After math blunders, Cindy Miles emerges as favorite to fill City Council vacancy Chance Swaim, The Wichita Eagle
Feb. 11 A new favorite has emerged to complete former City Council member James Clendenin s unexpired term after he resigned rather than face ouster proceedings.
Planning Commissioner and nonprofit leader Cindy Miles received the most points from the District 3 Advisory Board, which interviewed and scored answers by nine candidates for the job on Tuesday.
On the night of the interviews, the District Advisory Board reported that former television news reporter Jared Cerullo received the highest score. And based on the numbers provided by each DAB member during the open meeting, he did.
Posted By: George Lawson February 10, 2021 @ 11:25 am Local News, News
A list of candidates has been narrowed down to five finalists for a vacant seat on the Wichita City Council.
The Advisory Board for Council District 3 interviewed nine candidates Tuesday evening, and the five names that will be going to the city council are Jared Cerullo, Cindy Miles, Virgil H. Miller Jr., Joseph Shepard and George Theoharis.
The City Council will interview the finalists over the next two weeks, and they will appoint a new council member at their March 2nd meeting. That person will be sworn in during the March 9th meeting.
Since President Trump likes alliterative nicknames, maybe the special counsel’s should be Methodical Mueller.
Unveiling the first batch of criminal allegations to come from probes into possible Russian influence in the American political system, Robert S. Mueller III proved Monday that he is not messing around. The former FBI director has played his cards carefully since his appointment in May. He’s clearly turning over every rock to see what crawls out from underneath. Unafraid to play hardball, he’s being strategic in showing his hand.
You surely know the news by now: Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, and his longtime business partner, Rick Gates, were charged in a 12-count indictment with conspiracy to launder money, making false statements and other charges in connection with their work advising a Russia-friendly political party in Ukraine.
Posted By: George Lawson February 4, 2021 @ 2:56 pm Local News, News
Interviews have been scheduled with nine candidates for a vacant seat on the Wichita City Council.
The seat represents District 3 in the south part of the city, and it became vacant when James Clendenin resigned in December.
The city said nine valid petitions were presented, and the District Three Advisory Board will schedule interviews with the candidates during a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9th at City Hall.
The nine candidates are Nicholas Blasi; Jason Carmichael; Jared Cerullo; Mary Dean; Michael Hoheisel; Cindy Miles; Virgil H. Miller, Jr; Joseph Shepard; and George Theoharis.
Joseph Sheppard
Special to The Citizen
The Auburn Enlarged City School District is a diverse district within a community rich in history and culture. Though the Auburn school district already embraces its diverse makeup, we admit there is much work that still must be done. To address this, we have recently begun to take the steps necessary to take an inward look at ourselves as a district as a whole and truly hone in on diversity, equity and inclusion within our schools.
In July, the districtâs board of education revamped the Strategic Planning Committee, shifting its focus toward diversity, equity and inclusion. This committee is made up of three board members: Dr. Eli Hernández, Dr. Rhoda Overstreet-Wilson and myself (Joe Sheppard). We began the work of establishing a long-range strategic plan focused on diversity, equity and inclusion. To assist with the creation of this plan, a Diversity Task Force was established and made up of district employees who are i