Snooze Election

The no-contest schools vote

by Eve Silberman

posted 5/2/2009

What if they held an election and nobody came? That’s the situation for the school board vote scheduled for Tuesday, May 5. Incumbents Glenn Nelson and Irene Patalan are unopposed for new four-year terms. Board president Karen Cross is stepping down, leaving an open two-year seat, but only two candidates filed for it—and one of them, U-M grad student Adam

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