Remember, people, being informed about who is running for even the lowest level elected positions is very important.
Those positions often have the most day-to- day impact on your individual life, and they are typically the least voted for races.
And yet, local media has become such shit that it’s impossible to research the positions of many local candidates.
During the last elections here, the media sent out questionnaires to all of the school board candidates and half of them didn't bother to respond.
The local subreddit crowdsourced background info on all the candidates and helped identify several of the wingnut wannabe authoritarians.
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Though one did manage to get elected and almost immediately got suspended for acting like the racist she is during the meetings, and then freaking out when called out for her behaviour.
I've emailed local candidates and asked them how they voted on other elections (like who did you vote for president or in the primaries). They've responded. I have had some respond very vague, which I interpret as a bad sign, and others were very clear.
League of women’s voters website is usually a good resource. They send each candidate a questionnaire and publish what they get back.
That happened with my local library system. We had a dipshit conservative try to ban pride displays. Turns out, even if this is a red county, the people who actually read books and care about public services don't like that, and now knew to pay attention to local library politics. The hearing about it was packed, and she lost badly the next election.
I admit I didn't consider voting in library board elections before, but now you bet I'm showing up.
Some good news sure is refreshing
the majority of the attendees voicing support did not have children in the district’s schools, and most were not residents of the area, according to the Times.
As they're fighting culture wars at other people's expenses, on the behalf of their political side, which will not care nor protect them as they think. In which word is it acceptable that a complete stranger has a say in an institution in which they won't ever take part in?
I feel like a lot of these situations could be mitigated by only allowing people with children in the school to attend, or at least only people who live in the district. It would at least keep those astroturfed groups out, like moms for fascism and the like
US policing is like this too. we could greatly improve police results by instituting local civilian boards to oversee police conduct and require police live in the areas they patrol.
How can you be a member of the school board in an area you don't live?
It said the supporters were from elsewhere, not the school board members. Or did I miss that?
Hi I live in this district and was part of the recall effort. Those board members didn't have kids in OUSD schools. They send their kids to private school. I don't know where they live, but they are politically active in other nearby communities outside the district and would encourage extreme political activists that don't live in our district to come make a circus out of board meetings. Their focus was not on kids or schools. Their interest was only in chaos.
I don't doubt that their focus was on chaos at all. I'm also not surprised that they didn't have kids in the public school system. I was just basing it on what I read in the article and I didn't remember reading anything about that in the article.
Thanks, apparently I can't read.
Everybody should drink a couple of glasses of water and mind their own business.
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