Candidates asked about pasts, plans

A standing room only crowd gathered at the Edom City Limits last week to hear local candidates answer questions concerning their credentials, character and course of action if elected.

The event was hosted by the Edom TEA Party and moderated by realtor Bob Reese with panelists Brad Blakemore, publisher of Van Zandt Newspapers, and Ken Hilton, of Mercy Ships.

Featuring candidates in the local Republican Primary, the event was designed following the purpose of a debate in the Republican Primary, according to information provided by Reese. That purpose states a debate is to “create a format that allows the citizens to learn more about the candidates and who is best qualified for the office sought and matches the ideals and tenets of the Texas Republican Party Platform.”

State Board of Education

State Board of Education Place 9 candidate Hank Hering is from Smith County.

The state needs to get back to moral self-government, Hering said.

Hering said although the reach of the state board of education is limited, the “Constitutional mandate is there.

“What we need to do more than anything else right now is – we have to go back to the things that are very important: simple math, writing, cursive language – you’ve got to be able to read the founding fathers documents in cursive.”

Hering said he’s been conservative for more than 30 years and he is not aligned with those “who want to indoctrinate our children into the socialistic mindset.”

Parents are the final authority over a child’s education, Herring said, and “have a final responsibility before the King of Creation.”

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