2027 School Board Candidates

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Anonymous wrote:After Saundra Davis loses again tomorrow she will immediately start running for 2027 🤣

Maybe if she runs for at-large again she can replace the guy sued for embezzlement. Clown should have had the decency to resign. They tossed him off the Budget Committee and put him on another committee that always cancels its meetings.

She will never be elected to any office in fairfax county. Ever.

She's more moderate than Schultz was, so she just needs to run for the right seat at the right time. Braddock is tough. Springfield, Sully, and Dranesville have a greater chance of flipping.

Sully would be most probable, which is to say 5% versus .1%.

Dunno. Sandy Anderson and Robyn Lady are despised by quite a few in their districts. Some have resources.

The better route would be a primary challenge. A Republican isn’t going to win anywhere in fairfax county.

Springfield has the lone Republican on the board of supervisors. We could do it again and take out Sandy.

Braddock had a GOP supervisor and a GOP endorsed school board member in the not-too-distant past.

The school board races are non-partisan. There is no primary - just candidates the party chooses to endorse.

The local Democrats opened up the process for endorsing SB candidates in 2023. You didn’t need to be a party member to vote in the endorsement process, simply provide an unenforceable pledge to support the eventual candidate who got the most votes.

That was done in response to the 2019 process, where only FCDC members could vote and Obrar Omeish got a lot of teenagers to join the FCDC as youth members. Many were too young to vote in the general election, but they delivered Omeish the FCDC endorsement over Ilryong Moon, which was a huge embarrassment given his seniority and common sense.

The process still favors people who pay a lot of attention to the endorsement process, so the long-time party loyalists still have a significant advantage. But it’s not as bad as it was.

That is helpful and fascinating. I always wondered how she was able to get onto the board given that she had zero qualifications or common sense.

She’s also an example of a sitting member who appears to have been told by others in the FCDC she shouldn’t run again. Sometimes the FCDC is like a little clique or a private school where kids are “counseled out.”

But the situation with Moon in 2019 was bad. It deeply offended some Asian Democrats. Moon initially was going to run as an independent and the FCDC had to get people like Gerry Connolly to lean on him not to run again. He reluctantly agreed. Not saying there was a quid pro quo but a couple of years later the TJ gym got renamed after him. And then they pushed Omeish out in 2023 and he got elected again.

Moon is utterly useless in the job. He adds no value.

I disagree, although Moon along with four others (Ricardy Anderson, Dunne, McElveen, and Meren) will be sidelined for the remainder of this term because the SB now has 7 members (Sandy Anderson, Dannan, Dixit, Frisch, Lady, McDaniel, and St. John-Cunning) who form a bloc aligned with Reid and are inclined to go along with whatever is easiest for her.

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After Saundra Davis loses again tomorrow she will immediately start running for 2027 🤣[/quote]

Maybe if she runs for at-large again she can replace the guy sued for embezzlement. Clown should have had the decency to resign. They tossed him off the Budget Committee and put him on another committee that always cancels its meetings. [/quote]

She will never be elected to any office in fairfax county. Ever. [/quote]

She's more moderate than Schultz was, so she just needs to run for the right seat at the right time. Braddock is tough. Springfield, Sully, and Dranesville have a greater chance of flipping. [/quote]

Sully would be most probable, which is to say 5% versus .1%. [/quote]

Dunno. Sandy Anderson and Robyn Lady are despised by quite a few in their districts. Some have resources.

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The better route would be a primary challenge. A Republican isn’t going to win anywhere in fairfax county. [/quote]

Springfield has the lone Republican on the board of supervisors. We could do it again and take out Sandy. [/quote]

Braddock had a GOP supervisor and a GOP endorsed school board member in the not-too-distant past.

The school board races are non-partisan. There is no primary - just candidates the party chooses to endorse.[/quote]

The local Democrats opened up the process for endorsing SB candidates in 2023. You didn’t need to be a party member to vote in the endorsement process, simply provide an unenforceable pledge to support the eventual candidate who got the most votes.

That was done in response to the 2019 process, where only FCDC members could vote and Obrar Omeish got a lot of teenagers to join the FCDC as youth members. Many were too young to vote in the general election, but they delivered Omeish the FCDC endorsement over Ilryong Moon, which was a huge embarrassment given his seniority and common sense.

The process still favors people who pay a lot of attention to the endorsement process, so the long-time party loyalists still have a significant advantage. But it’s not as bad as it was. [/quote]

That is helpful and fascinating. I always wondered how she was able to get onto the board given that she had zero qualifications or common sense.[/quote]

She’s also an example of a sitting member who appears to have been told by others in the FCDC she shouldn’t run again. Sometimes the FCDC is like a little clique or a private school where kids are “counseled out.”

But the situation with Moon in 2019 was bad. It deeply offended some Asian Democrats. Moon initially was going to run as an independent and the FCDC had to get people like Gerry Connolly to lean on him not to run again. He reluctantly agreed. Not saying there was a quid pro quo but a couple of years later the TJ gym got renamed after him. And then they pushed Omeish out in 2023 and he got elected again. [/quote]

Moon is utterly useless in the job. He adds no value.[/quote]

I disagree, although Moon along with four others (Ricardy Anderson, Dunne, McElveen, and Meren) will be sidelined for the remainder of this term because the SB now has 7 members (Sandy Anderson, Dannan, Dixit, Frisch, Lady, McDaniel, and St. John-Cunning) who form a bloc aligned with Reid and are inclined to go along with whatever is easiest for her. [/quote]

McElveen is even more useless. He barely participates in meetings and even stormed out once. Moon isn’t someone asking many questions and, even when he does, he ends up following Reid anyways. There are only 3 who ask questions and they’re ignored and shut out.

