Places to Sign Recall Petitions - Tholen/Omeish/Cohen

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Anonymous wrote:FWIW, to those questioning the OpenFCPS goals - Im a Democrat, consider myself moderate, voted for tholen in the last election, and eagerly signed her recall petition. I am so tired of her duplicitous, contradictory statements and actions, her refusal to do her job, and what I consider to be her progressive stance. I know for a fact that I am not alone in OpenFCPS - there are many more like me. Sure there are Republicans too - that does not surprise nor deter me. Its actually a good thing.

If you think it’s a good thing that you’re teamed up with people who want private-school vouchers for their kids and nada for yours, your judgment is highly suspect.

The OpenFCPS folks may include some people who'd try to gut public education under any circumstances, but far more who either speak favorably about things like vouchers to try and nudge FCPS to return to the basics or never bring them up at all because they are invested entirely in the public school system.

Yeah that’s why they’re pushing a PraegerU “patriot pod” lol.

Why are you lurking in a FB group that clearly doesn’t interest you and then coming on here to complain anonymously about it? BTW that post has barely any likes and no comments. Don’t assume everyone who is OpenFCPS agrees with each other on everything.

My my, so defensive! It’s almost as if you’re afraid people might see through your ruse and realize what you REALLY stand for.

Yes, I stand for fully opening schools, and replacing most of the inept SB members. As is the stated mission of the group … this isn’t some big conspiracy.

Well, schools are already confirmed to be open and you’ve aligned yourself with people who think PraegerU is a viable alternative to FCPS, so…yeah.

We don’t know if they’re going to stay open. If they go a full year being open with only disruptions for individual students who may need to be out for positive cases or confirmed exposures, then yes, I’d say the mission of OpenFCPS has been accomplished in terms of reopening schools. Not in terms of the recalls though. But until they go a whole year I don’t think we can say “schools are open!!!!11” yet.

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Wtf is Praeger u?

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Anonymous wrote:FWIW, to those questioning the OpenFCPS goals - Im a Democrat, consider myself moderate, voted for tholen in the last election, and eagerly signed her recall petition. I am so tired of her duplicitous, contradictory statements and actions, her refusal to do her job, and what I consider to be her progressive stance. I know for a fact that I am not alone in OpenFCPS - there are many more like me. Sure there are Republicans too - that does not surprise nor deter me. Its actually a good thing.

If you think it’s a good thing that you’re teamed up with people who want private-school vouchers for their kids and nada for yours, your judgment is highly suspect.

The OpenFCPS folks may include some people who'd try to gut public education under any circumstances, but far more who either speak favorably about things like vouchers to try and nudge FCPS to return to the basics or never bring them up at all because they are invested entirely in the public school system.

Yeah that’s why they’re pushing a PraegerU “patriot pod” lol.

Most supporting the recall petitions would have no idea what you’re referring to here. They only know their School Board members ignore them but listen carefully to everything folks like Kimberly Adams say.

Except that is not what you these members did. It’s just the lies the right wing machine was selling and you bought.

You're not too persuasive. There are few better ways to alienate people than to tell them they are unwitting dupes. In general, the people involved with OpenFCPS are among the better informed parents in the county. But good luck leveraging your strategy as the recall petitions move forward and the 2023 elections approach.

No, the people who actually watch the school board's work sessions have no idea whats going on lol.

Is everything you write this incomprehensible? OpenFCPS parents have watched the work sessions. It's another venue where the incompetence of the School Board is on display. They spend hours demanding answers to various questions, some legitimate and most obscure, and then invariably punt when the answers aren't forthcoming.

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Anonymous wrote:Wtf is Praeger u?

It’s basically videos put out by a conservative organization. No one really takes them seriously apart from very right wingers and very left wingers looking for an outrage fix. Everyone else in the middle ignores it.

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Anonymous wrote:FWIW, to those questioning the OpenFCPS goals - Im a Democrat, consider myself moderate, voted for tholen in the last election, and eagerly signed her recall petition. I am so tired of her duplicitous, contradictory statements and actions, her refusal to do her job, and what I consider to be her progressive stance. I know for a fact that I am not alone in OpenFCPS - there are many more like me. Sure there are Republicans too - that does not surprise nor deter me. Its actually a good thing.

