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This isn't bullying, and I find it very odd that people are characterizing it as bullying. I'm with the top PP; this is normal stuff for a candidate running for public office. In fact, far worse things have been said about candidates running for public office. [/quote]

The difference to me is that this is a lowly BOE race, not running for higher office. [b]We've never seen anything like this for a BOE race in the past, at least as far back as I can remember.[/b]

It's not like a seat on the BOE is worth it for $$, power, or prestige. You get paid $25k/year, and everyone complains at you all day. My guess is this is why the current at-large member decided not to run again -- she know it would be like this and she didn't need the stress for a $25k/year thankless job (and I dont' blame her).

Looking on DCUM, there have been so many threads about Austin -- one of 15 candidates -- that Jeff even had to lock a few. That just seems way out of hand. I don't see even 1 thread on most of the candidates. What gives? The thread topics tend to be negative towards Austin, so I doubt it's his supporters starting them. [/quote]

I don't remember anyone in the past running a campaign like Stephen Austin. So that seems like a plausible explanation for it, to me.[/quote]
+1  His positions and rhetoric have been polarizing. That's fine. He has a right and should express his position, but if those positions are polarizing, then you'd better be ready for dissension  and visceral reactions.[/quote]

Here's his website:
https://stephenaustin4boe.com/

I hardly see anything polarizing on there. I suspect most voters will check out his website, as well as voter guiders like from League of Women Voters. I don't see anything really polarizing there also.[/quote]
He is polarizing because one side is extremely invested in keeping the Teacher's Union strong by owning the MCPS Board.  Austin's side is more concerned with providing a high quality education to all students in MCPS than goose-stepping in line.  If you do anything that may take away their power, they fight back as hard as they possibly can.  I'm assuming that 80% of the Austin bashers are teachers union reps - the other 20% are just your run of the mill social justice warriors.[/quote]

"Social justice warrior" being anyone who doesn't support Austin's segregationist inspired bullying campaign, presumably.[/quote]
+1 Austin and his supporters are polarizing -- "let's lump in every person who doesn't agree with Austin as either union supporters or SJW."

Newsflash: I am neither.  I don't agree with some of Austin's positions on the boundary analysis  and the way he's handled himself. That's why I won't vote for him.  Believe it or not, not  everyone who supports a boundary analysis is a sjw.  Many of us think the boundary analysis is loooong overdue as we have had our kids (now in mcps for going on 8 years for us) in a constant state of overcrowded schools.   We also see through the false narrative that "the #1 factor for boundary is diversity", both in the upcounty boundary changes and a somewhat recent boundary change we experienced.   Some of us can parse the data for ourselves and reach our own conclusions and not base our opinions on fear mongering of "excessive busing", whatever that means.   But if you want to talk about excessive busing, let's look at the "excessive busing" of the Potomac Glen neighborhood all the way to Churchill when there are at least two HS that are closer to it.  Let's talk about how there are currently 30 to 40% of students who are not assigned to their closest schools.  Are these students part of the "excessive busing" crowd?  [/quote]

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