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Information and systems technology assistant director running for local education board

Elon University information and systems technology assistant director is running for the Alamance-Burlington School System Board this year on the platform of improving technology in the classroom.

For years, friends, family and people in the community have encouraged him to look into the board. Tony Rose is finally putting his ideas to use by running this year.

“When I started researching and seeing what was going on at the board level, I thought maybe there’s something to (their suggestions),” Rose said.

Rose said he wants to contribute to the community and provide a public service.

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Filing On Opening Day! - Thanks to Rick Gunn's wife Gayle for the pictures!

Paying My Filing Fee - Thanks to Rick Gunn's wife Gayle for the pictures!

Dan Ingle, Candidate For NC State Representative-District 64, And Other Candidates Filed First Thing Too - Thanks to Rick Gunn's wife Gayle for the pictures!

District 64 Rep. and former Commissioner Vice Chairman Dan Ingle was the first to file at noon. Following Ingle were District 63 state House challenger Roger Parker and Rick Gunn, who’s making a second bid for the District 24 state Senate seat Democrat Tony Foriest holds.

Ingle, who was appointed to fill the District 64 seat after Rep. Cary Allred resigned in June, said he plans to run an expanded version of his previous successful campaigns for county commissioner. “I’m not going to change a thing,” he said.

Ingle said he wanted to file early because he has a lot of energy and wanted to get started.

In 2008, Gunn waged a strong campaign against Foriest, but lost by about 5 percentage points in a race that turned nasty. This time around, Gunn said he will focus more on offering solutions than pointing out differences between him and Foriest.

“I think what the folks of Alamance and Caswell County want is us to talk about issues and solutions, and I am going to focus my campaign on talking about issues, but more importantly, providing solutions,” Gunn said.

Races in 2008 turned negative from “top to bottom,” Gunn said. “The tone in general … for every race was way too negative” and “nobody really knew what one’s message was.”

Documenting her husband’s filing was “official campaign photographer” Gayle Gunn.

A former member of the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education, Gunn said she would rather work behind the scenes on her husband’s behalf than run for office.

Parker, who’s challenging for the seat that Democrat Alice Bordsen holds, said he will wage a grassroots effort and try to “win on substance” as part of his first campaign. “I’m running because I just think we need a conservative voice in my district in Raleigh,” he said.

Clerk of Superior Court Hunt Johnson, commissioner hopeful Brandon Black, and school board candidate Tony Rose signed up for their first try at elective office within the first hour of filing. Two of the three have political experience. Johnson is the former chairman of the county Democratic Party. Black, a 30-year-old Libertarian, worked on behalf of 2008 Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Mike Munger, among others.

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It promises to be a busy election season, with legislative, county commissioner, school board, district attorney and sheriff seats up for grabs. And it all starts today.

Below is the slate of races in which Alamance County voters can cast their ballots. Incumbents are listed.

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Tony Rose will file next week to run for a seat on the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education.

The son of teachers and the parent of current students in the local school system, Rose said he wants to be a strong voice for parents and teachers.

He works at Elon University as an assistant director of information and systems technology and believes his work background would be an asset in helping the school system increase the use of technology in classrooms. Rose has been in his current position for 11 years following previous computer-related work experience.

“My 20 years of experience as an IT professional will bring needed technological perspective to the school board,” he said.

His mother, Virginia, taught elementary school for 35 years, including 31 years at Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary School. His father, Glenn, taught high school math for six years and trained local school bus drivers for 26 years.

Rose, 40, attended Elon Elementary School and Western Middle School and is a 1987 graduate of Western Alamance High School. He has a degree in electronic engineering from DeVry University.

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The information is online at www.ncreportcards.org.

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There could be at least one additional open seat, depending on what two other incumbents whose terms end this year decide to do. The filing period for candidates begins Feb. 8…

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