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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People are saying, "APE can't be shady, it was started by an involved parent." That's like saying, "That restaurant can't be a money laundering front, they make a great tuna melt!" That's the whole point of a front. There's the legitimate component to it (grassroots! local!), and then there's also the illegitimate component to it (dark money! ties to National Republican Senatorial Committee!), but the whole reason for its existence is the illegitimate component. Even though you can't see who is funding their lobbying because of how they chose to incorporate, you can look up who donated to the founder's political campaign. You can look up who the spouses of the executive board have worked for. Make up your own mind then, oh critical thinker.

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Look at who their spouses work for?  You think none of them have enough free will to come up with their own views and instead are guided by their spouse’s employers?

As for one of the founders’ political campaign contributions, I see lots of people from all over the political spectrum, including many democrats.  You are focused only on the school reopening issue in that election, and forget that for a lot of people, it was also a referendum on how ACDC decides on its school board endorsements and the extent to which it favors insiders.  That’s an issue that resonates with a lot of Arlington Democrats who feel the party leadership is out of touch with average Democrats.[/quote]

EXACTLY. Those of you looking for conspiracy theories and dark money should scratch your investigative itch by looking up Christina Diaz-Torres's new employer- Leadership for Educational Equity.  I can't believe that nobody is calling her out on that obvious conflict of interest. But sure, go stalk the spouses of APS parent volunteers instead.

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Yep. A school board member works for a charter school company that funneled thousands into her campaign. It’s all good though because she’s a Dem. 🙄[/quote]

The website doesn't indicate it's a charter school company.  Where did you get that information?[/quote]

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