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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]Without question, it will all pass and all the BOE members will vote for it.[/quote]

It will pass, but you might get a few BOE members who are nominated to perform and cast a no vote to make the public believe their petitions and protests made a difference.

If they cast unanimous votes it’ll validate the rubber stamping criticism they insist is not reality.[/quote]

You seem to think there is a wide-ranging conspiracy that involves the superintendent and the entire BOE to do...what exactly?  What is their motivation to conspire together and make this choice if it is not the one they think is best for the whole county?[/quote]

It’s not a conspiracy theory if it turns out to be true. Then again, MCPS will say “oh well, too late now.”

The chronology of events and other evidence appear to show that the decision was made before community engagement.

You are convinced they’re right, so you have a clear bias. I guess the ends justify the means in your mind - laws and regulations don’t matter, and apparently the views of those most affected don’t either.

Sounds rather authoritarian.[/quote]
None of this tracks, or answers the question.

Why would all of these people collude to do something “wrong.” What is the motivation?[/quote]

MCPS had a $300M+ parcel with a 20-year deadline and no comparable land available—but not the data to justify a new high school. Now, instead of rethinking that decision, they’re proposing to close a 55-year-old school to make Crown work. That’s not planning—that’s backfilling a decision that was already made.[/quote]

PP here.  So they are trying to make the best decision today, given poor decisions in the past?

I'm OK with that.  That is not a conspiracy or wrongdoing.

I'm not making the argument that H is the objectively best option (though I do think it likely is).  I'm trying to get at the view that there is conspiracy/collusion, rather than a difference of opinion... [/quote]

So you’re okay with what MCPS did in the past, and you’re okay with all of MCPS’ failures in pushing Option H.

I guess you’re okay with what the guy in the White House is doing - he thinks it’s the right thing to do as well.

Fortunately, courts don’t look at things that way. [/quote]

You aren't making sense.

I don't need to be OK with past decisions to be OK with current decisions that are influenced by prior decisions.

And since you want to make this somehow about the White House- when the Biden administration took actions that were needed to clean up from the prior administration's actions, does that mean Biden was "OK with" those actions?[/quote]

But you are okay with those past decisions, otherwise you would be calling for many MCPS people to be fired for mismanagement, and not allowing them to make any more decisions. Instead you are supporting the new decisions made by the same people who made those poor decisions.

As for current decisions, you’re okay with those too, even if MCPS has to allegedly break the law to push them through.

Finally, as for the guy in the White House, you missed the point. If the guy in charge thinks it’s the right decision, your position is that he is automatically 100% correct and must not be questioned (or sued).

Talk about living 1984 - “The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."[/quote]

OK, so this is the definition of moving the goal posts.

1. You agree that people can and do often have to make current day decisions that are influenced by prior bad decisions, right?  OK.

2. I don't have to call for people to be fired to think a bad decision was made.  Bad decisions get made all the time.  Have you publicly called for firing of people every time you disagree with a decision in your professional and personal life?  I doubt it.

3. I never said anything at all like what you are saying about the WH.  I never said people should not be questions.  There is a difference between agreeing with somebody and saying that nobody should ever question them.  You know this.

4. And I can be against baseless lawsuits in general.  That has nothing to do with claiming anybody is immune from lawsuit.  In fact, I oppose many lawsuits filed by the guy in the WH himself on the grounds that they are baseless.

You have no logic here.  You are just attacking people who disagree with you.

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My logic is sound. Let the courts sort this out.

And for the record, I have fired people for making bad decisions based on flawed data or a failure to get accurate data. I most certainly do not give them another chance to screw up. [/quote]

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