The Mark Of A Rising Political Star

By Kleinheider Posted on September 22, 2008 at 6:57 am

Amy Griffith reports that new school board member Alan Coverstone had folks on both sides of the rezoning controversey believing he was “on their side”:

Coverstone said Thursday – as he has told The City Paper since July – that he is not in favor of immediately revisiting the plan. Instead, he said, he wants to immediately implement some of the school improvements promised by the plan as it was passed.

“I just get incredibly uncomfortable with the ‘revisiting’ word, because for too many people, ‘revisit’ means, ‘Throw out the rezoning lines,’” Coverstone said. “I think that if we start discussing and debating lines right away that that will guarantee that we will not follow through on the commitments to improve schools this year. I will not accept not following through on the commitments to improve the schools this year.”

According to Maynard, Coverstone’s stance is a surprise.

“Alan never once told me that he would be against revisiting the rezoning plan,” Maynord said Thursday.

But both Maynard and Coverstone — who say they’re friends — expressed the belief that they’ll find ways to work together in the coming years.

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