Tell me more about the School Board election process

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Anonymous wrote:I’m against all book banning on the right and the left. I am in the minority. The current D school board only supports their narrative as gospel and ignores their own censorship - as evidenced by the FCDC kicking out anyone with alternative views.

The left is not book banning. And it's not censorship by the left when a private organization denies you membership.

And I think the only criteria for being able to be a member of a democratic political organization is self identifying as a democrat.

Here is the criteria FCDC has to become a member: https://www.fairfaxdemocrats.org/join-fcdc/

Maybe someone else can shed more light on how they're kicking people out, and I have voluntarily disassociated.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m against all book banning on the right and the left. I am in the minority. The current D school board only supports their narrative as gospel and ignores their own censorship - as evidenced by the FCDC kicking out anyone with alternative views.

The left is not book banning. And it's not censorship by the left when a private organization denies you membership.

And I think the only criteria for being able to be a member of a democratic political organization is self identifying as a democrat.

Here is the criteria FCDC has to become a member: https://www.fairfaxdemocrats.org/join-fcdc/

This is basically information on how to apply to be a member, but if you read the fine print it’s clear that they may deny you membership. Further, one of the criteria is whether you support all “nominees and endorsees” of the FCDC. So, for example, if you generally support Democratic positions but have said, for example, that Karl Frisch is a buffoon who has wasted taxpayer money and doesn’t deserve another term, he can get one of his buddies on the FCDC to blackball you.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m against all book banning on the right and the left. I am in the minority. The current D school board only supports their narrative as gospel and ignores their own censorship - as evidenced by the FCDC kicking out anyone with alternative views.

The left is not book banning. And it's not censorship by the left when a private organization denies you membership.

And I think the only criteria for being able to be a member of a democratic political organization is self identifying as a democrat.

Here is the criteria FCDC has to become a member: https://www.fairfaxdemocrats.org/join-fcdc/

This is basically information on how to apply to be a member, but if you read the fine print it’s clear that they may deny you membership. Further, one of the criteria is whether you support all “nominees and endorsees” of the FCDC. So, for example, if you generally support Democratic positions but have said, for example, that Karl Frisch is a buffoon who has wasted taxpayer money and doesn’t deserve another term, he can get one of his buddies on the FCDC to blackball you.

And this is what literally happens, leading to groupthink, and radicalization of a party now led by the fringe left. Can't critique Frisch for prioritizing a dog park over children's education and highlighting his lack of education, and lack of demonstrated critical thinking skills necessary for the position of SB.

One the other side, the party 'that shall not be named' did take in converts, and dealt with their own civil war over the issue that 'their candidates were not true conservatives.'

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Anonymous wrote:It's a mess.

The School Board is supposed to be "non-partisan" but the parties endorse the most partisan people running. Whoever gets the Dem nomination usually wins.

PP here. That should read "endorsement" not nomination. The committee decides who gets the endorsement. It is not a primary.

But do Democrats realize this time around they might lose if they endorse the far left candidates? They have to realize that many people are unhappy with the status quo.

No no Republican is worth voting for even again for any position full stop

Republicans the book banning shits who want school choice f that

OP-here I agree but if the Democrats don't give us decent options, many people will in fact vote Republican. I agree with PPs that this process should not be tied to political parties but that seems like a wish.

If they're dumb enough, then they get what they vote for. *shrug* My kid is about to graduate. RIP to folks' property values.

[Anonymous]

Fairfax GOP has pretty much the exact same language re supporting their candidates. https://fairfaxgop.org/become-a-member/

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Anonymous wrote:Fairfax GOP has pretty much the exact same language re supporting their candidates. https://fairfaxgop.org/become-a-member/

The process sucks for both parties' endorsements, but the Fairfax GOP will be hard pressed to blackball you for criticizing local elected officials given that so few are Republican.

[Anonymous]

I used to just automatically vote the dem ticket, but now I will take a closer look - I'd prefer an independent candidate who isn't partisan at all. But if it's a choice between another right-wing Christian nationalist and a democrat, no matter how far left-leaning, I'm with the democrats.

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I want no endorsements and no at large members. The board is too large and the county is way too big to expect a part time member to monitor all of its schools.

