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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holy crap - they got over [b]5000[/b] signatures to recall Tholen, and the petition has now been filed in court.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/19/fairfax-county-parents-are-taking-back-power/

Regardless of what happens to this particular initiative, Tholen should do the right thing and step down.  Whether it's shuttered schools, anti-Asian changes to TJ admissions, biased adjustments to school boundaries, or poor oversight of FCPS spending, she has repeatedly failed Dranesville. [/quote]
I wish the Post had written something that wasn’t so biased.  [/quote]

It is LITERALLY a opinion article, sweetie.

I wish the post would stop giving Rory Cooper such a loud voice though, he's so annoying[/quote]

He may be annoying, but he’s not wrong. Tholen needs to go.  [/quote]

But he IS wrong. Which we will see when this gets thrown out in court. We live in VA, not CA. The standard to force a recall in VA is incredibly high. Tholen may have made questionable decisions, but she didn’t do anything overtly criminal. Sure, you can argue until you are blue in the face that she should have voted to open schools, but given that other board members agreed with her and you know..ongoing pandemic, murkey advice from
public health officials, the case is mighty thin. [/quote]

It may get thrown out in court; much depends on the judge to whom the case is assigned.

However, the standard for removal under Virginia law is much lower than that needed for a criminal conviction - a public official may be recalled for, among other things, "neglect of duty" and "incompetence."

Regardless of what happens to the recall, having over 5000 of your constituents sign a petition, in person and under penalty of perjury, attesting to the fact they think you're unfit for office is quite a rebuke. [/quote]

+1 like it or not, the petitions send a message. [/quote]

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