2019 primary election: Bowman seeks four-year seat on Lehighton school board
Bowman
Craig S. Bowman, Lehighton, has announced his candidacy for a four-year term of office on the Lehighton Area School District Board of Education. He is seeking one of five Democratic nominations available in the May 21 primary election.
Bowman has been employed by the Dollar Tree Corporation for the past 19 years and is currently serving as manager of its new store in the Carbon Plaza Mall, Mahoning Township, where he oversees a workforce of 15 employees.
The son of Judy Bowman and the late Robert Bowman, Craig is a resident of Lehighton since 1984. He graduated from Lehighton Area High School in 1987, after which time he joined the U.S. Navy, serving for two years before being honorably discharged.
He currently serves as inspector of elections in Lehighton’s Third Ward.
The candidate has been married since 1992 to the former Dawn Hunsicker of Lehighton, who is Carbon County’s Director of Human Resources.
The couple has two daughters who both graduated from Lehighton Area High School: Samantha, who went on to graduate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Cera, a sophomore at Millersville University.
Bowman was actively involved in the Lehighton Area High School Marching Band Parents organization, where he volunteered for 11 years.
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Good evening. Election time is a chance for the stakeholders (community members, parents, students, staff and taxpayers) have a true say in the direction and attitude of their government.
Since
1) Businesspersons tend to value continued educations, and teaching the values of goal setting.
2) Business persons tend to get information PRIOR to making a decision.
3) Business persons tend to OBEY the law they swear to uphold in their oath of office.
4) Businesspersons rarely seek immunity, and would only rubber stamp those they oversee AFTER verification. Trust but verify.
5) Businesspersons understand the importance of a well balanced budget.
6) Americans subscribes to person privacy and government transparency, he served in the armed forces, so that criteria should be met.
If this person can verify these statements with emulate his actionable beliefs and ow to be a public servant he would do well as a board member.
***** Please ask him when you see him, or maybe he will respond and answer to the community directly. *****
As we enter the next stage of this government's reform, as we build a board, these core beliefs need to be affirmed.
Anything less, and the regime of oppression that silenced our community, and buried them in debt, will continue to spend more than they take in, as projected for the next few years. Once the overtaxation savings (general fund) is gone and the bond interest rates soar, out community and the students will suffer.
If you can affirm the above, I am
Looking forward to working with you and endorsing you. Anyone that proves through their actions, or if new honestly stated beliefs, will probably get the community's endorsement.
I hope the lot of them attend a legitimate debate session. If I co-hosted with Andrew Yenser we could sell popcorn and donate the money to the library or dream come true.
Welcome one and all, to Bradley's big top educational debate, testing the moral character of all that apply. With your co-host Andrew Yenser.
Sincerely.
Citizen David F. Bradley. Sr.