focus of an editorial on WBTV — how embarrassing! Suddenly you have an opinion on your fellow board members who were supporting the public and the students they were voted in to defend. Where were you?
I'll tell you were you were, Mr. Buff, Ms. Sain and Mr. Hairfield. You, along with Tracy Norman, were busy with your personal agenda, your personal attacks against your fellow board members, sending out racist e-mails; having your own whims of whatever you were up to, redrawing district lines and basically running the reputation of our fine county into the ground.
Now you are speaking up? It's a little too late for this voter.
You had your chance and now we have had ours.

Nelson: Board members waited too long to speak up

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