Tell me more about the School Board election process

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People here keep saying that Saundra Davis is "not a Republican." But her campaign is being managed by far-right nuts who want to completely dismantle public education.

Just look at who her treasurer is - he also worked for Republican Nick Freitas, who was the only Delegate who voted against health insurance coverage for kids with autism. Woodfin is also managing several other Republican school board campaigns in Fairfax.

https://cfreports.elections.virginia.gov/Committee/Index/b87ece74-c5fa-4a4f-ab57-ac3fd64f2a36
https://www.vpap.org/vendors/289018-woodfin-law-offices/?page=1

Can anyone tell us why the local Democrats have done a great, good, or at least decent job recently and deserve to be re-elected?

You can’t win if voters think about the mismanaged facilities, wasted money, covered-up sexual assaults and the failures that get a national spotlight?

Shocker.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone announced that they are running against Anderson, Meren, or Frisch yet? Either as a Democrat trying to get the D endorsement (seems unlikely without a primary) or as a R or I.

They all have opponents:

https://www.vpap.org/localities/fairfax-county-va/elections/

Thank you! Also how in God’s green earth has Karl Frisch raised nearly $200k?? WHO likes this guy that much??!?

His funds come from out of state.

Mostly west coast/California.

He also gets financial support from nqtional donors.

He has very lottle support from fcps parents and local families.

No one cares what I think but I feel like you should only be able to fundraise from your own constituency. I feel like people who live out of state don’t know about our local issues by not sharing our lived experience here & I really don’t think their funding should be able to influence our election.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Moon, McElveen, McDaniel, in that order.

I hate everyone on the current school board but can’t decide how I feel about these 3.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Moon, McElveen, McDaniel, in that order.

I hate everyone on the current school board but can’t decide how I feel about these 3.

Hard no on McElven.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Moon, McElveen, McDaniel, in that order.

I hate everyone on the current school board but can’t decide how I feel about these 3.

Hard no on McElven.

Agreed. Him leaving and then being defeated was a great day. Why do these people come back?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Moon, McElveen, McDaniel, in that order.

I hate everyone on the current school board but can’t decide how I feel about these 3.

Hard no on McElven.

Agreed. Him leaving and then being defeated was a great day. Why do these people come back?

He won handily when running for SB in 2015. He just lost a primary when later running for BOS Chair.

He seemed bored with still being on the SB back in 2018 and 2019. He’s right that people associate him with happier times and a less dysfunctional board than the current crew. And maybe he’s more invested again now that he has a school-aged kid and another who’ll be in FCPS in a few years.

There are 5 men seeking the FCDC endorsement for the 3 at-large seats. McElveen probably has as good a shot as any besides Moon to get endorsed. Of course the FCDC blew off Moon in 2019 but given that they ended up with Omeish instead there’s been a lot of buyer’s remorse since then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Moon, McElveen, McDaniel, in that order.

I hate everyone on the current school board but can’t decide how I feel about these 3.

Hard no on McElven.

Definitely no to McElveen (and anyone else who sought higher office and failed) even if he gets the endorsement which it sounds like he is expecting to do easily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Moon, McElveen, McDaniel, in that order.

I hate everyone on the current school board but can’t decide how I feel about these 3.

Hard no on McElven.

Definitely no to McElveen (and anyone else who sought higher office and failed) even if he gets the endorsement which it sounds like he is expecting to do easily.

If the GOP is smart, they will put on CLEAR cut and dried examples of votes by the SB incumbents and re-treads.

Example: McElveen was the first to introduce the amendment allowing transgenders in our school bathrooms.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone announced that they are running against Anderson, Meren, or Frisch yet? Either as a Democrat trying to get the D endorsement (seems unlikely without a primary) or as a R or I.

They all have opponents:

https://www.vpap.org/localities/fairfax-county-va/elections/

Thank you! Also how in God’s green earth has Karl Frisch raised nearly $200k?? WHO likes this guy that much??!?

His funds come from out of state.

Mostly west coast/California.

He also gets financial support from nqtional donors.

He has very lottle support from fcps parents and local families.

No one cares what I think but I feel like you should only be able to fundraise from your own constituency. I feel like people who live out of state don’t know about our local issues by not sharing our lived experience here & I really don’t think their funding should be able to influence our election.

