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Anonymous
That is true but I was using those as shorthand for the fact that she has demonstrated to two very different constituencies that she is the best candidate for the job. If you want her professional accomplishments she has started and runs a nonprofit and has a long history of working with kids. Either way the idea that the only thing she has to offer is representation is offensive. |
Anonymous
| What about the ballot questions? Are they as straightforward as they appear or is there something behind some of the questions? Thinking particularly about the state delegate must be a resident question. |
Anonymous
Wrong. There are plenty of affirming Christian churches. It's evangelical Christians who are trying to legislate their religious beliefs so you can miss me with your 1st amendment talk. |
Anonymous
I promise this is an honest question. How can her church’s beliefs, even her own religious beliefs affect the Board of Education? Speaking on a broader level wouldn’t that mean that we would not want any other religion represented on the board of election that opposes homosexuality? And if not, that would just be one vote on one particular subject that would easily be outvoted by the rest of the board. There might be other reasons not to vote for her that are not based on her religion but I don’t see why her religious be a factor. |
Anonymous
I'm not the PP, but to me it is not about her religious beliefs. But she says clearly in her bio: "She serves as the Chairman & President Trustee of the Board of a multi-million dollar non-profit in Gaithersburg, MD." And I think it's legitimate to look into what that non-profit is, and what its values are, and decide whether you want a leader of such an organization to be on the school board. |
Anonymous
+1. I like her too. One of the few local races that isn’t already predetermined. |
Anonymous
+2. I think she would bring a very valuable perspective to the board. |
Anonymous
"Plenty" is not "most." Most do not. Evangelical Christians are the majority of non-Catholic Christians. And of course Catholics are the largest denomination of Christians. Neither of which approves of marriage equality within their churches. |
Anonymous
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Oven v Wells
Oven has had some health issues recently, but is by far the better candidate. Wells supports getting rid of teaching CRT (Critical Race Theory) which is not taught in MCPS. Is also a board member of an anti-LGBTQ+ organization. |
Anonymous
Instead of attacking Wells, please explain why is Oven the best candidate. What does she support? What are her accomplishments? What is her goal with MCPS? |
Anonymous
What I think conservatives object to (because I do) is not the content, but the approach. There are two ways to go about this: a common humanity approach or a common enemy approach. What we have, in practice, is the common enemy approach: All too often kids (as well as adults) think there is one bad group (whites in power) and one good group (everyone else), and they then see each other as exemplars of those groups. And so there is a lot of animosity right now in terms of race relations in the schools. If the schools could turn it around to a common humanity approach (and I wish this is the tack that Wells and others would take), the schools would emphasize the need to dismantle structural racism, but cut it out with the white privilege and white fragility framework. That makes it too personal. And kids, developmentally, really can't see the nuance here. And it just leads, in many cases, to white kids who think Black kids can't take care of themselves, and Black kids thinking whites are the cause of all their problems. I particularly hate that part of it, because it takes the locus of control away, which is bad for everyone's mental health. |
Anonymous
MCPS is a mess. Also Grace had a six-figure federal tax lien that MAGICALLY went away soon after she received covid funds. Esther wants MCPS kids to read and do math at grade level and MCPS to stop burning money and not helping students. You don't have to agree with someone on everything to vote for them. Life is full of hard choices but honestly Grace is mailing it in so much is this even hard? Like SHE ISNT EVEN TRYING TO SHOW VOTERS SHE CARES ABOUT KIDS AND MCPS IMPROVING? |
Anonymous
I like that she isn't an incumbent, but she tweeted a few days ago that school buildings were closed in 2020 not schools which was really tone deaf in the face of the now-clear terrible impact of closing schools and the general consensus that it was a mistake (hello Europe, Rhode Island etc that kept them open). Moms are still raging and the wounds are still fresh on that. |
Anonymous
NP - Do you know what the 1st Amendment says? It doesn't say that you think it does. |
Anonymous
So she tweeted something accurate. Another reason to vote for her. |