If you think it’s a good thing that you’re teamed up with people who want private-school vouchers for their kids and nada for yours, your judgment is highly suspect.

The OpenFCPS folks may include some people who'd try to gut public education under any circumstances, but far more who either speak favorably about things like vouchers to try and nudge FCPS to return to the basics or never bring them up at all because they are invested entirely in the public school system.

Yeah that’s why they’re pushing a PraegerU “patriot pod” lol.

Most supporting the recall petitions would have no idea what you’re referring to here. They only know their School Board members ignore them but listen carefully to everything folks like Kimberly Adams say.

Except that is not what you these members did. It’s just the lies the right wing machine was selling and you bought.

You're not too persuasive. There are few better ways to alienate people than to tell them they are unwitting dupes. In general, the people involved with OpenFCPS are among the better informed parents in the county. But good luck leveraging your strategy as the recall petitions move forward and the 2023 elections approach.

No, the people who actually watch the school board's work sessions have no idea whats going on lol.

Is everything you write this incomprehensible? OpenFCPS parents have watched the work sessions. It's another venue where the incompetence of the School Board is on display. They spend hours demanding answers to various questions, some legitimate and most obscure, and then invariably punt when the answers aren't forthcoming.

I know you guys are always being attacked but the sarcasm there was pretty obvious.

Take a chill pill.

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I’d like to see these School Board members removed from office. Then we can play around with irony and sarcasm.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d like to see these School Board members removed from office. Then we can play around with irony and sarcasm.

Yes let's be entirely sour and dour in our every communication.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d like to see these School Board members removed from office. Then we can play around with irony and sarcasm.

Yes let's be entirely sour and dour in our every communication.

Clearly we need more grace!

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Anonymous wrote:Wtf is Praeger u?

It’s basically videos put out by a conservative organization. No one really takes them seriously apart from very right wingers and very left wingers looking for an outrage fix. Everyone else in the middle ignores it.

Thank you for finally admitting that OpenFCPS isn’t in the middle.

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Anonymous wrote:Wtf is Praeger u?

It’s basically videos put out by a conservative organization. No one really takes them seriously apart from very right wingers and very left wingers looking for an outrage fix. Everyone else in the middle ignores it.

Thank you for finally admitting that OpenFCPS isn’t in the middle.

So there is a poster associated with the group who posts links to conservative videos?

BFD. It’s not like the Fairfax Democrats, over 100 of whose core members turned out to applaud a speaker who said “let them die” about those with different political views.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wtf is Praeger u?

It’s basically videos put out by a conservative organization. No one really takes them seriously apart from very right wingers and very left wingers looking for an outrage fix. Everyone else in the middle ignores it.

Thank you for finally admitting that OpenFCPS isn’t in the middle.

So there is a poster associated with the group who posts links to conservative videos?

BFD. It’s not like the Fairfax Democrats, over 100 of whose core members turned out to applaud a speaker who said “let them die” about those with different political views.

^^^This. Amazing that the left refuses to own their extremism.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FWIW, to those questioning the OpenFCPS goals - Im a Democrat, consider myself moderate, voted for tholen in the last election, and eagerly signed her recall petition. I am so tired of her duplicitous, contradictory statements and actions, her refusal to do her job, and what I consider to be her progressive stance. I know for a fact that I am not alone in OpenFCPS - there are many more like me. Sure there are Republicans too - that does not surprise nor deter me. Its actually a good thing.

If you think it’s a good thing that you’re teamed up with people who want private-school vouchers for their kids and nada for yours, your judgment is highly suspect.

The OpenFCPS folks may include some people who'd try to gut public education under any circumstances, but far more who either speak favorably about things like vouchers to try and nudge FCPS to return to the basics or never bring them up at all because they are invested entirely in the public school system.

Yeah that’s why they’re pushing a PraegerU “patriot pod” lol.

Most supporting the recall petitions would have no idea what you’re referring to here. They only know their School Board members ignore them but listen carefully to everything folks like Kimberly Adams say.

Except that is not what you these members did. It’s just the lies the right wing machine was selling and you bought.

