New BOE candidate!!

[Anonymous]

We need fresh faces on BOE so there is some accountability at MCPS. I am so sick of the incumbents rubber stamping everything mcps does. Anyone who mcea supports will not have my vote. Anyone who delayed school reopening will not have my vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dude loves Old Bay.

He's got my vote!

Mine too but only if he's on the Apple ballot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We need fresh faces on BOE so there is some accountability at MCPS. I am so sick of the incumbents rubber stamping everything mcps does. Anyone who mcea supports will not have my vote. Anyone who delayed school reopening will not have my vote.

I'm sick of the same person complaining about the BoE every single day. I get it. You hate funding public schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, things just got a little more interesting. Two new candidates filed today:

Michael Fryar for the at-large seat

Dawn Iannaco-Hahn for the District 5 seat

Which means both races now have three candidates apiece and so will appear on the primary ballot in June.

The current slate:

At-large:
Michael Fryar
J. Domenic Giandomenico
Karla Silvestre (incumbent)


District 1:
Jay Guan
[Incumbent Judy Docca has not yet filed]


District 3:
Scott Joftus (incumbent)
Julie Yang


District 5:
Valerie M. Coll
Dawn Iannaco-Hahn
Brenda Wolff (incumbent)

And as of today Jay Guan now has a challenger in District 1: Grace Rivera-Oven

[Anonymous]

Our mail just arrived, including Apple Ballot endorsements.

Julie Yang has their endorsement, rather than Scott Joftus. This is a real surprise to me. I had planned on supporting her, but maybe I should look more at Joftus? Anyone have more knowledge on why she's the Apple choice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our mail just arrived, including Apple Ballot endorsements.

Julie Yang has their endorsement, rather than Scott Joftus. This is a real surprise to me. I had planned on supporting her, but maybe I should look more at Joftus? Anyone have more knowledge on why she's the Apple choice?

Because she's a former teacher and college/career counselor in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our mail just arrived, including Apple Ballot endorsements.

Julie Yang has their endorsement, rather than Scott Joftus. This is a real surprise to me. I had planned on supporting her, but maybe I should look more at Joftus? Anyone have more knowledge on why she's the Apple choice?

Because she's a former teacher and college/career counselor in MCPS.

What has Joftus done (or not done) as a current BOE member that Apple Ballot is in full support of an opponent? I know he hasn't been on BOE very long, but it sounds like he didn't align with the Union's preference somewhere...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our mail just arrived, including Apple Ballot endorsements.

Julie Yang has their endorsement, rather than Scott Joftus. This is a real surprise to me. I had planned on supporting her, but maybe I should look more at Joftus? Anyone have more knowledge on why she's the Apple choice?

Because she's a former teacher and college/career counselor in MCPS.

What has Joftus done (or not done) as a current BOE member that Apple Ballot is in full support of an opponent? I know he hasn't been on BOE very long, but it sounds like he didn't align with the Union's preference somewhere...

Where have you been? You need to look up the old threads on how covid money was spent and his personal connection (search "Kid Museum").
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/50/1018735.page

I was voting for Fryar, but now that this new guy is in the ring, I'm waiting to see who the Apple Ballot endorses. MCEA is still licking their wounds over two no-confidence votes that got the hand, but I'm hoping they learned their lesson enough to stop supporting nutcases and picked mainstream folks this time around. The reason why I'm voting Apple Ballot to get as many votes as possible to swing the board over. The problem is that Silver Spring controls most of the county voting since Montgomery County residents can vote for any other Districts reps.

The current Apple Ballot is here:
https://www.mceanea.org/political-action-community-engagement-pace/apple-ballot/

Grace Rivera-Oven, District 1
Julie Yang, District 3
Valerie Coll, District 5

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our mail just arrived, including Apple Ballot endorsements.

Julie Yang has their endorsement, rather than Scott Joftus. This is a real surprise to me. I had planned on supporting her, but maybe I should look more at Joftus? Anyone have more knowledge on why she's the Apple choice?

Because she's a former teacher and college/career counselor in MCPS.

What has Joftus done (or not done) as a current BOE member that Apple Ballot is in full support of an opponent? I know he hasn't been on BOE very long, but it sounds like he didn't align with the Union's preference somewhere...

Where have you been? You need to look up the old threads on how covid money was spent and his personal connection (search "Kid Museum").
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/50/1018735.page

I was voting for Fryar, but now that this new guy is in the ring, I'm waiting to see who the Apple Ballot endorses. MCEA is still licking their wounds over two no-confidence votes that got the hand, but I'm hoping they learned their lesson enough to stop supporting nutcases and picked mainstream folks this time around. The reason why I'm voting Apple Ballot to get as many votes as possible to swing the board over. The problem is that Silver Spring controls most of the county voting since Montgomery County residents can vote for any other Districts reps.