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Be that as it may, the at-large members would have an easier time getting re-elected than the Dranesville, Springfield, and Sully representatives, since those three districts skew more towards the center.

McElveen has a tendency to disengage, but he was also the one School Board member who knew from the very beginning that the county-wide boundary study would be a waste of time and money, and a case study in "over-promising and under-delivering." And he was right.

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Anonymous wrote:After Saundra Davis loses again tomorrow she will immediately start running for 2027 🤣

Maybe if she runs for at-large again she can replace the guy sued for embezzlement. Clown should have had the decency to resign. They tossed him off the Budget Committee and put him on another committee that always cancels its meetings.

She will never be elected to any office in fairfax county. Ever.

She's more moderate than Schultz was, so she just needs to run for the right seat at the right time. Braddock is tough. Springfield, Sully, and Dranesville have a greater chance of flipping.

Schultz was a long time ago. Republicans are not going to win any of these seats. Trump has killed the Republican party.

Sandy Anderson and Robyn Lady have antagonized a lot of folks in their districts. Both are vulnerable should they run again.

Most people don’t even know who their school board members are. They will vote for whoever is on the blue handout.

The county-wide boundary study got people in Springfield and Dranesville paying more attention.

Anderson was condescending as shit and left people thinking she still wants to redistrict West Springfield. Lady showed up in Great Falls and told people she'd send a kid to Herndon over Langley if she had a choice. Those memories linger.

Those memories do linger. I remember Great Falls trying to goad Lady into saying she would have sent her own kids to Langley over Herndon if she could, and she said she still would have sent them to Herndon. Context matters.

All of this to say, I dislike Lady because she doesn’t seem to realize she has constituents inside the Beltway.

She only represents Herndon and, weirdly, Chantilly (where she used to work, but which is outside her district). She's as vulnerable as any Dranesville official has been in some time.

As for her comments to Great Falls, any elected official with an ounce of savvy would have said it depends on the kid and Herndon might be better for some kids and Langley better for others. Instead, she just said she'd favor sending a kid to Herndon.

No. She certainly does not represent Chantilly or she would not have allowed the Skyview boundary issue to be put off. Remember, after saying Chantilly desperately needed relief and praising the purchase, she changed her tune and said Skyview should be a magnet. She changed her tune after meeting with Great Falls parents.

The Great Falls/Herndon area had the dream of increasing Herndon enrollment from Oak Hill. The purchase of Skyview squashed that. Never mind that the people in Oak Hill (20171) are much further from Herndon High than Great Falls. Also, ignoring the fact that no Chantilly kids would be sent to Herndon. Great Falls led the charge against the purchase of Skyview.

You are a parody of yourself. Two vocal people from the area does not translate to the town “leading the charge”.

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Anonymous wrote:After Saundra Davis loses again tomorrow she will immediately start running for 2027 🤣

Maybe if she runs for at-large again she can replace the guy sued for embezzlement. Clown should have had the decency to resign. They tossed him off the Budget Committee and put him on another committee that always cancels its meetings.

She will never be elected to any office in fairfax county. Ever.

She's more moderate than Schultz was, so she just needs to run for the right seat at the right time. Braddock is tough. Springfield, Sully, and Dranesville have a greater chance of flipping.

Schultz was a long time ago. Republicans are not going to win any of these seats. Trump has killed the Republican party.

Sandy Anderson and Robyn Lady have antagonized a lot of folks in their districts. Both are vulnerable should they run again.

Most people don’t even know who their school board members are. They will vote for whoever is on the blue handout.

The county-wide boundary study got people in Springfield and Dranesville paying more attention.

Anderson was condescending as shit and left people thinking she still wants to redistrict West Springfield. Lady showed up in Great Falls and told people she'd send a kid to Herndon over Langley if she had a choice. Those memories linger.

Those memories do linger. I remember Great Falls trying to goad Lady into saying she would have sent her own kids to Langley over Herndon if she could, and she said she still would have sent them to Herndon. Context matters.

All of this to say, I dislike Lady because she doesn’t seem to realize she has constituents inside the Beltway.

She only represents Herndon and, weirdly, Chantilly (where she used to work, but which is outside her district). She's as vulnerable as any Dranesville official has been in some time.

As for her comments to Great Falls, any elected official with an ounce of savvy would have said it depends on the kid and Herndon might be better for some kids and Langley better for others. Instead, she just said she'd favor sending a kid to Herndon.

No. She certainly does not represent Chantilly or she would not have allowed the Skyview boundary issue to be put off. Remember, after saying Chantilly desperately needed relief and praising the purchase, she changed her tune and said Skyview should be a magnet. She changed her tune after meeting with Great Falls parents.

The Great Falls/Herndon area had the dream of increasing Herndon enrollment from Oak Hill. The purchase of Skyview squashed that. Never mind that the people in Oak Hill (20171) are much further from Herndon High than Great Falls. Also, ignoring the fact that no Chantilly kids would be sent to Herndon. Great Falls led the charge against the purchase of Skyview.

When you bounce around like this you end up pleasing no one.

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Anonymous wrote:I will not vote for a candidate that doesn't promote a return to classical education, which emphasizes logic, rhetoric, and grammar.

I will not vote for double negatives.