I'm Not Buying It
I'm not taking sides in this one because I'm not exactly a member of either's fan club, but I'm not buying my buddy David K's last piece about the Ballad of Charlie Garza.
Yes, I agree that Garza's sudden move to jump in to the middle of the personal beef between Eliot Shapleigh and Dr. Garcia is ill-advised and no, I don't see a benefit to Garza in the move. I have sort of come to the conclusion that Garza just wants to take the bull by the horns to make a name for himself and set the tone of his administration.
And maybe, just maybe, he thinks it will help him in the next election win some more votes in El Paso. It won't, but its a good try nonetheless.
But the Juice's notion that he's doing it to get in good with Garcia so that Garcia can make him a superintendent somewhere else doesn't make any sense at all.
He's a member of the State Board of Education with credentials to be a superintendent. If he wanted to take advantage of a situation to get a better gig, don't you think he's better position to do that all by himself as a member of the SBOE? I'm not sure I understand how DK thinks that a superintendent with a fair amount of baggage of his own somehow has more stroke than an SBOE member in terms of finding a job with a district? At some point, they will probably compete for jobs, I don't see Garcia being Garza's meal ticket.
Plus, Garza lives in my part of town and has a young child. It's doubtful to me that he would just pick up and take a job in another part of the state for sake of career advancement at this stage of his career. He's retired military and seems to be doing fine in his second career right now.
Yes, I agree that Garza's sudden move to jump in to the middle of the personal beef between Eliot Shapleigh and Dr. Garcia is ill-advised and no, I don't see a benefit to Garza in the move. I have sort of come to the conclusion that Garza just wants to take the bull by the horns to make a name for himself and set the tone of his administration.
And maybe, just maybe, he thinks it will help him in the next election win some more votes in El Paso. It won't, but its a good try nonetheless.
But the Juice's notion that he's doing it to get in good with Garcia so that Garcia can make him a superintendent somewhere else doesn't make any sense at all.
He's a member of the State Board of Education with credentials to be a superintendent. If he wanted to take advantage of a situation to get a better gig, don't you think he's better position to do that all by himself as a member of the SBOE? I'm not sure I understand how DK thinks that a superintendent with a fair amount of baggage of his own somehow has more stroke than an SBOE member in terms of finding a job with a district? At some point, they will probably compete for jobs, I don't see Garcia being Garza's meal ticket.
Plus, Garza lives in my part of town and has a young child. It's doubtful to me that he would just pick up and take a job in another part of the state for sake of career advancement at this stage of his career. He's retired military and seems to be doing fine in his second career right now.
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