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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Silvestre was a member of the BOE that hired Monifa McKnight. She was the BOE president during the Beidleman scandal. How does anyone get elected after that?[/quote]

I think she'll have no trouble getting elected to the council. She was the president who got McKnight to step down and hired Taylor, which are largely viewed as positive developments.[/quote]

Two BOE members lost their elections for getting McKnight to step down and they hired Taylor too. How does Silvestre get a pass, while Harris and Evans did not?[/quote]

I suspect that's why she's bailing because she knows she'll most likely be voted out.[/quote]

I agree. So what makes Karla Silvestre think that she could win a council seat if she couldn't even retain her seat on the BOE? What qualifies her for the county council?[/quote]

I'm sure she's hoping that the connection to education (usually a plus) doesn't get sullied in the electorate's minds by the actual performance related to schools during her BOE tenure.  The voting public can be rather daft, forgetting the latter but recalling the former when considering a council race.

That and favorable demographics.  We'll have to see what her platform is for things besides schools, or how she connects those to her education angle.[/quote]

It'll be relatively easier to get elected to an at-large council seat, since there are four of them, and three of the incumbents aren't running. The top four Democratic candidates in the primary advance to the November election, and they will almost certainly win. [/quote]

LOL

No[/quote]

You think MoCo voters will elect a Republican to county council?![/quote]

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