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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with Brenda is that you can't really trust that she's not just saying what she thinks she needs to say to get elected and will then do a hard-right pivot once she's on the board.

You're right that many of statements and criticisms of MCPS are reasonable and sound. The problem is whether she's genuine in actually wanting to solve problems or is it her goal to just stir up trouble and get a seat on the board to make it more conservative.[/quote]
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She clearly has a partisan right-wing agenda. I may agree with some things she says but I think she will do more harm than good. Maybe I am being naive or too optimistic but I don't think she will be able to further her right wing agenda much as a BOE member, but I think she will be a harmful distraction and will serve as a straw man for TT.[/quote]

I agree with this assessment. She is too right wing to bring any of her ideas to fruition in Moco and will only further divide the board, leading to more inaction than already occurs. [/quote]

So you are saying that the board will be most effective if all board members think the same.[/quote]

Not at all. But board members can't be an island since you need at least 5 votes to get anything done. So she will be unsuccessful if she is unable to build a coalition and consensus around her viewpoints and ideas.

We've seen that play out with current BOE member Rita Montoya. And interestingly, Montoya is the only BOE member I could see collaborating with Diaz at all.[/quote]

We already have a rubber stamp BOE. I'm good if Brenda can at least probe and raise issues before the BOE continues to rubber stamp.

Notice that not much will change since only 2 real seats are up for election. So we're still stuck with this current BOE. But I'm willing to set up the BOE with a renegade so that maybe there is a chance in another 2 years that the BOE could stop being a rubber stamp.[/quote]

This.[/quote]

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