Lightle, Mertes In Zone 3 Runoff
Early Voting Starts Tuesday
Posted: September 29, 2012 at 4:39 a.m.
Zone 3 voters will have to decide between two contrasting ideas to ease overcrowding at Bentonville High School when they vote in an upcoming school board runoff.
Mertes
Lightle
Bentonville School Board
The Bentonville School Board has one spot left for election — Zone 3.
Zone 1
• Rebecca Powers
Zone 2
• Brent Leas
Zone 4
• Willie Cowgur
Zone 5
• Travis Riggs
Zone 6
• Rudy Upshaw
Zone 7
• Wendi Cheatham
Powers, Leas and Cheatham were elected Sept. 18. Cowgur, Riggs and Upshaw were re-elected.
Source: Staff Report
Profile
Grant Lightle
Age: 41
Residency: Bentonville for seven years
Family: Wife, Stephanie; one daughter and one son
Employment: Senior associate general counsel for Sam’s Club
Education: Juris Doctor from Duke University Law School, Durham, N.C., and Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration from University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Military experience: None
Political experience: None
Profile
Kim Mertes
Age: 51
Residency: Bentonville for 21 years
Family: Husband, Greg; one son and one daughter
Employment: Homemaker
Education: Bachelor’s of Science from Evangel University, Springfield, Mo.
Military experience: None
Political experience: On the Bentonville School Board since 2008.
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Mertes was vocal in her support of a second high school last election as well.
Once in office she was opposed to the second high school.
Regardless of your stance on whether or not a second high school is needed, it is dissappointing to see someone campaign publicly on an issue and then do just the opposite once in office.
It happens all the time with politics, but you don't expect to see it locally.
Posted by: new423a
October 1, 2012 at 11:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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