BOE election candidates 2024

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh look, it's the Bethany Mandel supporters going after Laura Stewart on DCUM (anonymously) just like they're doing on Twitter (semi-anonymously).

This Laura Stewart/Bethany Mandel race between ultra partisans on the left and right is going to be exhausting. It’s troubling that the BOE race is going to be so partisan. For all of her faults, at least Shebra Evans seems to stick to the issues that are relevant to the BOE and more middle of the road on issues that aren’t.

What issues does Shebra stick to? What does Shebra believe in? I've been waiting years to find out.

You can watch the years of BOE meetings that Shebra has been a part of to find out. .

Except you can't, because she hardly ever asks questions or presses back. She's just voted yes for whatever McKnight or Smith proposed.

[Anonymous]

Bethany Mandel is not a democrat
Bethany Mandel is a heinous human if one thinks she is human, which is debatable.
Bethany Mandel is stupid that is a fact watch her interviews
Bethany Mandel is a liar and a racist

Vote accordingly

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There may be pro-Mandel folks denigrating Stewart, but I think it's more pro-Evans folks who are picking up that beat and drumming it, happy to associate Stewart's name with the left without mentioning that their own candidate. They hail from the same part of the spectrum, and, let's face it, one of them is going to win in this county -- just way too blue for it to turn out otherwise.

But Evans has the yoke of having been a multi-term, do-little incumbent, directly complicit in the morass of MCPS problems, while Stewart's been an unempowered advocate (yeah, connected, but PTA and the like, no matter what level, doesn't have a voting seat). Their focus is different, with different core constituencies or potential core constituencies.

Evans' people want her issues at the forefront, and know that there's a good chance that that performance over the past few years would mean she wouldn't win heads-up vs. Stewart in the main election. The primary winnows the field to two and it runs without party affiliation. In the currently tense, anti-incumbent climate they they hope to flip the typical political script, running to the center in the primary (by painting Stewart as the scary liberal and staying mostly silent on Evans, relying more on name recognition and their own core votes) and remaining to the left in the main (the only winning play in MoCo).

If they can push enough of the anti-incumbent MoCo middle to Mandel instead of Stewart in the primary while avoiding erosion by keeping Evans' name out of it, mission accomplished.

Mandel's folks know the general election is a hopeless cause, but they get a win just by making it past the primary to be on the big ballot, keeping her name out there longer and providing her a greater platform from which to spout to Fox & Friends.

Even if Evans is similar to Stweart it's time to give someone else a chance. These past few years were not that great.

Just to be clear, Evans is the current BOE member (incumbent). Stewart would be the someone else.

If by “someone else” you mean a MCCPTA and MCPS lifer who rubber stamped everything the BOE wanted to do.

Ah, now I see. The post was deliberately vague to try to confuse folks into thinking Stewart was the one culpable and Evans would be someone new.

Silly rabbit! Trix are for kids!

+1000. It’s so easy to confuse the BOE member and the BOE groupie who supported everything the member did and did nothing when the latest scandals broke. The only difference between the two is that the groupie is hyper partisan while the member seems to use her position to do school things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh look, it's the Bethany Mandel supporters going after Laura Stewart on DCUM (anonymously) just like they're doing on Twitter (semi-anonymously).

This Laura Stewart/Bethany Mandel race between ultra partisans on the left and right is going to be exhausting. It’s troubling that the BOE race is going to be so partisan. For all of her faults, at least Shebra Evans seems to stick to the issues that are relevant to the BOE and more middle of the road on issues that aren’t.

What issues does Shebra stick to? What does Shebra believe in? I've been waiting years to find out.

You can watch the years of BOE meetings that Shebra has been a part of to find out. Unlike the other 2 ideologues in the race, she doesn’t take to twitter to comment on everything going on in the country, so you won’t be able to find out that way.

Although I guess you could say the same about Laura Stewart, who made her formerly public twitter page private once she decided to run for office. I wonder what historical posts she was so worried about that made her take down the whole page and keep it out of view.

