Reply to Help a local political novice

Forum Index » Metropolitan DC Local Politics

Reply to "Help a local political novice"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Last night I attended a fundraiser for a local official who is running for mayor of our city.  It was organized by a neighbor or I otherwise would not have attended.  I am pregnant with our first child and other neighbors have a mentioned that they are moving to better school districts when their children reach school age.  We really don't want to move but would do if needed for schools.

In the Q&A, another neighbor asked about the poor quality of the schools, and I followed up asking his plan to improve the schools.   I did not mean to offend him, but he became very defensive and said school rankings were unreliable and that the local schools were excellent.  I tried to ask a follow up question, but he said -- "you've asked your question, let's move on."    Our exchange took about one minute, so I wasn't dominating the conversation.

This made me realize I should know more about local government issues and work to create better schools.  If other public officials have that man's attitude, I am not sure how to address it.  Does anyone have tips for how to get involved without offending.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics