Sedona Red Rock News says Williamson is by far best candidate – – we agree!
The Sedona Red Rock News solidly supports Jessica Williamson to take the vacated Yavapai community college governing board seat recently vacated by Al Filardo. In the online editorial posted December 1, 2016 the writer explained the newspaper’s position. In part the managing editor wrote:
“Yavapai College is not typical, and the board does not need an educational administrator, it needs a tenacious voice who will fight tooth and nail for college programs and funding to be returned to Sedona and Verde Valley taxpayers equal to what we pay. . .
“For years, Yavapai College President Penny Wills has come before Verde Valley town and city councils pretending to treat our taxpayers equally to those in Prescott and Prescott Valley, like a taxpayer-funded government body is supposed to. However, Wills’ statements are a fiction and by merely looking at the bookkeeping we can see we’ve been shortchanged by millions and millions of dollars. Classes have been cut, programs have been moved to Prescott area campuses and the number of Verde Valley students who take Yavapai County classes on local campuses has dwindled.
In Wills’ many meetings before Sedona City Council, Williamson had zero trouble calling Wills out, over and over, and demanding Yavapai College give us our due.”
The Blog couldn’t agree more. You may read the entire editorial by clicking here.