What have you done for us - ever?

Tim Burke may be Farmington's most famous person. Seriously. He has been in the major newspapers more than the mayor or the school board chair or the superintendent or the city administrator.But what has he done to achieve that fame?He's certainly talked a lot. We've seen him at School Board meetings talking a lot (though we don't see him stay at the meetings until the end). We've seen his blog (isd192watch.org) .. er .. we mean Tom Herme's blog. We've heard him talk about how terrible everything is and even talk about he could solve all our problems, in one instance.But what have we seen him do?(insert crickets chirping here)Nothing, really. He hasn't followed through on anything, so far. There are some small example of this, like last fall before the levy referendum when he said he'd be running a web site called isd192watch.org and he never did, except earlier this year. Another small example ... he once requested to see all of the School District's legal bills, but after the district spent hours and hours to compile and prepare them for him, he never showed up to see them. Finally, he joined the Planning Commission, bumping other qualified applicants, and then turned around and quit the Planning Commission within months.Now for the biggies. In the spring of 2007, during the sportsplex debate, we all remember when he found a way for the community to gain a second hockey rink without having to spend so much money. Any news on your progress, Mr. Burke?During that same time, his campaign slogan was "Sportsplex NO, Education YES". But then a few months later, he was the most vocal opponent to a levy that would let the district open the new high school and fifth elementary school. He got the "Sportsplex NO" part done, but never really finished that last one.So we have a person who admits he doesn't know anything about education and has never finished anything to help the community of Farmington. That's just not the kind of person we think belongs on School Board.