Friday, August 31, 2012

Retired Alaska Superintendents should be allowed to be charge of an Alaskan school district on a temporary basis

School Districts in my hometown state of Washington have the option of having a retired superintendent run the school district for one year while they look for a really good superintendent.  Alaska should allow a school district to tap a retired superintendent if a school district needs a superintendent.  This allows the school district to get a great quality of superintendents.  Washington Education Association does not penalize the retired superintendents pension while they run the school district for one year.

Alaska needs to have the top two election system in selecting candidates

Alaska needs to be the next state to adopt the top two election system.  This is the fairest election system it puts the people in charge of the elections not the political parties which is what Alaska was founded on the blanket primary window.  The candidate regardless of party gets selected.  This also prevents races from being decided in the primary.  Many legislative races were decided in a party primary where top two means the two candidates regardless of political party advance.  Their were many races that should be a general election battle instead.  Top Two is the fairest way please tell your lawmakers in Alaska you want the top two primary election system.  My home state of Washington State in 2008 has used the top two election system has worked very well and Louisiana has been using it for years and it works very well.