Shebra could be an ideologue if she had ideas to share. I've looked at Shebra's Twitter account. Pretty sparse, accept for wishing her daughter well in college (which is truly very sweet) and thanking schools for having her in for a visit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh look, it's the Bethany Mandel supporters going after Laura Stewart on DCUM (anonymously) just like they're doing on Twitter (semi-anonymously).

This Laura Stewart/Bethany Mandel race between ultra partisans on the left and right is going to be exhausting. It’s troubling that the BOE race is going to be so partisan. For all of her faults, at least Shebra Evans seems to stick to the issues that are relevant to the BOE and more middle of the road on issues that aren’t.

What issues does Shebra stick to? What does Shebra believe in? I've been waiting years to find out.

You can watch the years of BOE meetings that Shebra has been a part of to find out. Unlike the other 2 ideologues in the race, she doesn’t take to twitter to comment on everything going on in the country, so you won’t be able to find out that way.

Although I guess you could say the same about Laura Stewart, who made her formerly public twitter page private once she decided to run for office. I wonder what historical posts she was so worried about that made her take down the whole page and keep it out of view.

Shebra could be an ideologue if she had ideas to share. I've looked at Shebra's Twitter account. Pretty sparse, accept for wishing her daughter well in college (which is truly very sweet) and thanking schools for having her in for a visit.

I don’t think she wants to be an ideologue. It’s not her personal style and it isn’t politically popular when you’re on the BOE, which is probably why Laura Stewart switched her twitter account to private and blocked anyone from seeing her ideas there once she decided to run for office as the accountability and transparency candidate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh look, it's the Bethany Mandel supporters going after Laura Stewart on DCUM (anonymously) just like they're doing on Twitter (semi-anonymously).

This Laura Stewart/Bethany Mandel race between ultra partisans on the left and right is going to be exhausting. It’s troubling that the BOE race is going to be so partisan. For all of her faults, at least Shebra Evans seems to stick to the issues that are relevant to the BOE and more middle of the road on issues that aren’t.

What issues does Shebra stick to? What does Shebra believe in? I've been waiting years to find out.

You can watch the years of BOE meetings that Shebra has been a part of to find out. Unlike the other 2 ideologues in the race, she doesn’t take to twitter to comment on everything going on in the country, so you won’t be able to find out that way.

Although I guess you could say the same about Laura Stewart, who made her formerly public twitter page private once she decided to run for office. I wonder what historical posts she was so worried about that made her take down the whole page and keep it out of view.

Shebra could be an ideologue if she had ideas to share. I've looked at Shebra's Twitter account. Pretty sparse, accept for wishing her daughter well in college (which is truly very sweet) and thanking schools for having her in for a visit.

I don’t think she wants to be an ideologue. It’s not her personal style and it isn’t politically popular when you’re on the BOE, which is probably why Laura Stewart switched her twitter account to private and blocked anyone from seeing her ideas there once she decided to run for office as the accountability and transparency candidate.

Evans has to have an idea before she can be an ideologue but I will still take her benign neglect over Laura Stewart or Bethany Mandel (literally two sides of the same coin) any day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh look, it's the Bethany Mandel supporters going after Laura Stewart on DCUM (anonymously) just like they're doing on Twitter (semi-anonymously).

This Laura Stewart/Bethany Mandel race between ultra partisans on the left and right is going to be exhausting. It’s troubling that the BOE race is going to be so partisan. For all of her faults, at least Shebra Evans seems to stick to the issues that are relevant to the BOE and more middle of the road on issues that aren’t.

What issues does Shebra stick to? What does Shebra believe in? I've been waiting years to find out.

You can watch the years of BOE meetings that Shebra has been a part of to find out. Unlike the other 2 ideologues in the race, she doesn’t take to twitter to comment on everything going on in the country, so you won’t be able to find out that way.

Although I guess you could say the same about Laura Stewart, who made her formerly public twitter page private once she decided to run for office. I wonder what historical posts she was so worried about that made her take down the whole page and keep it out of view.

Shebra could be an ideologue if she had ideas to share. I've looked at Shebra's Twitter account. Pretty sparse, accept for wishing her daughter well in college (which is truly very sweet) and thanking schools for having her in for a visit.

