The Importance of Sound Leadership

The entire world economy went into a tailspin in the financial meltdown of 2008.  The meltdown was not an accident.  It was not a normal business cycle.  It was a failure of leadership and it was avoidable.  The failure was not isolated to 2007-2008.  In 2011 the company MF Global Holdings failed under the leadership of Jon Corzine.  Since Mr. Corzine had previously been CEO of Goldman Sachs, U.S. Senator for New Jersey, and Governor of New Jersey, you would think he would have been a success at MF Global.  But former FBI Director Louis Freeh accused Mr. Corzine  of "acts and omissions" over several months that were "grossly negligent" and a "breach of fiduciary duty" that led to the company's collapse in a 61 page lawsuit (Corzine Sued Over Collapse by AARON LUCCHETTI, JULIE STEINBERG and JACQUELINE PALANK, Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2013).  Bad leadership led to the 2008 meltdown, just as bad leadership led to American failure in Vietnam.

American leadership is dragging our country down, but we can do something about it.  We can quit accepting failure.  We can recognize the fruits of bad leadership and reject bad leadership, and keep rejecting bad leadership.  The old school board put Plano schools into decline so that our neighbors (Richardson, Frisco, and Allen) all had better academic results in their schools.  But we saw the problems and voted out the old board that was up for re-election.  Now it is time to vote out what is left of the old board and support those members of the new board who are up for re-election.

As Thomas Jefferson said, "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."

Please join me in voting for these wonderful people who are running for the Plano ISD Board of Trustees.  Our children deserve the very best!


     TAMMY RICHARDS – PISD Place 1
     PAUL KAMINSKY – PISD Place 2
     NANCY HUMPHREY – PISD Place 3
     MARILYN HINTON – PISD Place 6
     STEVEN KRAVIT – PISD Place 7

Early voting has already started.  Here is a link to early voting schedules and locations.  Please ask your friends to join us in voting for sound leadership.

Robert Canright