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Anonymous wrote:I hate this. We’re stuck with the clown show of the progressive establishment who is so far off base in so many respects - or the clown show of Republicans who just want to “own the libs.”

There's no happy medium anymore.

If you're a D or R and attempt to compromise or disagree with the extreme of your own party than you're exiled and publicly and relentlessly torn apart.

I’m trying not to get too depressed about it because it’s early days still and there’s no telling who from the current board is going to run again and who’s not, and maybe there’s room for sensible Republicans or Democrats somewhere. But man. This is depressing.

Megan McLaughlin is a reasonable SB member. Ilryong Moon was a great at-large candidate that I wish would come back. Fairfax is a primarily democratic community so the best source of community action is speaking with the Fairfax Democratic party and voicing the kinds of traits we value in candidates. Solutions to problems with the SB are not found through the GOP by any means.

But Moon was forced out by Omeish and her cronies gaming the system through the Fairfax County Democratic Party. I think I agree with the broader point though, the only hope is for sensible Democrats to unseat the current crazy-pants/do-nothing Democrats. A single Republican school board member or even 2 would probably just function as sideline bomb-throwers like Elizabeth Schultz used to be.

Anonymous wrote:Can't we get some "normal" candidates who don't aspire to higher office? I feel like my baseline is so low: believes schools should be open and doesn't mock the disabled.

Agreed. The fact that there’s some internecine fighting among the far-right Republicans right now that is grist for the crazy-left Democrats doesn’t make ANY of them more attractive as candidates! Our current School Board member is a spineless do-nothing, so the FCDC can forget it if they think our community will vote for her again.

Anonymous wrote:We need to stop politicizing the school board.

Pointing out how someone who wants to be in charge of a school system makes fun of schoolchildren is not politicizing anything.

Can't we get some "normal" candidates who don't aspire to higher office? I feel like my baseline is so low: believes schools should be open and doesn't mock the disabled.

Anonymous wrote:We need to stop politicizing the school board.

+1000. The 2023 election is still many months away.

Anonymous wrote:What vile disgusting people they are. It's amazing that we've come to this.

It's the converse of what Trump once said. In this case there are disappointing people on both sides. I don't find the likes of Karl Frisch or Elaine Tholen any less vile or disgusting, considering the number of people harmed by their actions (and inactions).

I hope that reporter also covers the incredibly racist video put out by Republican Langton where she pretends to be an Indian woman, complete with a horrible fake accent and mention of “the little red dot.” https://mobile.twitter.com/AsraNomani/status/1557462797365268481

These people are horrible.

What vile disgusting people they are. It's amazing that we've come to this.

We need to stop politicizing the school board.

Anonymous wrote:When the reporter asked, do you regret that you did it OR do you regret that you got caught? and the fat guy paused for a long time....OMG. There is only one appropriate answer to that question and if you don't know that, you should not be on the SB.

yeah, this is the part that jumped out at me too. The long pause to a really obvious question that any decent person knows the correct answer for.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. That video is pretty damning. What a-holes.

+1
Whoever votes for people like this does not care about children. Or teachers.

Wow. That video is pretty damning. What a-holes.

Anonymous wrote:The base school for one of them has one of the largest, if not the largest autism centers in FCPS.

What is your point?

When the reporter asked, do you regret that you did it OR do you regret that you got caught? and the fat guy paused for a long time....OMG. There is only one appropriate answer to that question and if you don't know that, you should not be on the SB.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate this. We’re stuck with the clown show of the progressive establishment who is so far off base in so many respects - or the clown show of Republicans who just want to “own the libs.”

There's no happy medium anymore.

If you're a D or R and attempt to compromise or disagree with the extreme of your own party than you're exiled and publicly and relentlessly torn apart.

I’m trying not to get too depressed about it because it’s early days still and there’s no telling who from the current board is going to run again and who’s not, and maybe there’s room for sensible Republicans or Democrats somewhere. But man. This is depressing.

Megan McLaughlin is a reasonable SB member. Ilryong Moon was a great at-large candidate that I wish would come back. Fairfax is a primarily democratic community so the best source of community action is speaking with the Fairfax Democratic party and voicing the kinds of traits we value in candidates. Solutions to problems with the SB are not found through the GOP by any means.