Clifford Smith

This Trustee of the Willow Run Board of Education has failed our schools and community! Recall Smith for not safeguarding Willow Run's best interests:  Our students, staff and schools. Mr. Smith has been on the school board since the 80's. He has seen alot, done alot.  Some good, some bad.  He used to stand up for the people of Willow Run.  He used to run the bad folks out of town.  Now, he invites them over for dinner, shows them homes in Willow Run, then suggest they move to Belleville...In short, Smith has sold out the good people of Willow Run.  Clifford has supported Dr. Hope-Jackson's dismantling of Willow Run.  His most dubious mission is trying to get Willow Run Community Schools to consolidate, merge with Ypsilanti Public Schools.  Past and present members have confirmed Smith's meetings to discuss the merger.  The people of Willow Run SAY NO!!! His politics has helped to bankrupt us. He too, is out of touch with the parents, students and tax payers of today's Willow Run.  Your constituents have had enough of your double talk and lack of leadership and your selfishness.  Your biggest mistake was thinking you were "bigger" than Willow Run.  We want real CHANGE.  Help Save Our Schools -- Recall Clifford Smith & Friends. 

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Clifford Smith - Ineffective Trustee

   - Cliff has been meeting with Ypsi school officials about consolidating with them. What is Hawkins getting out of the deal?

   - All Smith cares about is buying rental homes and sticking poor people in them for profit. No wonder he can't focus on Willow Run -- he's too busy selling us off to Ypsilanti Public Schools. NO CONSOLIDATION, Clifford!

   - Smith you are all TALK, no action. No parent or teacher would walk with you anywhere in WR

   - You ask questions, but you do nothing.

   - They came, and left b/c we had nothing to keep them

   - The 65K you bamboozled us out of, was it worth it? Did 1 student enroll b/c of the ads?

   - CS role in the blundering trio that are selling WR down the river

   - Since you been in finance all yo life, explain how you let this get by YOU

   - Is your recall around the corner???

• Approved a contract extension and salary increase for Superintendent Doris Hope-Jackson.
• Approved a budget that included the assumption of an enrollment increase of 170 new students.
• Censorship of citizens' comments.
• Supported at least 56 staff reassignments that were the result of at least 72 resignations, layoofs and retirements.
• Supported inflammatory comments by board member Andreas Blakita.
• Failure to address community concers, thereby showing unresponsiveness to district personnel, parents and students, prompting employees and students to leave the district.
• Spent $65,000 for commercial advertisement for the district.