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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, and Virginia has no limits on campaign contributions.[/quote]

Not exactly the issue. From the Washington Post, November 25, 2018:

"The amounts were eye-popping for a school board election in a system of fewer than 16,000 students. While most contenders for the Alexandria City School Board collected contributions of a few hundred dollars or less, Veronica Nolan and Christopher Suarez outraised some opponents more than tenfold.

The source of their financial boost: Leaders in Education Fund, the political giving arm of Leadership for Educational Equity, an organization that trains Teach for America alumni to run for public office and [b]is tied to billionaire donors allied with the charter school lobby.[/b]"[/quote]

Well, I don't think that's been a good investment for the "billionaire donors allied with the charter school lobby."  It's been six years since she got this donation.  Has she even expressed even the mildest support for charter schools?  She's definitely carried other water for a billionaire or two while on the board.  But not charter schools.

But the amount is staggering in context.  I'd be surprised that no one has asked her about it but this is Alexandria.  No follow up questions are ever asked.  [/quote]

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