2024 Candidates for MSU Board of Trustees are: Mike Balow (R) website link Mike Balow (R) Facebook link Julie Maday (R) website link Julie Maday (R) Facebook link Rebecca Bahar-Cook (D) Facebook link Thomas Stallworth (D) Facebook link     Two candidates will be elected to the eight person Michigan State Univesity Board of Trustees in November, 2024, for an eight year term.  Who will gain your vote? The Nassar scandal and related events have been the number one issue at MSU for many years.  All of the legacy MSU trustees will be gone at the end of this year because of the Nassar scandal.  Some legacy trustees unsuccessfully ran for re-election.  I never voted for or supported any of the legacy candidates because they did not bring closure to the Nassar scandal. My top priority is to bring closure to the Nassar scandal at MSU by firing Nassar enablers who still work at MSU. I will vote for any candidate who advocates for  firing the remaining Nassar enablers.  I will vote for  Mike Balow because he has stated that MSU has to do more house cleaning concerning the Nassar scandal.  I would like the above candidates to comment on how they will bring closure to the Nassar scandal.  Equally important is how they will improve the culture concerning sexual abuse and assault at MSU moving forward.  Legacy trustee Dan Kelly, the only Republican on the MSU Board, did not get nominated to run this year.   I am a member of the Rochester Area Democratic Club.  I feel that at least one Republican should be on the MSU Board.  I will vote for Mike Balow (R).  Mike Balow has been critical of the dysfunctional MSU Board of Trustees for a number of years.  He will be a positive addition.   I am not happy with the current MSU Board of Trustees because they voted at a special board meeting on March 3, 2024, to have Governor Whitmer remove trustees Denno and Vassar from the MSU Board due to ethical violations.  The same board has allowed unethical MSU attorney Kristine Moore who investigated and exonerated Nassar in 2014 to be promoted and continue to work at MSU.  At the top of this page I have listed the four candidates from the two major parties and links to their web site or Facebook page.  Mike Balow and Julie Maday are frequently adding good posts to their Facebook pages.  I visit their Facebook pages on a regular basis.  I hope to make more comments about the candidates in the future if there is more information about the candidates.  Theodore A. Golden, M.D.  Sept. 16, 2024 tagolden43@hotmail.com www.tagolden.com A question for all of the candidates.  Should college athletes who get paid a lot (NIL payments) also be entitled to a generous scholarship?