I don’t think she wants to be an ideologue. It’s not her personal style and it isn’t politically popular when you’re on the BOE, which is probably why Laura Stewart switched her twitter account to private and blocked anyone from seeing her ideas there once she decided to run for office as the accountability and transparency candidate.

Evans has to have an idea before she can be an ideologue but I will still take her benign neglect over Laura Stewart or Bethany Mandel (literally two sides of the same coin) any day.

You can try to gaslight Laura Stewart by saying she is similar to Bethany Mandel, but that just catch traction with anyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. Bethany Mandel is associated with Moms4Liberty and other similar groups. That's not an opinion, that's a fact.

Is that the same as the FreeStatePTA thing I keep hearing about?

Free State PTA is the name of the Maryland PTA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh look, it's the Bethany Mandel supporters going after Laura Stewart on DCUM (anonymously) just like they're doing on Twitter (semi-anonymously).

This Laura Stewart/Bethany Mandel race between ultra partisans on the left and right is going to be exhausting. It’s troubling that the BOE race is going to be so partisan. For all of her faults, at least Shebra Evans seems to stick to the issues that are relevant to the BOE and more middle of the road on issues that aren’t.

What issues does Shebra stick to? What does Shebra believe in? I've been waiting years to find out.

You can watch the years of BOE meetings that Shebra has been a part of to find out. Unlike the other 2 ideologues in the race, she doesn’t take to twitter to comment on everything going on in the country, so you won’t be able to find out that way.

Although I guess you could say the same about Laura Stewart, who made her formerly public twitter page private once she decided to run for office. I wonder what historical posts she was so worried about that made her take down the whole page and keep it out of view.

Shebra could be an ideologue if she had ideas to share. I've looked at Shebra's Twitter account. Pretty sparse, accept for wishing her daughter well in college (which is truly very sweet) and thanking schools for having her in for a visit.

I don’t think she wants to be an ideologue. It’s not her personal style and it isn’t politically popular when you’re on the BOE, which is probably why Laura Stewart switched her twitter account to private and blocked anyone from seeing her ideas there once she decided to run for office as the accountability and transparency candidate.

Evans has to have an idea before she can be an ideologue but I will still take her benign neglect over Laura Stewart or Bethany Mandel (literally two sides of the same coin) any day.

You can try to gaslight Laura Stewart by saying she is similar to Bethany Mandel, but that just catch traction with anyone.

Far left vs. far right. Both live in echo chambers. Correct me where I’m wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh look, it's the Bethany Mandel supporters going after Laura Stewart on DCUM (anonymously) just like they're doing on Twitter (semi-anonymously).

This Laura Stewart/Bethany Mandel race between ultra partisans on the left and right is going to be exhausting. It’s troubling that the BOE race is going to be so partisan. For all of her faults, at least Shebra Evans seems to stick to the issues that are relevant to the BOE and more middle of the road on issues that aren’t.

What issues does Shebra stick to? What does Shebra believe in? I've been waiting years to find out.

You can watch the years of BOE meetings that Shebra has been a part of to find out. Unlike the other 2 ideologues in the race, she doesn’t take to twitter to comment on everything going on in the country, so you won’t be able to find out that way.

Although I guess you could say the same about Laura Stewart, who made her formerly public twitter page private once she decided to run for office. I wonder what historical posts she was so worried about that made her take down the whole page and keep it out of view.

Shebra could be an ideologue if she had ideas to share. I've looked at Shebra's Twitter account. Pretty sparse, accept for wishing her daughter well in college (which is truly very sweet) and thanking schools for having her in for a visit.

I don’t think she wants to be an ideologue. It’s not her personal style and it isn’t politically popular when you’re on the BOE, which is probably why Laura Stewart switched her twitter account to private and blocked anyone from seeing her ideas there once she decided to run for office as the accountability and transparency candidate.

Evans has to have an idea before she can be an ideologue but I will still take her benign neglect over Laura Stewart or Bethany Mandel (literally two sides of the same coin) any day.

You can try to gaslight Laura Stewart by saying she is similar to Bethany Mandel, but that just catch traction with anyone.

just won't catch traction.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh look, it's the Bethany Mandel supporters going after Laura Stewart on DCUM (anonymously) just like they're doing on Twitter (semi-anonymously).

