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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The obsession with analyzing intent behind these emails and letters tells me everything I need to know about the dysfunction in this area. Quick to jump to conclusions (normal - aren’t we all?) but lacking the skills to consider alternative explanations. Let’s work on the latter.

A lighthearted, albeit slightly snarky email has turned your world upside down. Was it the best? No but it really doesn’t deserve this much thought and debate. I’m about 50-50 on Taylor right now. This email shouldn’t be the straw that breaks the camels back.

For the letter, damned if you do, damned if you don’t. I prefer do. We are in a very difficult time re: immigration issues and I would prefer consistent training across MCPS so everyone employed by MCPS is at least informed and trained on what to actually do. It is an extremely large population to keep consistent on stuff like this and it is so critical to the safety of our students and staff. There are plenty of other things that are this important too - this is just at the forefront of minds right now for good reason.

Mink doesn’t even really seem to think it’s about her anyways based on that quote - she has followed all procedures. Sure she says a little more but I’ve said plenty of things that don’t mean I actually feel attacked.

Some people are really reaching here. It could be any number of things. What if, someone like Mink, wanted to provide a similar service to the community but is not aware of all the proper rules to actually do it? What if someone tried to schedule something without following every procedure, a principal reached out, and then MCPS thought: well now we are getting more of this, let’s bring visibility back to the procedure. So that thing didn’t even get scheduled yet (or is still being worked on behind the scenes) and could be scheduled when proper procedures are followed, but none of us are privy to it because we have only seen Mink so that is where people are jumping to.

What if someone complained about Mink providing this service, thinking it should only be MCPS - even though she got it cleared? I could totally see a principal blocking this from occurring if they aren’t aware it’s allowed.

If it was for Mink only, sure, he could and should connect with her directly. I would still argue that it’s fine to then spread the information more widely as well. But there are so many other reasonable explanations besides it being a passive aggressive attack at her. Which it still could be.[/quote]

You are engaging in reality distortion.

These are Mink’s words:

[i]Her POV that Taylor’s words could apply to any other elected official other than her[/i]

[QUOTE] Mink, who is a member of the council’s Education and Culture Committee, told Bethesda Today on Thursday she wasn’t aware of anyone else who was “holding information sessions specifically about immigration, you know, these kind of the large-scale sessions that I have been doing.”[/QUOTE]

[i]Her POV that she did follow appropriate protocols and is surprised at Taylor making an issue of this since he attended one of her sessions[/i]

[QUOTE] Mink said she has worked with staff unions and slideshows she shared in information sessions were approved by MCPS. Also, Taylor attended one of her information sessions, she said.[/QUOTE]

[i]Her acknowledgment that the letter appeared to be a passive-aggressive, veiled dig at her and the work she’s been doing, and how disappointed she is in Taylor responding that way.[/i]

[QUOTE] Mink noted Thursday that she wasn’t named in the letter and couldn’t say what prompted the district to send it.

“If this letter is a thinly veiled reference to the work that I have been doing, then I absolutely find it inappropriate and counterproductive and disappointing,” she said. [/QUOTE]

So again, all of the pretzel logic arguing how Taylor’s letter isn’t passive-aggressive and isn’t attacking elected officials doesn’t make sense when an elected official is saying she believes the letter was a “thinly veiled reference” to her serving her constituents and that she is disappointed and finds the letter “counterproductive.”[/quote]

She above on how Mink's response is not determinative as to the intent or appropriateness of the letter.[/quote]

An elected official’s negative response to a passive-aggressive letter from the superintendent is not determinative to a debate and discussion on whether the superintendent should have sent such a letter to elected officials given that the tone and content of the letter was likely to elicit precisely the negative response in front of us from an elected official?

That makes sense to you?[/quote]

DP. I saw Mink's comments as pretty measured, actually. People claiming she said she felt attacked or targeted are overstating things and putting words in her mouth.[/quote]

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