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Published by Permar Publications • P.O. Box 20539 • St. Simons Island, Ga. 31522 • 912-265-9654 • ssislander@bellsouth.net
June 30, 2008 Established 1972 Vol 36 Issue 26
Candidates square off in forums
as July primary nears
By Matthew J. Permar
With Glynn Comity’s July
15 General Primary less than
a month away, local candidates
spent time last week facing each
other and answering questions
in public forums sponsored by
various groups and organiza
tions.
The first was a Tuesday
night forum on St. Simons
Island sponsored by Residents
United for Planning and Action
(RUPA).
On Wednesday night the
Brunswick Golden Isles Cham
ber of Commerce sponsored a
forum at the Historic County
Courthouse in conjunction with
the Glynn County Homebuild
ers Association and the Glynn
County Board of Realtors.
The Wednesday night event
featured candidates for the
Board of Education, County
Commission and both state leg
islature races- Senate Dist. 3
and House Dist. 167.
The final forum, County
Commission candidates only,
was Thursday night at Bruns
wick Old City Hall. It was
sponsored jointly by the local
Republican party and Citizens
Against Wasteful Spending.
Having attended the
Wednesday and Thursday
night forums, which spanned
a total of four and a half hours
with 19 candidates, it is not
practical to report all the open
ing statements and questions
and answers in their entirety in
one article.
I will break the forums down
into the individual political
offices and cover the candidates’
responses on major issues only.
Opening statements are not
included.
This week's article will cover
the school board and county
commission candidates. The
candidates for state legislature
will be covered in Part 2 next
week.
Also due to space issues, the
questions and responses have
been paraphrased.
Board of Education
Candidates include:
Dist. 1 - Ray Snow (Incum
bent) and Robert Strickland;
Dist. 3 - Rebecca Edwards,
John Mandala and Garrett
Meader;
At Large Post 2 - Jerry Man-
cil and Lance Turpin (Incum
bent).
Question: How would you
challenge above average stu
dents?
- Mandala - Emphasis needs
to be on the under educated,
but for above average students
teachers who are trained to
teach gifted students need to
be hired.
- Mancil: A more challeng
ing curriculum for above aver
age students. Also, work on
reducing the drop out rate to
keep the Hope Scholarship
available.
- Meader: Need to address
‘at risk’ students, but channel
more resources for gifted stu
dent programs.
- Snow: More resources
for gifted programs and have
guidance counselors encourage
more students to take advan
tage of the ‘Dual Enrollment’
Turn to Page 5
Candidates public Jorum
CEO hired for
Career Academy
• Davis replacement
also approved
By Matthew J. Permar
After an hour long closed
session last week, the Glynn
County Board of Education
returned to their open meeting
and approved the selection of
Edward A. “Andy” Lundell of
Dublin, Georgia as the Chief
Executive Officer of the Golden
Isles Career Academy (GICA).
Lundell's approval was
unanimously made on Tues
day, June 24 by school board
members chairman Mike
Hulsey, Venus Holmes, Lance
Turpin, Millard Allen and
Ruby Robinson.
Members Ray Snow and
David Smith were absent.
Prior to coming to GICA,
Lundell served the last two
years as Director of Security
and Safety for the Technical
College System of Georgia in
Atlanta.
Turn to Page 6
GICA CEO
Death of a mullet
Above: Holding his former
"mullet," Murphy's Tavern
owner Randy Powell
acknowledges that he "lost
the bet" with his regulars
who raised $2,101 that will
be donated to Hospice of
the Golden Isles. Brenann
Arbo (left), Randy's regular
haircutter removed the
mullet last week in order
to donate the hair to Locks
of Love, a charity that
provides hair pieces for
children who have lost their
hair due to illness or medical
treatment. Caroline Talley,
Hospice Community
Relations Director (center)
and Margie Dorsey,
Hospice Board of Directors
chairman, were on hand
to accept the Hospice
donation, which will total
$4,202 when matched by
former Murphy's owners
Dave and Paula Egan.
Center: Randy's daughter
Samantha and head
bartender Brad Pierce take
their whack at Randy's
hair.
Bottom: Bald Randy is
thanked by Margie Dorsey
for his generous donation.
Islander staff photos
