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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate this. We’re stuck with the clown show of the progressive establishment who is so far off base in so many respects - or the clown show of Republicans who just want to “own the libs.” [/quote]

There's no happy medium anymore.

If you're a D or R and attempt to compromise or disagree with the extreme of your own party than you're exiled and publicly and relentlessly torn apart.
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I’m trying not to get too depressed about it because it’s early days still and there’s no telling who from the current board is going to run again and who’s not, and maybe there’s room for sensible Republicans or Democrats somewhere. But man. This is depressing.[/quote]

Megan McLaughlin is a reasonable SB member.  Ilryong Moon was a great at-large candidate that I wish would come back.  Fairfax is a primarily democratic community so the best source of community action is speaking with the Fairfax Democratic party and voicing the kinds of traits we value in candidates.  Solutions to problems with the SB are not found through the GOP by any means.[/quote]

One challenge is that the Fairfax Democrats have made support of the current School Board a litmus test for membership. So if you generally align with the Democrats rather than the GOP, it's unclear there is a place for you in the FCDC, and the Democratic endorsements will still come from voting members of the FCDC, as no primaries open to the general public are held.  In 2019, several more moderate Democrats, including Moon, were rejected by the FCDC in favor of candidates claiming to be more "progressive" (Cohen, Frisch, Omeish).[/quote]

If you notice, though, you use past-tense verbs and are talking about 2019.  My point is we need to pressure FCDC for endorsements for more experienced Democratic candidates focused on core issues--I honestly don't care whether they are moderate or progressive.  The slight enough tilt towards Youngkin was a clear backlash against their approach, so they may be more receptive than they were in 2019. 
 (Personally, though, I'd rather have the worst of SB now over any GOP clowns--that party is no longer viable in my mind).[/quote]

No.  I am also describing the current practices of the FCDC.  They seek to exclude from membership people who they know have disagreed with current School Board members, an approach that, unless reconsidered, will only lead to more candidates who are rewarded not because of their experience or expertise, but because they are party loyalists who say all the right words (and then get defended when they do the wrong things merely because the FCDC feels obligated to stand behind those whom they've previously endorsed).  Youngkin's election should have been a wake-up call, but the echo chamber in their ranks is very real.  [/quote]

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