October 6, 2006
Chamber Candidate Forum
On Thursday, October 5, 2006, the San Leandro Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon featured a forum with three of the candidates vying for a seat on the San Leandro School Board: Pauline Cutter, me (Mike Katz), and my opponent. The Daily Review article doesn't really do justice to the contrast between myself and my opponent. It was quite obvious that I was more informed about school issues, and not just because I've been attending School Board meetings for the past year.
Unfortunately, the Daily Review article spent more time discussing Pauline's opponent Vera Ayres and the issue of whether Ms. Ayres has threatened Chamber employees or Mayor Shelia Young.
There were lots of good questions from the audience, but the one that got press coverage was about creationism, so let's be clear: creationism is not science. It is a belief and any discussion about creationism belongs in classes where different belief systems are discussed and not in a science class.
Posted by mike at October 6, 2006 10:23 AM