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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fairfax Democrats posted on their website re: the endorsement process: https://www.fairfaxdemocrats.org/2023endorsement/[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

If the opposition doesn’t want to be painted as extreme right wing, maybe they need to express their clear support for safe and secure public schools with adequately funded facilities.  Right now it seems many are just looking to say as many negative things about public schools as possible with the goal of replacing funding of public schools with vouchers.  That didn’t get anywhere in the divided state legislature this session but it doesn’t mean they won’t stop trying.

I never see anyone really trying to appeal to the middle. [/quote]

Agree we need the "middle."  However, FCPS is adequately funded--it's the way the Supe, Board, and administration choose to use the funds that is the problem.[/quote]

Yet. None of them had said anything about vouchers. One of them disagreed with the notion of vouchers as they are not implementable to scale. 
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Not sure why you’d expect any of the current superintendent, Gatehouse employees, or School Board members to say much publicly about the proposals for vouchers. It’s clearly inconsistent with their legislative agenda and they knew the Democrats in the state legislature wouldn’t let the proposal advance.

If you want vouchers, you should elect state legislators who’ll support them but to me it almost seems inconsistent with the idea of a public school board member having a fiduciary duty for a SB member to publicly support efforts to defund the public schools in favor of vouchers that can be spent on private and religious schools.  Though I do get that the threat might be useful if it would prompt school officials to spend the available money more wisely. [/quote]

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