Thank You For Your Support

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone that helped me with my campaign for Plano ISD School Board Trustee. Without your help, I would not have been as successful in such a contested race.

When I first started my campaign, I would tell a story about the first time I ran for office. Not a real public office, but in 8th grade I ran for President of Student Council. I lost to the prettiest girl in school. I learned that day that politics is more than handing out candy for votes. Since then I had not run for any other office until now, but I sure have learned a lot. Although I was not successful in my campaign, I believe that I ran a good and honest race. I stuck to the issues that I have come to believe are important to voters and parents in Plano ISD based on both my personal beliefs and concerns voiced to me by the the many people I spoke to during the campaign season.

Emerson once wrote "Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."

Heeding Emerson words, I will continue my pursuit to improve Plano schools where I can. One of projects I have in the works is a Plano ISD parent activist watchdog group to keep the pressure on the school district around issues such as curriculum, grading policies, fiscal accountability and transparency. I may not have won this election, but I consider this just the beginning. I will continue to be involved in local, county, and state politics.
In one of my favorite quotes, Theodore Roosevelt gives encouragement to me and all those that dare to make a difference in the world.

"It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly...who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt, 1910

Thank you, again, for your support with my campaign.

Steve