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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You may get Tholen not to run again. Congratualtions. This is simply a fools errand. I am not a Tholen fan or enemy. I could care less if she runs or not. If we try to recall everyone who makes bad decisions (or decisions that are bad in one's view - or the small percentage who need to sign a petition), the pool of candidates will get weaker and weaker. No chance she is removed. People will yell. Next election a small group will continue to yell and then on to the next outrage. Frankly, this is just unhealthy, unproductive, and unhelpful. [/quote]

Disagree - the pool of candidates will get larger because people have seen how weak School Board members like Tholen have turned out to be. [/quote]
Or they will avoid it because they saw that it’s harder than it looks and people will slam you no matter what…[/quote]

It doesnt matter how small/large the pool gets, as long as parties can fund/endorse candidates (regardless of them being able to print a D or R next to their name on the ballot), the only candidates that will succeed will be far left or far right. The political parties are too polarized right now to allow a centrist to win support. And while one can hope that more people will pay attention to the actual candidates vs. what the sample ballot says, the reality is that school board members will be on the ballot in an off presidential election year where few people vote and those that do tend to be more partisan. This recall does nothing except waste time and money. Perhaps those deeply entrenched in the political environment (Rory Cooper and JoAnne Sears) can’t grasp this because they are surrounded by others who work in the political arena. In my little corner of Fairfax, people have no idea who is running for school board and vote whatever the same ballot tells them to.[/quote]

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