How Come BOE Candidate Stephen Austin Won’t Say What His Employment Is??

[Anonymous]

... There are good choices to represent all perspectives in the upcoming race for Board of Education, At-Large. Stephen Austin is not one of them.

Sincerely,

Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Sen. Nancy King
Sen. Ben Kramer
Sen. Will Smith
Del. Lorig Charkoudian
Del. Charlotte Crutchfield
Del. Bonnie Cullison
Del. Lesley Lopez
Del. Eric Luedtke
Del. David Moon
Del. Kirill Reznik
Del. Vaughn Stewart
County Executive Marc Elrich
Councilmember Gabe Albornoz
Councilmember Tom Hucker
Councilmember Will Jawando
Councilmember Nancy Navarro
Councilmember Craig Rice
Councilmember Hans Riemer

Wow, I was undecided but not anymore. I'm definitely voting for Steve Austin. For all these politicians to be scared enough to gang up against one man running in a field of 13 is pretty much forcing me to vote for him to see what they could possibly be so frightened of. I know that Austin's big on financial audits. I wonder whether there is some funny business going on that they don't want exposed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ouch

... There are good choices to represent all perspectives in the upcoming race for Board of Education, At-Large. Stephen Austin is not one of them.

Sincerely,

Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Sen. Nancy King
Sen. Ben Kramer
Sen. Will Smith
Del. Lorig Charkoudian
Del. Charlotte Crutchfield
Del. Bonnie Cullison
Del. Lesley Lopez
Del. Eric Luedtke
Del. David Moon
Del. Kirill Reznik
Del. Vaughn Stewart
County Executive Marc Elrich
Councilmember Gabe Albornoz
Councilmember Tom Hucker
Councilmember Will Jawando
Councilmember Nancy Navarro
Councilmember Craig Rice
Councilmember Hans Riemer

http://www.theseventhstate.com/?p=12908

None from districts 15, 16, and 18 signed the letter against Austin. They happen to represent the parts of Montgomery County with higher ranked schools.

[Anonymous]

The main point of the open letter opposing Austin is:

"Though we don’t all agree on school boundaries or school board candidates, we do agree on the importance of thoughtful, civil dialogue."

What's controversial about that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The main point of the open letter opposing Austin is:

"Though we don’t all agree on school boundaries or school board candidates, we do agree on the importance of thoughtful, civil dialogue."

What's controversial about that?

Have you dealt with the BOE? Did it work out when you asked to have a "thoughtful, civil dialogue" with the BOE?

You can only get things done by taking them to court and organize and be loud.

That's what Austin's group has done. Only way to work with this BOE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The main point of the open letter opposing Austin is:

"Though we don’t all agree on school boundaries or school board candidates, we do agree on the importance of thoughtful, civil dialogue."

What's controversial about that?

Have you dealt with the BOE? Did it work out when you asked to have a "thoughtful, civil dialogue" with the BOE?

You can only get things done by taking them to court and organize and be loud.

That's what Austin's group has done. Only way to work with this BOE.

Maybe he should change his slogan to "Thoughtless, Uncivil Monologues"

[Anonymous]

Except that it isn't true. It is shocking that so many have fallen for the BS from JOF. Austin hasn't personally done any of the things they accuse him of (other than using the term neighborhood schools, a term also used by mcps and WXY). He has my vote, and I believe all this PR is going to push him over the top.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Except that it isn't true. It is shocking that so many have fallen for the BS from JOF. Austin hasn't personally done any of the things they accuse him of (other than using the term neighborhood schools, a term also used by mcps and WXY). He has my vote, and I believe all this PR is going to push him over the top.

It's shocking that you think people are opposed to Steve Austin on the say-so of this one former member of the Board of Education whom Steve Austin supporters on the Internet are obsessed with.

The elected officials "accuse" [your word] him of not contributing to thoughtful, civil dialogue, and from what I've seen, that's true. He, personally, has not contributed to thoughtful, civil dialogue; he's done the opposite. And it's reasonable to assume that he would continue to do the opposite on the school board, if elected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

None from districts 15, 16, and 18 signed the letter against Austin. They happen to represent the parts of Montgomery County with higher ranked schools.

