ENDORSEMENT: Vote Havercroft, Durbin, Knudtsen

I just got the KCRCC postcard from my precinct committeeman. The first thing on it is a blue box asking me to vote for Lyons, McKenzie and Angiletta as NIC trustees. Then it says “Make NIC great again.”

Are you flipping kidding me? Greg McKenzie is a huge part of the reason that NIC is in so much trouble right now. Sure, thanks to the population increase and the improvement in our economy, NIC’s enrollment is up. Do you really think that will continue if NIC loses its accreditation? If I was a prospective student, I sure would not be enrolling at NIC if it wasn’t accredited!

While I don’t know much about the other two candidates, the very fact that Brent Regan’s dominated KCRCC has endorsed them certainly makes me think they are not qualified.

I’ll be voting for Mary Havercroft, Rick Durbin and Eve Knudson. They all care deeply about NIC and want to keep our local college vibrant. They’re not just interested in pushing the idea that Idaho should not be involved in secondary education.

DUNCAN BELL

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