FCPS School Board Special Election

[Anonymous]

Thoughts on candidates?

[Anonymous]

One of them (Chris Grisafe) has no kids and no real connection to FCPS. And while I think political balance on the school board is a healthy thing, I fail to see what makes him a good candidate. So I voted for Keys-Gamarra, who at least has a record of involvement with childrens' issues.

[Anonymous]

The biggest issue I have with Karen Keys - Gamarra is that she supports the school board having taxing authority.

[Anonymous]

There are two more candidates: https://ballotpedia.org/Fairfax_County_Public_Schools_elections_(2017)

I voted no to taxing authority for the Fairfax County school board.

Here is an article with a little more candidate information: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/transgender-rights-rebel-names-take-center-stage-in-fairfax-school-board-race/2017/08/27/5490e7c6-884b-11e7-961d-2f373b3977ee_story.html?utm_term=.610193dd913a

[Anonymous]

Keys-Gamarra crushed Grisafe. Early results here: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/webreports/specsb_resu0817.pdf

[Anonymous]

Take that, dirty GOP special election schemers!

We got your Scalia seat ;p

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take that, dirty GOP special election schemers!

We got your Scalia seat ;p

Pardon? You mean you got a liberal SC justice? Wow, how soon we forget!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take that, dirty GOP special election schemers!

We got your Scalia seat ;p

Pardon? You mean you got a liberal SC justice? Wow, how soon we forget!

um, no. Schultz apparently was referring to the way they were planning to get this seat through dirty politics "Scalia seat"

Low voter turnout didn't turn out in the republicans favor as they intended because people were PISSED about having a special election when a few days could have put it into the november general election and saved us $250K

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/7/17/1681138/-This-School-Board-Race-Is-So-Critical-the-GOP-Is-Playing-Dirty-Tricks-to-Keep-It

[Anonymous]

and if you don't care to read daily kos - here it is in black and white from the fairfax county GOP

https://vagop8cd.org/2017-fairfax-county-school-board-special-election/

[Anonymous]

Yay!!! Bad idea by GOP running some dude with no kids. Actually creepy IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take that, dirty GOP special election schemers!

We got your Scalia seat ;p

Pardon? You mean you got a liberal SC justice? Wow, how soon we forget!

um, no. Schultz apparently was referring to the way they were planning to get this seat through dirty politics "Scalia seat"

Low voter turnout didn't turn out in the republicans favor as they intended because people were PISSED about having a special election when a few days could have put it into the november general election and saved us $250K

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/7/17/1681138/-This-School-Board-Race-Is-So-Critical-the-GOP-Is-Playing-Dirty-Tricks-to-Keep-It

Yet somehow, spending $1 million to change the name of a high school is not cause for disgust?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yay!!! Bad idea by GOP running some dude with no kids. Actually creepy IMO.

And would you find it creepy if a woman with no kids was running?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yay!!! Bad idea by GOP running some dude with no kids. Actually creepy IMO.

And would you find it creepy if a woman with no kids was running?

NP. Yes. I'd also suspect she was a plant, same as this dude. Also, 65,000 people voting in a special school board election is pretty impressive!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take that, dirty GOP special election schemers!

We got your Scalia seat ;p

Pardon? You mean you got a liberal SC justice? Wow, how soon we forget!

um, no. Schultz apparently was referring to the way they were planning to get this seat through dirty politics "Scalia seat"

Low voter turnout didn't turn out in the republicans favor as they intended because people were PISSED about having a special election when a few days could have put it into the november general election and saved us $250K

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/7/17/1681138/-This-School-Board-Race-Is-So-Critical-the-GOP-Is-Playing-Dirty-Tricks-to-Keep-It

Yet somehow, spending $1 million to change the name of a high school is not cause for disgust?

No, it's not a waste. Lee and Stuart are attended mostly now by non-white minority children and immigrant children, and it's IMO morally wrong to make them attend high schools named after white supremacist confederates. Lee HS was supposed to have been named Franconia HS, which accurately reflects its neighborhood in Springfield. But when school desegregation started in the late 50s, the school board at the time changed its name to Lee as a protest against integration. It's a historical error that now needs to be corrected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take that, dirty GOP special election schemers!

We got your Scalia seat ;p

Pardon? You mean you got a liberal SC justice? Wow, how soon we forget!

um, no. Schultz apparently was referring to the way they were planning to get this seat through dirty politics "Scalia seat"

Low voter turnout didn't turn out in the republicans favor as they intended because people were PISSED about having a special election when a few days could have put it into the november general election and saved us $250K

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/7/17/1681138/-This-School-Board-Race-Is-So-Critical-the-GOP-Is-Playing-Dirty-Tricks-to-Keep-It

Yet somehow, spending $1 million to change the name of a high school is not cause for disgust?

Some of us want to try to end institutional racism and I'm glad to see I'm in good company in Fairfax