The current Apple Ballot is here:
https://www.mceanea.org/political-action-community-engagement-pace/apple-ballot/

Grace Rivera-Oven, District 1
Julie Yang, District 3
Valerie Coll, District 5

Assuming that the Union is picking people mainstream folks is a really big assumption you've made.

I don't follow you comment how Silver Spring controls most of the county. Aren't all Mont County residents able to vote for all seats / districts for BOE?

I didn't follow much about BOE this school year because my youngest DC is a senior and I am SO DONE with the drama known as Montgomery County Public Schools. However, I know the current (and past) BOE members have basically sucked and I'm happy to vote them out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We need fresh faces on BOE so there is some accountability at MCPS. I am so sick of the incumbents rubber stamping everything mcps does. Anyone who mcea supports will not have my vote. Anyone who delayed school reopening will not have my vote.

+1. basically whoever apple ballot supports, i do not support. so no incumbents. unbelievable they sat there complicit while teachers refused to work, and so low paid workers were the ones sitting with students, and that was ok?? mcps closed to in-person learning for the entire school year unnecessarily, hurting the most vulnerable. so i've already submitted my absentee votes for

fryer
guan
alzona, and
iannaco-hahn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the apple ballot is going to be interesting. The teachers themselves are disgusted with the board’s hiring of McKnight and the way COVID was handled. I would think they are also ready for a big change.

YEA!!!!!

JUst the opposite and I always vote straight Apple ballot since they make the best picks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need fresh faces on BOE so there is some accountability at MCPS. I am so sick of the incumbents rubber stamping everything mcps does. Anyone who mcea supports will not have my vote. Anyone who delayed school reopening will not have my vote.

+1. basically whoever apple ballot supports, i do not support. so no incumbents. unbelievable they sat there complicit while teachers refused to work, and so low paid workers were the ones sitting with students, and that was ok?? mcps closed to in-person learning for the entire school year unnecessarily, hurting the most vulnerable. so i've already submitted my absentee votes for

fryer
guan
alzona, and
iannaco-hahn

Wow you picked all the extreme nutjobs! You must hate public schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need fresh faces on BOE so there is some accountability at MCPS. I am so sick of the incumbents rubber stamping everything mcps does. Anyone who mcea supports will not have my vote. Anyone who delayed school reopening will not have my vote.

+1. basically whoever apple ballot supports, i do not support. so no incumbents. unbelievable they sat there complicit while teachers refused to work, and so low paid workers were the ones sitting with students, and that was ok?? mcps closed to in-person learning for the entire school year unnecessarily, hurting the most vulnerable. so i've already submitted my absentee votes for

fryer
guan
alzona, and
iannaco-hahn

The Apple Ballot is endorsing Rivera-Oven, Yang, and Coll, none of whom are incumbents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need fresh faces on BOE so there is some accountability at MCPS. I am so sick of the incumbents rubber stamping everything mcps does. Anyone who mcea supports will not have my vote. Anyone who delayed school reopening will not have my vote.

+1. basically whoever apple ballot supports, i do not support. so no incumbents. unbelievable they sat there complicit while teachers refused to work, and so low paid workers were the ones sitting with students, and that was ok?? mcps closed to in-person learning for the entire school year unnecessarily, hurting the most vulnerable. so i've already submitted my absentee votes for

fryer
guan
alzona, and
iannaco-hahn

The Apple Ballot is endorsing Rivera-Oven, Yang, and Coll, none of whom are incumbents.

think you misread what i wrote. i do not support incumbents -or- anyone apple ballot supports. i never said that apple ballot supports only incumbents.

yes it's great we vote for who we feel will be best for the position. will see who prevails - i'm hoping this BOE election will be like SF and Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need fresh faces on BOE so there is some accountability at MCPS. I am so sick of the incumbents rubber stamping everything mcps does. Anyone who mcea supports will not have my vote. Anyone who delayed school reopening will not have my vote.

+1. basically whoever apple ballot supports, i do not support. so no incumbents. unbelievable they sat there complicit while teachers refused to work, and so low paid workers were the ones sitting with students, and that was ok?? mcps closed to in-person learning for the entire school year unnecessarily, hurting the most vulnerable. so i've already submitted my absentee votes for

fryer
guan
alzona, and
iannaco-hahn

WARNING: this person is a troll trying to throw off voters. Ignore this post.