Agreed. I hated it when the Koch Brothers started contributing for that meals tax defeat. Just let the local people vote.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone announced that they are running against Anderson, Meren, or Frisch yet? Either as a Democrat trying to get the D endorsement (seems unlikely without a primary) or as a R or I.

They all have opponents:

https://www.vpap.org/localities/fairfax-county-va/elections/

Thank you! Also how in God’s green earth has Karl Frisch raised nearly $200k?? WHO likes this guy that much??!?

His funds come from out of state.

Mostly west coast/California.

He also gets financial support from nqtional donors.

He has very lottle support from fcps parents and local families.

No one cares what I think but I feel like you should only be able to fundraise from your own constituency. I feel like people who live out of state don’t know about our local issues by not sharing our lived experience here & I really don’t think their funding should be able to influence our election.

Agreed. I hated it when the Koch Brothers started contributing for that meals tax defeat. Just let the local people vote.

I also hated it that ALEC wrote laws for state legislatures all over the country.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Moon, McElveen, McDaniel, in that order.

I hate everyone on the current school board but can’t decide how I feel about these 3.

Hard no on McElven.

Definitely no to McElveen (and anyone else who sought higher office and failed) even if he gets the endorsement which it sounds like he is expecting to do easily.

If the GOP is smart, they will put on CLEAR cut and dried examples of votes by the SB incumbents and re-treads.

Example: McElveen was the first to introduce the amendment allowing transgenders in our school bathrooms.

The GOP doesn't put those types of candidates forward in NoVA. They keep putting in people who bring up they are anti-choice and sprinkle in some MAGA crazy.

[Anonymous]

You wouldn't have a 12-0 Democratic Board today if the mainstream of the GOP were anywhere close to the mainstream of Fairfax County.

Fairfax is an area where you would expect conservatives to moderate in order to have a chance in local elections, but they refuse and as a consequence, they get slaughtered. The noise that they are currently making ENSURES that local Democratic voters will be engaged and mobilized in a cycle where they otherwise shouldn't be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You wouldn't have a 12-0 Democratic Board today if the mainstream of the GOP were anywhere close to the mainstream of Fairfax County.

Fairfax is an area where you would expect conservatives to moderate in order to have a chance in local elections, but they refuse and as a consequence, they get slaughtered. The noise that they are currently making ENSURES that local Democratic voters will be engaged and mobilized in a cycle where they otherwise shouldn't be.

The problem is that the moderates on either side do not get attention.

The best example is "Gender Queer." They could easily have said that if a book cvannot be read aloud at a school board meeting, that it does not belong in a school library. case closed. subject ober

It would have been unlikely for it still to have been in the media, etc. But, our School Board doubled down. They could have encouraged the librarians to be a little more sensitive to what is in the library. That would have been reasonable.

Trans issue the same. Unisex bathrooms. Case by case basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Moon, McElveen, McDaniel, in that order.

I hate everyone on the current school board but can’t decide how I feel about these 3.

Hard no on McElven.

Definitely no to McElveen (and anyone else who sought higher office and failed) even if he gets the endorsement which it sounds like he is expecting to do easily.

If the GOP is smart, they will put on CLEAR cut and dried examples of votes by the SB incumbents and re-treads.

Example: McElveen was the first to introduce the amendment allowing transgenders in our school bathrooms.

The number of people constantly griping on DCUM about the candidates vastly outweighs the number of Republicans and Independents seeking seats. The Republicans aren’t even finding and endorsing candidates in districts where they might be competitive. For example, Dranesville is ripe for the picking after Tholen pissing off so many in the district and they have no one yet.

Saundra Davis is the only non-Democrat who seems to have a shot at a seat, it’s by no means guaranteed, and that would only be 1/12.

So you might want to complain about Ryan less and find someone who might actually challenge the next group of mostly Democratic board members. Otherwise it’s just whining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You wouldn't have a 12-0 Democratic Board today if the mainstream of the GOP were anywhere close to the mainstream of Fairfax County.

Fairfax is an area where you would expect conservatives to moderate in order to have a chance in local elections, but they refuse and as a consequence, they get slaughtered. The noise that they are currently making ENSURES that local Democratic voters will be engaged and mobilized in a cycle where they otherwise shouldn't be.

Yup, the Republican Party here and everywhere has been focused on crazy and not viable candidates.