Falzett for the Yuba College Board Get-together

On Friday, October 1 the Falzett for the Yuba College Board Get-together at the Sopa Thai Restaurant launched Bill's campaign. Bill noted that 5 of the 7 candidate's were "suit & tie guys." While all had good ideas and their positions were well stated, there were familiar cliches such as fiscal responsibility, support for the chancellor, and the State controls funding, etc. These are the "grown up" things to say to get elected. They usually are heard as admonitions: Don't bother me I'm in charge.

There was little support for the notion that education and the educational process are the mission of Yuba College by most of the candidates. "If you believe that education is a necessity, you were not likely to hear that from the other candidates."

"The suit guys have been saying these kinds of things since I was a youngster. Somebody has to notice that the struggle continues with quality education being the loser in the battle." was Bill's observation. He continued with a reference to John Kennedy's "trip to the moon" project: "It wasn't the grownup thing to do but it was inspiring and it got done."

"People in the Yuba Community College District need inspiration not admonitions. We have quality faculty and staff who are languishing for lack of real leadership and support from the Board and the administration. The goal of the leadership seems to be to increase administrative positions while reducing those in the trenches -- faculty and staff. These are the folks who do the work that is education."

Dr. Bill Falzett is a clinician, consultant, and educator who has 40 years of "work in the trenches", delivering services to people who need and want change, improvement in their lives, and the opportunity for advancement. Bill said that his "concern is that the current mismanagement of resources will continue degrading the level of education for our community."