Williams will re-run for CPS board

From CPS reporter Ben Fischer:

Cincinnati school board veteran Rick Williams said late Wednesday he intends to run for re-election, making him the board's only incumbent who will try to retain his seat in November.

The other two CPS board members whose terms expire this year, John Gilligan and Florence Newell, have said they would retire.

Williams, who has been one of Superintendent Rosa Blackwell's chief critics since her tenure began in 2005, will run in an open-field election where the top three finishers win seats. Williams has not formally filed yet, because he says he's "procrastinated" in getting the necessary 300 signatures filed at the Hamilton County Board of Elections. Just one candidate, A. Chris Nelms Jr., has formally filed

Since being appointed to fill an unexpired term of Virginia Griffin in May 1999, Williams has won two full terms on his own. He's served three separate terms as board president.