How has Karl Frisch raised $371,559 for his campaign, when . . .

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Anonymous wrote:And the guy who belonged to the group that auctioned the gun didn’t waste $60M in taxpayer money like Frisch on a school that serves no real purpose other than to save a dog park.

The “dog park” story really is anti-gay code isn’t it? I tried to give people the benefit of the doubt on this, but clearly these bigots truly exist.

Anti-gay code?!?!
Dude. It’s not a code at all. It’s the best use of the word “literal” that you can fathom, because he was LITERALLY trying to save his favorite DOG PARK from development.
That he happens to be a gay man who owns that dog with his partner does not make the observation “anti-gay”

The fact that you think that a school wasn’t built at Blake Ln because of a dog park makes you stupid, not a bigot. My apologies.

I do believe that in 2023, the latter is muuuuuch more socially acceptable.

Oops…LESS

See, I helped prove your point even!

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Anonymous wrote:And the guy who belonged to the group that auctioned the gun didn’t waste $60M in taxpayer money like Frisch on a school that serves no real purpose other than to save a dog park.

The “dog park” story really is anti-gay code isn’t it? I tried to give people the benefit of the doubt on this, but clearly these bigots truly exist.

Anti-gay code?!?!
Dude. It’s not a code at all. It’s the best use of the word “literal” that you can fathom, because he was LITERALLY trying to save his favorite DOG PARK from development.
That he happens to be a gay man who owns that dog with his partner does not make the observation “anti-gay”

The fact that you think that a school wasn’t built at Blake Ln because of a dog park makes you stupid, not a bigot. My apologies.

NP. Honest question, I don't know much about this story but it seems to raise high emotions... what was the reason for not building a school at Blake Lane? If not the dog park?

Karl doesn’t like it when it’s pointed out that he consistently places the interests of his childless friends and his partner (a man who teaches in FCPS) over kids and families.

It’s revolting that the county will waste tens of millions on that school in Vienna all because Frisch wanted to make sure a school was NOT built in Fairfax. Even if you believed there was no need for a new school in Fairfax/Oakton, the right thing to do would have been to carefully decide where that money could be best spent instead. Frisch didn’t do that. Instead, he got that money plowed back into an unnecessary school in Dunn Loring as quickly as possible just to make sure the money wouldn’t be spent at Blake Lane.

People pointed out that the Dunn Loring school was hasty and totally unnecessary. He ignored them and his biggest backer was another LBGTQ member of the School Board - Laura Jane Cohen. So, yes. the two current self-declared LBGTQ members of the School Board have disgraced themselves in office - not because they are gay (Frisch) or bi (Cohen), but because they are idiots who make bad decisions that serve their own agendas and not the interests of kids.

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I recall Karl sobbing in public about how his partner Evan might get Covid if required to teach in person. Too bad he never displayed any similar concern about kids struggling with learning loss or mental health issues due to being out of school so long.

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Anonymous wrote:Almost half of his donations come from outside VA - with CA being one of his top states. Unreal.

https://www.vpap.org/candidates/302107/top-donors/out-of-state/map/?start_year=2019&end_year=2023&contrib_type=all

I don’t care. At least he didn’t raise money by selling an assault rifle?

You don't care that a local VA candidate has half his donations coming from outside VA? Of course you don't. You'd only care if he was a Republican. How typical.

I don't care if he is good at raising money. He is responsive to the issues and has been a leader in adapting literacy standards which I've been advocating for for half a dozen years. Plus his opponent auctioned off an assault rifle.

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Remember, residents living around Blake Lane did not want an elementary school built there.

Karl and other leaders, including on the Board of Supervisors, listened to the opinions of their constituents.

The money should've been spent in Providence though, which is why it went to Dunn Loring. Building the school there actually saved money by utilizing an existing FCPS property.

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Anonymous wrote:Karl is not the victim here. It’s the kids whose interests are subordinated to Karl’s friends.

“Friends”

More anti-gay language

There is literally a group called "Friends of Karl Frisch" that has filed campaign finance reports with the Virginia Department of Elections.

Every candidate has a "Friends" group. Funny how we only hear about "friends" for Frisch.

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Anonymous wrote:Karl is not the victim here. It’s the kids whose interests are subordinated to Karl’s friends.

“Friends”

More anti-gay language

There is literally a group called "Friends of Karl Frisch" that has filed campaign finance reports with the Virginia Department of Elections.

