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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The email is fine. You all love to complain about everything. It is a nightmare job. 
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Yep there is absolutely nothing wrong with his email. [/quote]

There’s plenty wrong with it[/quote]

Sends a terrible message that he dgaf and won't listen to anyone[/quote]

I think he means he won’t listen to chronic cranks such as the Mad Mommies of MoCo who are always Big Mad.

Which is fair. They lack credibility and their feelings aren’t valid. [/quote]

It was clear he meant he won’t listen to State Senator Cheryl Kagan.  He thinks she lacks credibility and her feelings aren’t valid.  She is also a very powerful State Senator.  Let’s see how that works out for him. 
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Correct. He’s also now [b]picked a fight[/b] with Education & Culture Committee member Kristin Mink:

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/02/27/mcps-district-rules-immigration/[/quote]

This is not picking a fight.  This is actually doing his job to keep students and schools a safe place to learn.  I wouldn't mix this issue with the boundary/closing issue.  They are not remotely alike.[/quote]

How is it not picking a fight when Kristin clearly says [b]she felt targeted[/b] by Taylor’s letter, and was disappointed and taken aback by it? She also vowed to keep doing the Know Your Rights sessions and showing up at schools. So she and Taylor are in open conflict now.

This is literally a fight now between 1 of 3 people on the E&C Committee, who decide how much to fund MCPS, and Dr. Taylor.

Dr. Taylor would have been much better off having a direct meeting with Mink and her team about his concerns rather than doing a general, passive aggressive letter attacking her and then having your PIO deny it was directed at her in the first place, as if she and the rest of the public are too dumb to see that he’s lying.

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Is it "picking a fight" any time anybody does something that somebody else doesn't like?  Maybe she "picked a fight" with him by giving operational advice to MCPS employees?

That letter was professional and cordial.  It didn't "attack" anybody.  Did you even read the letter?

"I am writing for two reasons, because I need your help: (1) – I want to share information about what the school system is doing about immigration enforcement, and (2) – to update you on guidance the school system shared with elected officials about school visits in February 2023 (before I came back to MCPS)."
https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/02/25/taylor-sets-boundaries-for-elected-officials-at-mcps-schools/

Again, not EVERYTHING the man does has to be a terrible thing.  And painting it like that undercuts the credibility of those who oppose the bad things he is doing.

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You are ignoring the fact that Mink perceived the letter as an attack, stated as much and expressed disapproval of Taylor’s approach. This is not MY opinion. This is the opinion of an elected official who felt targeted by him and has now responded, which indeed makes it a conflict.

[b]Why are you struggling to read and comprehend?[/b][/quote]

And also, why do you choose to insult me just because I disagree with you?[/quote]

I see you’re splitting hairs between the phrasing of “picking a fight.” I was frustrated because you made it seem like it was my opinion he was fighting with Mink, when it was in fact she who felt attacked and needed to respond to him.

I merely meant that Taylor is in open conflict with an elected official. You are instead trying to decide who started the fight. But that wasn’t the point I was making.

I was focused on the fact that Taylor behaves in ways that rub many, including elected officials, the wrong way. And this is the second dust up  he’s engaging in with an elected official after his scuffle with Kagan via his leaked email.

Personally, I think that’s foolish, and speaks to his arrogance and inability to build consensus in general. And to me, it speaks to him being a poor leader.
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PP here. Thanks for clarifying.  We agree that he is in conflict with two politicians.
I understand the allegation that he "picked a fight" as an assertion that he intentionally got into a disagreement for no good reason- that it is about "who started it."

And not to split hairs again, but I don't agree he is actively "engaging in" conflict.  He didn't start anything public with Kagan, and he sent one letter to all elected officials.  Nothing since.  So he isn't instigating or continuing either of them.[/quote]

Taylor commits many unforced errors. Thank God for that as it will hasten his exit.[/quote]

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