DP. You are entitled to your opinion, but the reality is that they are mainstream positions in Montgomery County (which I, personally, am grateful for). -another Zimmerman, Stewart, Montoya voter |
It's ridiculous for Montoya to put out there that all these county council members, including one whose name she misspelled, are coming to her PTA meeting. Montoya is trying to imply endorsements from council members that just don't exist. We don't need this kind of manipulative behavior on the BOE. |
The candidates respond to a questionnaire and are interviewed. |
You wouldn’t say that about Laura Stewart if you could go back and see all of her twitter posts that she’s now removed since running for office because they’re so extreme/politically damaging |
No, but that's fascinating. That kind of targeted SMS is expensive. There's a campaign finance deadline tomorrow, but it's only for expenses through 4/26. So, if she's doing a big targeted outreach campaign but wants to play hide the ball about where the money came from during the primary, now's the time to do it. |
I'm the PP you're responding to. The "-another Zimmerman, Stewart, Montoya voter" PP. You sure have a bee in your bonnet about one particular candidate's social media account. As it happens, I did see her tweets, and no, they were not extreme. I've also seen Bethany Mandel's tweets, and those are extreme. |
That was an NCC PTA message, not campaign. Our PTA definitely puts the names of invitees/ expected attendees (e.g., an MCPS official, BOE,member, County Council member or education specialist) on notices when we have meetings. That aspect is a nothingburger. |
Yeah, Thiat's the Evans supporter who keepa showing up to try to paint Stewart as more extreme than Evans (despite Evans extremity in her own stay-silent-and-no-oversight/questioning-of-MCPS way) because Evans folks are really only concerned about Stewart, knowing Mandel has no shot in the general election. |
PP again. I did take a look at the previous Mandel campaign finance report, however: Link. A lot of non-MoCo donors, which is expected, but also a big-for-local-politics donation from a shady PAC closely aligned with the Trump campaign (The Presidential Commission, LLC). |
I got this too. I get lots of dem texts fwiw |
I hope an investigative journalist or mainstream local news looks into the story to corroborate or clarify the accusations, because it seems extremely unethical. Playing loosey goosey with bylaws is very slick, and I don’t want slick candidates in the board of education. |
Oh look, there they are on an amicus curiae brief, with Citizens United, supporting Texas's claim that Pennsylvania chose Pennsylvania's electors wrong in the 2020 election. (The Supreme Court declined the case on grounds that Texas didn't have standing.) https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O155/163495/20201211101813720_Texas%20v%20Pennsylvania%20CU%20CUF%20TPC%20amicus%20brief.pdf And there they are on another amicus curiae brief, with Citizens United, supporting the Trump administration's plan to end DACA, where the very first item in the "Table of Authorities" is "Holy Bible (Exodus 18:16)". https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-587/113672/20190826153031721_18-587%20-588%20-589%20Amicus%20BOM%20Citizens%20United.pdf Exodus 18:16 is "Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions." And there they are, giving $1,000 to Bethany Mandel. |
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Again, doesn't appear to be a violation of bylaws. She is not an MCCPTA officer, and not subject to the requirement from MCCPTA to step down before running. She is the North Chevy Chase ES PTA president, and while NCC PTA follows Free State PTA and National PTA bylaws, it does not appear that NCC PTA or those organizations have bylaws that require a local PTA officer has to step down. As long as the councilmembers are at the meeting to address a school-related issue (maybe funding or SROs? celebrate NCC cultural diversity?), and not to campaign for a candidate, that's not exactly playing loosey goosey with the bylaws or being unethical. That doesn't mean it's not a really convenient happenstance for her, though. Politics can be like that...without being against the rules. |