Every candidate has a "Friends" group. Funny how we only hear about "friends" for Frisch.

Few so obviously put the interests of kids last.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, his entire career since HS has been as a political operative of some sort, so I would guess that he has more knowledge and connections into fundraising than many of the other candidates. This is also why I don't really trust him. He is not in it for the kids (especially since he does not have any of his own) but for himself.

You are totally out of line. I didn't have kids until I was 42 but I was fully invested in my community and fully committed to public education (even taught for 7 years before burning out) so I cared deeply about the school system long before I had kids. You don't have to spawn to care about good schools. In fact, since he isn't distracted by child rearing, he has more time to devote to the work.

Every time I see people commenting on Frisch not having kids, it reads to me like an anti-gay dog whistle.

FWIW, my understanding is that his husband is a teacher. So that gives him even more skin in the game than a parent, and more quality knowledge from the reality inside a school and the system at large. I'd take that as a personal family qualification more than being the random parent of a 5th grader.

Not PP but I agree. I also don’t like Omeish. I think people without kids that join SB are in it for the politics not because they don’t have skin in the game with their kids at school. I think voters should avoid selecting candidates without kids in the schools.

They pay for the schools with their tax dollars. I’d say that’s skin in the game.

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Anonymous wrote:Almost half of his donations come from outside VA - with CA being one of his top states. Unreal.

https://www.vpap.org/candidates/302107/top-donors/out-of-state/map/?start_year=2019&end_year=2023&contrib_type=all

I don’t care. At least he didn’t raise money by selling an assault rifle?

You don't care that a local VA candidate has half his donations coming from outside VA? Of course you don't. You'd only care if he was a Republican. How typical.

I don't care if he is good at raising money. He is responsive to the issues and has been a leader in adapting literacy standards which I've been advocating for for half a dozen years. Plus his opponent auctioned off an assault rifle.

+1. Tony Sabio is crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:Almost half of his donations come from outside VA - with CA being one of his top states. Unreal.

https://www.vpap.org/candidates/302107/top-donors/out-of-state/map/?start_year=2019&end_year=2023&contrib_type=all

I don’t care. At least he didn’t raise money by selling an assault rifle?

You don't care that a local VA candidate has half his donations coming from outside VA? Of course you don't. You'd only care if he was a Republican. How typical.

I don't care if he is good at raising money. He is responsive to the issues and has been a leader in adapting literacy standards which I've been advocating for for half a dozen years. Plus his opponent auctioned off an assault rifle.

+1. Tony Sabio is crazy.

No he is not. You are clearly backing Frisch, even though everyone now knows Frisch is just a political hack who does not have children in FCPS.

Frisch does not have children at all.

But on top of that, he is running a school system even though he does not have a college degree.

What does that say about his commitment to education when he couldn’t even make it through undergrad?

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Does Sabio have a college degree?

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Anonymous wrote:Does Sabio have a college degree?

Listen, he's former military, that means he's more qualified for everything than anyone else. Because military = qualified. Hoo-rah!!!

(So tired of former military thinking they are entitled to just about anything just because they made the choice to serve).

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Anonymous wrote:Does Sabio have a college degree?

He has an associates degree. So does Karl.

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Anonymous wrote:Almost half of his donations come from outside VA - with CA being one of his top states. Unreal.

https://www.vpap.org/candidates/302107/top-donors/out-of-state/map/?start_year=2019&end_year=2023&contrib_type=all

I don’t care. At least he didn’t raise money by selling an assault rifle?

You don't care that a local VA candidate has half his donations coming from outside VA? Of course you don't. You'd only care if he was a Republican. How typical.

I don't care if he is good at raising money. He is responsive to the issues and has been a leader in adapting literacy standards which I've been advocating for for half a dozen years. Plus his opponent auctioned off an assault rifle.

+1. Tony Sabio is crazy.

No he is not. You are clearly backing Frisch, even though everyone now knows Frisch is just a political hack who does not have children in FCPS.

Frisch does not have children at all.

But on top of that, he is running a school system even though he does not have a college degree.

What does that say about his commitment to education when he couldn’t even make it through undergrad?

LOL Sabio also only has an associate's degree. Karl and him have the same education. Though Karl is currently studying at UVA whereas Tony is at Liberty University studying "aviation"

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One has wasted millions.

He callously abused his office and disrespected the populace with flagrant waste, and should not be given another chance to continually do so.