Our friends in the opposition are back…Cheryl Maki, a person who I still admire despite our disagreements about the direction of Sierra College, published an angry press release yesterday saying that there has been “turmoil” at the college, and that “the damage continues”.

I’m not sure what Cheryl means about continued "damage".

• Is it the incredible work our staff has done to build new partnerships for firefighter training, or green collar job skills?
• Is it the work our faculty has done to increase success and persistence rates among students of all levels?
• Is it turning three straight deficits totaling $850,000 into four straight surpluses totaling $2 million?

Oh, well. The political silly season has clearly started, but we’re going to run a clean, positive campaign – no matter what other folks choose to do. While we won’t hesitate to defend ourselves and contrast our vision for Sierra College and qualifications for the job with theirs, you can count on us to do our best to stay above the fray, and run a campaign of ideas that you can be very proud of.