The Korean American Coalition and the Dallas/Fort Worth Asian American Citizens Council joined together and hosted a city of Carrollton candidate forum last night at the Korean Full Gospel Church of Dallas. We also heard from Jan Woody, candidate for Dallas County Schools Board of Trustees precinct 1 and Nancy Cline, who is a licensed professional civil engineer, an Aggie and a candidate for Carrollton - Farmers Branch ISD Board of Trustees Place 2. The one new thing I learned was something called the TCEQ, which regulates landfills among other things.

Tonight I got to meet the other three candidates for the Carrollton - Farmers Branch ISD Board of Trustees Place 2: Peggy Healey, who is an executive with UPS, Silvio Canto Jr., who is fluent in Spanish, and Rachel Lewis, who was a teacher for 20 some years. We didn't have the opportunity to ask all the candidates at the same time but I brought up the questions about the ratio of administrative staffs vs. the actual teachers in the classroom and the textbooks' content with Peggy and Rachel. I got all the contact info so I can call or email Nancy and Rachel later.

Ms. Margarita Martin-Hidalgo, a reporter with the Dallas Morning News was there so I hope to read her piece in the paper soon.

I just now heard Bill O'Reilly interviewed Mr. Tracy Hernlen, grandfather of that smart little 5-year old girl in Florida who called 911 after both of her parents were murdered. One thing I heard was that the girl's dad, Mr. Herlen's son did call him and ask for a weapon but he didn't give it to his son but told his son to rely on the sheriff's office. How wrong he was and now he has the rest of his life to live with, knowing that he could have, doesn't matter how remote the chance was, saved his son's life. I know the sheriff is doing everything he can but we must assume individual responsibility because ultimately we are the last line of defense for our own lives.