Two D15 delegates have endorsed Jay Guan.

[Anonymous]

Can we just agree that if a candidate won’t provide certain information, and you consider that information important, don’t vote for him?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It's shocking that you think people are opposed to Steve Austin on the say-so of this one former member of the Board of Education whom Steve Austin supporters on the Internet are obsessed with.

The elected officials "accuse" [your word] him of not contributing to thoughtful, civil dialogue, and from what I've seen, that's true. He, personally, has not contributed to thoughtful, civil dialogue; he's done the opposite. And it's reasonable to assume that he would continue to do the opposite on the school board, if elected.

I just saw Stephen Austin's complete meltdown last night on Twitter. Yeah, that guy is a trainwreck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It's shocking that you think people are opposed to Steve Austin on the say-so of this one former member of the Board of Education whom Steve Austin supporters on the Internet are obsessed with.

The elected officials "accuse" [your word] him of not contributing to thoughtful, civil dialogue, and from what I've seen, that's true. He, personally, has not contributed to thoughtful, civil dialogue; he's done the opposite. And it's reasonable to assume that he would continue to do the opposite on the school board, if elected.

I just saw Stephen Austin's complete meltdown last night on Twitter. Yeah, that guy is a trainwreck.

DP. If people want to look - it's in the replies.

A candidate ought to know better than to get into angry late-night debates on Twitter. If he gets elected, people will say everything they've been saying about him, and worse. I know this because of the things people have said about the current BoE candidates - including people who are his supporters. How will he respond when it's his constituents saying those things about him?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

... There are good choices to represent all perspectives in the upcoming race for Board of Education, At-Large. Stephen Austin is not one of them.

Sincerely,

Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Sen. Nancy King
Sen. Ben Kramer
Sen. Will Smith
Del. Lorig Charkoudian
Del. Charlotte Crutchfield
Del. Bonnie Cullison
Del. Lesley Lopez
Del. Eric Luedtke
Del. David Moon
Del. Kirill Reznik
Del. Vaughn Stewart
County Executive Marc Elrich
Councilmember Gabe Albornoz
Councilmember Tom Hucker
Councilmember Will Jawando
Councilmember Nancy Navarro
Councilmember Craig Rice
Councilmember Hans Riemer

Wow, I was undecided but not anymore. I'm definitely voting for Steve Austin. For all these politicians to be scared enough to gang up against one man running in a field of 13 is pretty much forcing me to vote for him to see what they could possibly be so frightened of. I know that Austin's big on financial audits. I wonder whether there is some funny business going on that they don't want exposed.

I had not thought of that but you have a point. I doubt there is funny business, but more irresponsible spending. Maybe he will reign in spending and hold them accountable.

Also, as someone who is not well educated in the BOE and politics, just how much power would 1 person have that so many politicians are scared of him? That also makes me wonder just how powerful the entire BOE is that they don't want someone who does not fall in line. This entire election is bizarre.

[Anonymous]

Here's the exchange. https://twitter.com/Stephen_Austin_/status/1265117357925687296

There's nothing super damning but a lot of Getting the Last Word Syndrome, and replying to every comment, and basically just keyboard warrioring.

Not the temperament I want on the BoE or frankly any position that includes being in the public eye.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The main point of the open letter opposing Austin is:

"Though we don’t all agree on school boundaries or school board candidates, we do agree on the importance of thoughtful, civil dialogue."

What's controversial about that?

This. It’s like people attracted to Austin are the same kind of folks attracted to Trump. It’s the same fear/hate-based voting block.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's the exchange. https://twitter.com/Stephen_Austin_/status/1265117357925687296

There's nothing super damning but a lot of Getting the Last Word Syndrome, and replying to every comment, and basically just keyboard warrioring.

Not the temperament I want on the BoE or frankly any position that includes being in the public eye.

I don't think that is it.

Just search for posts with @stephen_austin_

You will find all you need to know about that guy...trust me.