You're not too persuasive. There are few better ways to alienate people than to tell them they are unwitting dupes. In general, the people involved with OpenFCPS are among the better informed parents in the county. But good luck leveraging your strategy as the recall petitions move forward and the 2023 elections approach.

The SB defenders are turning out to be worse then the SB itself.

I worked in National Democratic politics for a decade, was a political appointee in the Obama administration and fully support the recall of the school board. Instead of telling me why the SB deserves to finish their term the first reaction from Fairfax Dems is "WELL ACTUALLY you just don't understand the issue" Or "you are being brain washed" or "You are a secret Republican". It's a moronic response and shows that they have no actual reason to support the SB other then blind partisanship.

To me the hallmark of a healthy democratic party is a government that runs well and provides for it's citizens. This SB is incapable of providing that and thus I feel they should be removed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FWIW, to those questioning the OpenFCPS goals - Im a Democrat, consider myself moderate, voted for tholen in the last election, and eagerly signed her recall petition. I am so tired of her duplicitous, contradictory statements and actions, her refusal to do her job, and what I consider to be her progressive stance. I know for a fact that I am not alone in OpenFCPS - there are many more like me. Sure there are Republicans too - that does not surprise nor deter me. Its actually a good thing.

If you think it’s a good thing that you’re teamed up with people who want private-school vouchers for their kids and nada for yours, your judgment is highly suspect.

The OpenFCPS folks may include some people who'd try to gut public education under any circumstances, but far more who either speak favorably about things like vouchers to try and nudge FCPS to return to the basics or never bring them up at all because they are invested entirely in the public school system.

Yeah that’s why they’re pushing a PraegerU “patriot pod” lol.

Most supporting the recall petitions would have no idea what you’re referring to here. They only know their School Board members ignore them but listen carefully to everything folks like Kimberly Adams say.

Except that is not what you these members did. It’s just the lies the right wing machine was selling and you bought.

You're not too persuasive. There are few better ways to alienate people than to tell them they are unwitting dupes. In general, the people involved with OpenFCPS are among the better informed parents in the county. But good luck leveraging your strategy as the recall petitions move forward and the 2023 elections approach.

The SB defenders are turning out to be worse then the SB itself.

I worked in National Democratic politics for a decade, was a political appointee in the Obama administration and fully support the recall of the school board. Instead of telling me why the SB deserves to finish their term the first reaction from Fairfax Dems is "WELL ACTUALLY you just don't understand the issue" Or "you are being brain washed" or "You are a secret Republican". It's a moronic response and shows that they have no actual reason to support the SB other then blind partisanship.

To me the hallmark of a healthy democratic party is a government that runs well and provides for it's citizens. This SB is incapable of providing that and thus I feel they should be removed.

It's a combination. The FCDC views teachers and their organizations as among their main constituencies/donors, and there is also a knee-jerk reaction to defending SB members simply because they are Democrats who received FCDC endorsements.

There is no accountability, however, for poor performance of when individual SB members take positions that otherwise are antithetical to FCDC's stated values. Tholen is a prime example of this (boundary change favoring the wealthy), as are Omeish (anti-Semitic comments, unsupportive of LBGTQ students) and Frisch (favoring a dog park over kids). Had a Republican-endorsed SB member pulled this crap the FCDC leadership would be all over them.

[Anonymous]

I am not a teacher and not part of the Fairfax Dems. I don’t agree with all the actions of the board members but they have not done anything to warrant a recall. I am appalled that the national right wing groups have pushed recalling school board members around the country as a way to keep up outrage and division to suit their political goals.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a teacher and not part of the Fairfax Dems. I don’t agree with all the actions of the board members but they have not done anything to warrant a recall. I am appalled that the national right wing groups have pushed recalling school board members around the country as a way to keep up outrage and division to suit their political goals.

I was, but am no longer, part of the Fairfax Democrats. Regardless of what happens with the recall petitions, it's great that local parents and county residents are paying attention now to the incompetence and conflicts of interest of the current School Board members.

You can be a Democrat and realize that the current group is not serving us well. There were better options, but the endorsement process rewards "politically connected" candidates on the fringes of both parties.