Actually, as long as I am fantasizing, I want to go back to appointed members (it wasn’t that long ago!) so we don’t have the clear political hacks like Frisch and Cohen.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to just automatically vote the dem ticket, but now I will take a closer look - I'd prefer an independent candidate who isn't partisan at all. But if it's a choice between another right-wing Christian nationalist and a democrat, no matter how far left-leaning, I'm with the democrats.

Honest question, do you just slap the label "Christian nationalist" on a candidate because they get endorsed by the Republicans, or do you think the Republicans only endorse Christian nationalists?

Because when I think about the last round of candidates endorsed by the Republicans in 2019, some who either at the time or in retrospect seem like they would have made better School Board members that some of the Democrats who ended up getting elected were conservative in their views, but certainly not Christian nationalists.

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I dunno. Why would someone trying to recall a democratically endorsed school board member not be allowed to join the Dems? It’s a really hard one to figure out.

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Anonymous wrote:Fairfax Democrats posted on their website re: the endorsement process: https://www.fairfaxdemocrats.org/2023endorsement/

This is a change from 2019 and I don’t want anyone to forget it. In 2019 they did not have the qualified voter caveat and Omeish got a ton of people who couldn’t vote in the regular election to vote for her in the FCDC sample ballot process. They did change their rules as a result but that doesn’t change the fact that largely based on their endorsement she won.

Since 2019, FCDC has kicked out lifelong Dems, and did not allow anyone to join who was critical of the school board. They are in an echo chamber and further radicalizing. The ones left to sign a petition to endorse candidates are fringe left. Their only hope is to paint opposition as a extreme right wing.

What lifelong dems have been kicked out of fcdc? Im a longtime member and question this assertion. There was the woman in the springfield district who wasnt allowed to join, the one who kept going on fox news talking about how the dem led schoolboard was awful and was leading the recall petition effort. Why would she be allowed to join?

Why should she not be allowed to join? There are several Dems that think the schoolboard was awful? Most in Fairfax are left of center. Why should the fringe left be in control when they driving the school system into the ground?

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Anonymous wrote:I used to just automatically vote the dem ticket, but now I will take a closer look - I'd prefer an independent candidate who isn't partisan at all. But if it's a choice between another right-wing Christian nationalist and a democrat, no matter how far left-leaning, I'm with the democrats.

Honest question, do you just slap the label "Christian nationalist" on a candidate because they get endorsed by the Republicans, or do you think the Republicans only endorse Christian nationalists?

Because when I think about the last round of candidates endorsed by the Republicans in 2019, some who either at the time or in retrospect seem like they would have made better School Board members that some of the Democrats who ended up getting elected were conservative in their views, but certainly not Christian nationalists.

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The phrase “Christian nationalist” also seems intentionally provocative. Is PP referring to a candidate who believes the U.S. should cease to be a secular country home to people of any or no religion and instead become a theocracy akin to the Islamic Republic of Iran, but Christian in orientation? Or just using the term to refer to any candidate who is Christian and still believes in the idea of a nation state (as opposed to being a globalist who opposes the idea of borders). Often the term seems to be used pejoratively to paint people who hold mainstream views as extremists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to just automatically vote the dem ticket, but now I will take a closer look - I'd prefer an independent candidate who isn't partisan at all. But if it's a choice between another right-wing Christian nationalist and a democrat, no matter how far left-leaning, I'm with the democrats.

And the continued school violence.

[Anonymous]

It appears that both Keys Gamarra and Omeish plan to seek re-election as at-large members. At least they allowed their names to appear on some straw polls held by local Democrats over the weekend.

Two others who appear to be seeking at-large nominations are Lawrence Webb and Kyle McDaniel. Webb is a former School Board member from Falls Church City who was instrumental in the renaming of George Mason HS and Thomas Jefferson ES in Falls Church City. McDaniel ran as an independent and moderate alternative to Elizabeth Schultz and Laura Jane Cohen in the Springfield District in 2019 and came in third place.

[Anonymous]

Neither gamarra nor omeish do the work. They often don’t even show up- check the attendance records. Why do they want to keep the job? Just ego?

Was Moon in the straw poll?