Letters: School election, board appointment thwarted democracy
The Muskegon Chronicle By The Muskegon Chronicle Follow on
Twitter on January 20, 2012 at 7:48 AM get-
attachment.aspx.jpegAn election inspector takes the driver's
license of a voter prior to swiping the license into a computer
data base to confirm the voter was in the correct voting
precinct. Our letter writer thinks the last Muskegon school
election hoodwinked the democratic process.  Every now and then
something happens that makes you scratch your head and say how
is that possible? Unfortunately, it’s becoming more and more of
an occurrence for me when it comes to what’s going on as it
relates to the city of Muskegon.  My latest head scratching
event was brought on by the Rev. Charles Poole in his former
capacity as school board president of Muskegon Public Schools.
As most of you know Rev. Poole ran for reelection back in
November and was victorious. You also probably know that
approximately one week after winning his seat, he announced he
was