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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This lawsuit is absurd. The SMOB doesn’t rule by fiat but is rather one vote.

People can disagree with an individual SMOB’s views and/or how the SMOB does their job—just as you can disagree with any other elected. But disagreement should NOT prompt an effort to strip students of their representation.

Goodness. [/quote]

I think the point of the lawsuit was to break the stalemate. Nothing good comes from zero movement on either side. The lawsuit fixed the glitch.[/quote]

I'm sorry, what? This is some bizarre spin. The point of the lawsuit was to take away the student's voting rights, after the student cast a vote against returning to in-person instruction. Further, this ongoing suit hasn't "fixed" anything. [/quote]

https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/readers-respond/bs-ed-rr-howard-school-board-letter-20201230-vwa446ay2rfupleoxhx5owinbm-story.html[/quote]

Lol, I'm sorry, did you really just link to an opinion piece to try and justify your point? Yes, I'm aware of how the two women's attorney has framed the suit in the press, particularly as they have gotten pushback for the bullying the poor SMOB is undergoing. But in court, the filings--not talking points--matter.

And let's be clear what the suit would accomplish, if successful. This suit doesn't challenge the fact that the board is even numbered. The suit doesn't challenge the process being undertaken to determine reopening. The suit challenges the SMOB's right to vote, declaring his or her ability to do so unconstitutional. If the suit is successful, students will be stripped of their representation across the board. Perhaps, if successful, these parents may get the political outcome they want and end this instance of "gridlock"--but the impact will be much more far-reaching than that. And those far-reaching impacts are the point of the lawsuit, even if the women and their attorney don't want to own up to true repercussions of their actions here.

Further, at least one of the two women who (in my opinion) foolishly attached their name to this stunt have also mocked the right for a student to vote in board proceedings writ large: "Even if the student voted for me I don’t think I want his vote, he’s a child," said Kim Ford.

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/former-howard-county-student-members-of-the-board-band-together-to-protect-voting-rights[/quote]

Well, I stand by any action is better than none.  It's been gridlock and since they two women wrote this commentary, I don't have any reason to not believe it's what they want to get across.  The system is clearly flawed since the board can't get anything done. [b]Why would people care how the gridlock is fixed, as long as it is fixed?[/b]
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Woah, this is dangerous short-term thinking. The "how" always, always matters. [/quote]

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