This Laura Stewart/Bethany Mandel race between ultra partisans on the left and right is going to be exhausting. It’s troubling that the BOE race is going to be so partisan. For all of her faults, at least Shebra Evans seems to stick to the issues that are relevant to the BOE and more middle of the road on issues that aren’t.

What issues does Shebra stick to? What does Shebra believe in? I've been waiting years to find out.

You can watch the years of BOE meetings that Shebra has been a part of to find out. Unlike the other 2 ideologues in the race, she doesn’t take to twitter to comment on everything going on in the country, so you won’t be able to find out that way.

Although I guess you could say the same about Laura Stewart, who made her formerly public twitter page private once she decided to run for office. I wonder what historical posts she was so worried about that made her take down the whole page and keep it out of view.

Shebra could be an ideologue if she had ideas to share. I've looked at Shebra's Twitter account. Pretty sparse, accept for wishing her daughter well in college (which is truly very sweet) and thanking schools for having her in for a visit.

I don’t think she wants to be an ideologue. It’s not her personal style and it isn’t politically popular when you’re on the BOE, which is probably why Laura Stewart switched her twitter account to private and blocked anyone from seeing her ideas there once she decided to run for office as the accountability and transparency candidate.

Evans has to have an idea before she can be an ideologue but I will still take her benign neglect over Laura Stewart or Bethany Mandel (literally two sides of the same coin) any day.

You can try to gaslight Laura Stewart by saying she is similar to Bethany Mandel, but that just catch traction with anyone.

Far left vs. far right. Both live in echo chambers. Correct me where I’m wrong.

You live in a polarized world. So sorry about that.

I would be willing to consider supporting Shebra Evans. The problem is that Shebra just hasn't done anything on the BOE for the last 8 years. Shebra rubber-stamped Smith and McKnight positions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh look, it's the Bethany Mandel supporters going after Laura Stewart on DCUM (anonymously) just like they're doing on Twitter (semi-anonymously).

This Laura Stewart/Bethany Mandel race between ultra partisans on the left and right is going to be exhausting. It’s troubling that the BOE race is going to be so partisan. For all of her faults, at least Shebra Evans seems to stick to the issues that are relevant to the BOE and more middle of the road on issues that aren’t.

What issues does Shebra stick to? What does Shebra believe in? I've been waiting years to find out.

You can watch the years of BOE meetings that Shebra has been a part of to find out. Unlike the other 2 ideologues in the race, she doesn’t take to twitter to comment on everything going on in the country, so you won’t be able to find out that way.

Although I guess you could say the same about Laura Stewart, who made her formerly public twitter page private once she decided to run for office. I wonder what historical posts she was so worried about that made her take down the whole page and keep it out of view.

Shebra could be an ideologue if she had ideas to share. I've looked at Shebra's Twitter account. Pretty sparse, accept for wishing her daughter well in college (which is truly very sweet) and thanking schools for having her in for a visit.

I don’t think she wants to be an ideologue. It’s not her personal style and it isn’t politically popular when you’re on the BOE, which is probably why Laura Stewart switched her twitter account to private and blocked anyone from seeing her ideas there once she decided to run for office as the accountability and transparency candidate.

Evans has to have an idea before she can be an ideologue but I will still take her benign neglect over Laura Stewart or Bethany Mandel (literally two sides of the same coin) any day.

You can try to gaslight Laura Stewart by saying she is similar to Bethany Mandel, but that just catch traction with anyone.

Far left vs. far right. Both live in echo chambers. Correct me where I’m wrong.

You live in a polarized world. So sorry about that.

I would be willing to consider supporting Shebra Evans. The problem is that Shebra just hasn't done anything on the BOE for the last 8 years. Shebra rubber-stamped Smith and McKnight positions.

The BOE deliberated those hires in closed sessions. How do you know what happened there? One person who probably got a play-by-play was Laura Stewart. Did she share the readout with you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh look, it's the Bethany Mandel supporters going after Laura Stewart on DCUM (anonymously) just like they're doing on Twitter (semi-anonymously).

