APS candidate forums

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you guys even look at the forum? It’s being moderated by ArlNow. Do you not trust a local news source to moderate a panel of candidates?

I've been suspecting that APE has infiltrated ArlNOW's reporting. "Some parents" in every headline = APE. APE is quoted in almost every article. Even their known members comment. Every one of their talking point is there.

This forum moderated by their reporter confirms it to me. Too bad GazetteLeader isn't much better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did you guys even look at the forum? It’s being moderated by ArlNow. Do you not trust a local news source to moderate a panel of candidates?

I've been suspecting that APE has infiltrated ArlNOW's reporting. "Some parents" in every headline = APE. APE is quoted in almost every article. Even their known members comment. Every one of their talking point is there.

This forum moderated by their reporter confirms it to me. Too bad GazetteLeader isn't much better.

Same poster. I'm not going to APE's candidate forum either. No point. They don't represent me or my views on APS or public education.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did you guys even look at the forum? It’s being moderated by ArlNow. Do you not trust a local news source to moderate a panel of candidates?

I've been suspecting that APE has infiltrated ArlNOW's reporting. "Some parents" in every headline = APE. APE is quoted in almost every article. Even their known members comment. Every one of their talking point is there.

This forum moderated by their reporter confirms it to me. Too bad GazetteLeader isn't much better.

You don’t seem to realize how nuts this sounds. Log off. Touch grass.

[Anonymous]

I see APE continues to live rent free in a few heads around here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look I'm sorry to tell you that this is the reality that APE created for itself. The group left a really, really, really bad taste in people's mouths - like nothing I've ever seen before. You made your bed, lie in it.

Maybe there’s been APE membership turnover? It has in fact been a couple years. It could be a whole new group, and a lot of younger parents are brand new to APS. They probably know nothing of APE’s past.

Nope. Most of the people in APE's leadership have been there since their inception during the pandemic. It's the same names. How would you know if anyone joined anyway? Do they even have membership outside of their Facebook page? Also, I've signed up for their newsletter. I don't know why because I don't read it. I wonder if they consider me a "member."

I am sure they do, either that or the Facebook group.

It's a 5-person operation of conservative lobbyist who know how to play the game. Just look at their X account. Most of their commenters are RWNJ's. Lots of anti-immigrant stuff. When they say they have 1000 followers, they're talking about a lot of non-Arlington RWNJs who followed them during the pandemic. They do not speak for Arlington parents and never have. This "forum" is another of their tricks. Hold an early candidate forum, get a local journalist to moderate, and look legitimate. Don't fall for it. They're desperate to get new followers and count you as a member. Just don't.

You all are deranged. Here’s the x profile. You don’t need to follow it to keep track of what they’re talking about. And it’s not RWNN propaganda.

I plan to watch the forum just like I’ll watch all the forums.

https://twitter.com/ArlParentsforEd

IDK if it's RWNJ propaganda but APE for sure propagandizes. They tweeted they have 1.2K members! Right....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone else is tired of this convo. Follow them or don’t follow them. People in Arlington are pretty smart and most aren’t on DCUM anyway.

As long as they are active in our community, people will talk about them. And hold them accountable for their words and actions.

I dunno, they went from a supposedly fringe group to having meetings with Duran, getting a member on the SB and now they’re hosting a candidate forum with ARLNow. If that’s your idea of holding them accountable, by all means, keep it up.

eh, they're just loud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's a candidate forum that sounds less problematic:https://www.gazetteleader.com/arlington/news/arlington-civic-federation-sets-date-of-spring-candidate-forum-8397198

that's for county board, is civ fed hosting a school board forum too?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did you guys even look at the forum? It’s being moderated by ArlNow. Do you not trust a local news source to moderate a panel of candidates?

I've been suspecting that APE has infiltrated ArlNOW's reporting. "Some parents" in every headline = APE. APE is quoted in almost every article. Even their known members comment. Every one of their talking point is there.

This forum moderated by their reporter confirms it to me. Too bad GazetteLeader isn't much better.

Same poster. I'm not going to APE's candidate forum either. No point. They don't represent me or my views on APS or public education.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see APE continues to live rent free in a few heads around here.

Astounding how much time the few APE main players spend defending APE on DCUM. And still with that same nastiness that we all saw in 2020.