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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have questions about Board of Education and I went back to a thread I thought it was live but it seems to be deleted. Can I ask those here too?

Grace Rivera Oven v. Esther Wells

Rivera Oven has and has not participated or replied to many of the newspaper and media requests for interviews versus Wells who has. Does anyone have any insight to why this? To me it appears like Rivera Oven seems disinterested in the election or this believes she’s the front runner who doesn’t need to try.

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I don't agree with this. Rivera Oven has participated in forums and been interviewed.

[url]https://youtu.be/M212GaGiyBY[/url]

[url]https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/10/20/community-activist-and-accountant-face-off-for-district-1-school-board-seat/[/url]

She's also the only one of the BOE candidates to be endorsed by both MCEA and the Washington Post.[/quote]
A Washington Post endorsement is honestly not worth much anymore. Her main claim to a BOE seat seems to be representation. That’s not enough for me.

I understand that Wells is not everyone’s cup of tea. But MCPS has suffered too long from groupthink and not enough BOE members asking tough questions and engaging in proper oversight. I have confidence that Wells will do that and it’s why I’m going to vote for her. [/quote]

So offensive to dismiss someone’s positions and accomplishments this way. Only person to get both MCEA and WaPo to endorse her and you think her only claim is “representation”.

Meanwhile Wells is fundamentally out of step with the large majority of MoCo residents on important issues.[/quote]
I don’t really understand your point. Getting endorsements is not a professional accomplishment. [/quote]

That is true but I was using those as shorthand for the fact that she has demonstrated to two very different constituencies that she is the best candidate for the job.  If you want her professional accomplishments she has started and runs a nonprofit and has a long history of working with kids. Either way the idea that the only thing she has to offer is representation is offensive. [/quote]

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