Elaine Tholen's recall is goin to court

[Anonymous]

Money Line on this is over/under 0.0% to succeed. Even with these odds I pick under.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Money Line on this is over/under 0.0% to succeed. Even with these odds I pick under.

Those are also about the odds of Elaine Tholen running and getting elected again in 2023.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Guys, no judge is going to want to set the legal precedent that would allow a small subset of the electorate the ability to get an elected official thrown out outside of regular election cycle just because those people didn't agree with the way the elected official handled a particular issue.

Oh boy, here come the legal eagles again. You guys are clearly hack lawyers if you have nothing better to do then throw out your constantly wrong opinions and guarantees about the outcomes of these cases. I'm glad I'm married to a lawyer that went to a real law school and has a real career.

…I went to a T5 and work at a BigLaw firm. Try again. I’m just a moderate who doesnt believe what Laura Ingraham and Rory Cooper serves up.

[Anonymous]

Kind of disenguous of open_fcps to hail this as a victory when all that's happened is that the court affirms that the signatures are legitimate. I mean, yay, you got 5000 angry parents to sign your petition. NBD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a waste of time and resources. And so creepy how school board recalls are part of a nationwide, right wing campaign.

THANK YOU. I feel really sad for parents who have unwittingly joined this OAN/FOX News-approved cause. I know a couple people who were previously quite liberal that signed the petition - wouldn't be surprised if now they're getting slammed with "vote for Youngkin" texts. You guys KNOW who the head of openFCPS is, right? A right-wing political operative.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Money Line on this is over/under 0.0% to succeed. Even with these odds I pick under.

Those are also about the odds of Elaine Tholen running and getting elected again in 2023.

+1 Yes I’d love for the recall to succeed - it would be amazing. But I’m not hopeful that we’ll get rid of these people before 2023. But I AM hopeful that they’ll go running back to private life and stay out of politics forever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What a waste of time and resources. And so creepy how school board recalls are part of a nationwide, right wing campaign.

THANK YOU. I feel really sad for parents who have unwittingly joined this OAN/FOX News-approved cause. I know a couple people who were previously quite liberal that signed the petition - wouldn't be surprised if now they're getting slammed with "vote for Youngkin" texts. You guys KNOW who the head of openFCPS is, right? A right-wing political operative.

Yawn. Thousands of parents literally do not care who “heads” #OpenFCPS. They just think the priorities of this School Board are nuts (and Tholen has been a huge disappointment on a host of issues since her election) and the petition is their best available outlet at the moment to express their dissatisfaction. You don’t sound any different than right-wing partisans complaining about George Soros giving tons of money to Democratic candidates like Steve Descano when you harp on donors to, or “leaders” of, #OpenFCPS.

[Anonymous]

Can someone explain the reason given for recalling this school board member?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain the reason given for recalling this school board member?

I’m sure you can find the petition online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain the reason given for recalling this school board member?

They targeted those with the smallest vote margins. It’s not about anything Tholen did. It’s just part of this well-funded campaign by the right wing: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-07-12/school-board-recalls-force-contentious-fights-about-race-virus-politics-on-local-stages%3fcontext=amp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain the reason given for recalling this school board member?

Petition:
https://openfcpscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Final-Tholen-Open-FCPS-Coalition-Petition-Form.pdf

Flyer:
https://openfcpscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-case-for-removal-FINAL.pdf

[Anonymous]

Hmm, it reads like she is being recalled for doing something the voters don't like. I don't see this recall going anywhere, particularly with partisan judges.

Recall of Loudoun School Board actually has a legal violation behind it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain the reason given for recalling this school board member?

Petition:
https://openfcpscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Final-Tholen-Open-FCPS-Coalition-Petition-Form.pdf

Flyer:
https://openfcpscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-case-for-removal-FINAL.pdf

The flyer is pretty damning.

[Anonymous]

Sorry I missed previous threads. What did she do wrong?

[Anonymous]

Omeish deserves a recall ASAP.