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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Open Fcps are such whiny losers.[/quote]

Very mature - dont be a bully.[/quote]

You all have been 'bullying' Tholen for a year. You can't take a day of legal celebrations in your opponent's favor?[/quote]

We've been asking her to do her job; she didnt so we organized and brought her to court - and what happened yesterday was one Dem bailing out another Dem.  [/quote]

She did her job.  You jist didn’t agree with her decisions.  That doesn’t mean she should be recalled.  A bunch of very entitled people tried this stunt and lost.[/quote]

DP, but there are a lot of people in her district who don't agree with Tholen's decisions, whether it was her decisions about keeping schools closed, extending Brabrand's contract for a year, going along with TJ admissions changes that reduce the number of Dranesville students getting into TJHSST, or adjusting school boundaries to favor wealthy Langley.

I guess local Democratic activistscan keep calling everyone in Tholen's district who feels let down "entitled," but it doesn't position them very well for the next election.  [/quote]

But officials making unpopular decisions is not the criteria for recall.  That’s what elections are for; vote her out.  It is entitled to think you can recall people who have been elected bc you disagree with their decisions.   Some people did want schools closed. Some parents wanted a change in the TJ admission process.   Disagreeing with decisions is not the same as someone neglecting their duties.  You guys have not made a sound argument on why Tholen and co were negligent, just that you don’t like their decisions.[/quote]

Do you intentionally pretend everyone dissatisfied with Tholen is with #OpenFCPS?   I didn't even bother signing the petition because the odds were clearly stacked against it, for reasons both legal (the standard for removal under the statute) and political (its ultimate disposition was always going to be in the hands of another Democratic official).

That doesn't change the fact that it will backfire on you guys when you keep slamming everyone who organized or signed the petitions, or otherwise is dissatisfied with Tholen.   You reinforce the message that your crowd has no principles except self-preservation and trying to maintain a lock on political power in NoVa.  One suspects this will come to an end in 2023. [/quote]

No one is slamming a critique of a politician or a fair and competitive election.  I could care less about Tholen; I care deeply about not thwarting democratic processes through baseless recalls.[/quote]

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