This Laura Stewart/Bethany Mandel race between ultra partisans on the left and right is going to be exhausting. It’s troubling that the BOE race is going to be so partisan. For all of her faults, at least Shebra Evans seems to stick to the issues that are relevant to the BOE and more middle of the road on issues that aren’t.

What issues does Shebra stick to? What does Shebra believe in? I've been waiting years to find out.

You can watch the years of BOE meetings that Shebra has been a part of to find out. Unlike the other 2 ideologues in the race, she doesn’t take to twitter to comment on everything going on in the country, so you won’t be able to find out that way.

Although I guess you could say the same about Laura Stewart, who made her formerly public twitter page private once she decided to run for office. I wonder what historical posts she was so worried about that made her take down the whole page and keep it out of view.

Shebra could be an ideologue if she had ideas to share. I've looked at Shebra's Twitter account. Pretty sparse, accept for wishing her daughter well in college (which is truly very sweet) and thanking schools for having her in for a visit.

I don’t think she wants to be an ideologue. It’s not her personal style and it isn’t politically popular when you’re on the BOE, which is probably why Laura Stewart switched her twitter account to private and blocked anyone from seeing her ideas there once she decided to run for office as the accountability and transparency candidate.

Evans has to have an idea before she can be an ideologue but I will still take her benign neglect over Laura Stewart or Bethany Mandel (literally two sides of the same coin) any day.

You can try to gaslight Laura Stewart by saying she is similar to Bethany Mandel, but that just catch traction with anyone.

Far left vs. far right. Both live in echo chambers. Correct me where I’m wrong.

You live in a polarized world. So sorry about that.

I would be willing to consider supporting Shebra Evans. The problem is that Shebra just hasn't done anything on the BOE for the last 8 years. Shebra rubber-stamped Smith and McKnight positions.

The BOE deliberated those hires in closed sessions. How do you know what happened there? One person who probably got a play-by-play was Laura Stewart. Did she share the readout with you?

The anti-Stewart trolling is really over the top tonight

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh look, it's the Bethany Mandel supporters going after Laura Stewart on DCUM (anonymously) just like they're doing on Twitter (semi-anonymously).

This Laura Stewart/Bethany Mandel race between ultra partisans on the left and right is going to be exhausting. It’s troubling that the BOE race is going to be so partisan. For all of her faults, at least Shebra Evans seems to stick to the issues that are relevant to the BOE and more middle of the road on issues that aren’t.

What issues does Shebra stick to? What does Shebra believe in? I've been waiting years to find out.

You can watch the years of BOE meetings that Shebra has been a part of to find out. Unlike the other 2 ideologues in the race, she doesn’t take to twitter to comment on everything going on in the country, so you won’t be able to find out that way.

Although I guess you could say the same about Laura Stewart, who made her formerly public twitter page private once she decided to run for office. I wonder what historical posts she was so worried about that made her take down the whole page and keep it out of view.

Shebra could be an ideologue if she had ideas to share. I've looked at Shebra's Twitter account. Pretty sparse, accept for wishing her daughter well in college (which is truly very sweet) and thanking schools for having her in for a visit.

I don’t think she wants to be an ideologue. It’s not her personal style and it isn’t politically popular when you’re on the BOE, which is probably why Laura Stewart switched her twitter account to private and blocked anyone from seeing her ideas there once she decided to run for office as the accountability and transparency candidate.

Evans has to have an idea before she can be an ideologue but I will still take her benign neglect over Laura Stewart or Bethany Mandel (literally two sides of the same coin) any day.

You can try to gaslight Laura Stewart by saying she is similar to Bethany Mandel, but that just catch traction with anyone.

Far left vs. far right. Both live in echo chambers. Correct me where I’m wrong.

You live in a polarized world. So sorry about that.

I would be willing to consider supporting Shebra Evans. The problem is that Shebra just hasn't done anything on the BOE for the last 8 years. Shebra rubber-stamped Smith and McKnight positions.

That's why I'm voting for Stewart mainly. Also, don't pay attention to the far-right trolls.

[Anonymous]

It's definitely understandable why some people might be so upset about the single most important issue in this race, which is ... one of the candidates has two Twitter accounts, one official campaign and one personal that's on private.

/s