Fort Bend ISD Trustees in the News

Two interesting pieces of news out relating to Fort Bend ISD school board members.

First, Jim Babb is stepping down:

Fort Bend ISD Position 7 Board member Jim Babb has resigned from his seat, citing health reasons that he has chosen to keep private.

“It’s a very intimate issue that my family and I have decided to deal with on a private level,” said Babb.

His term runs through May 2013. The board can appoint someone to take his place or run a special election. My guess: appointment (and a conservative one, at that.) My preference: a special election. Let the voters decide who will represent their interests on the school board!

Second, we may have an unresponsive FBISD board member. We certainly have an irritated constituent:

What if you contacted someone running for the school board, never got a response and later when that person was elected, you still couldn’t get a response?  Byron Golden of Sugar Land tells the “Star” he’s tried six times.  Two of those attempts to get in touch with Fort Bend ISD School Trustee Patsy Taylor were after she took office this May. 

What Golden wanted to know when she was running for school board was about her educational background, both her undergraduate and graduate degrees with respect to their names and her areas of study. 

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“Dr. Taylor’s arrogant behavior is a disservice to me as a taxpayer and for all FBISD taxpayers,” said Golden. 

This is the person who beat Jonita Reynolds by 52 votes out of nearly 8000 votes cast. I could find out very little about her during the election (no campaign website, if I remember correctly) and none of my Democratic friends in Fort Bend knew anything about her. Apparently the Fort Bend Star could not get her to return calls during the campaign. I supported Jonita.

I'm not sure what Golden's motivation is to make such a public complaint, and it will be interesting to see if Dr. Taylor responds.