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Anonymous wrote:Does he keep his school board job while running or is he resigning?

Seems there should be a special election for both seats at the same time as otherwise the county will have to shell out 2X as much money (the last special election supposedly cost the county about $250K).

The 89th District in VA had a special election when Delegate Jay Jones resigned. Candidates were chosen by caucus - in that case all Democrats registered to vote in the district could vote in a drive through caucus. http://www.norfolkdemocrats.org/89th-house-district-nominating-caucus-for-the-january-11-special-election/

FCDC https://www.fairfaxdemocrats.org/2022/09/06/press-release-fairfax-democrats-chairs-statement-on-resignation-of-del-mark-keam-d-35th/
I guess Fritsch will be the state based on Mackay and Beyer. In FX for school board non-partisan you had to pay to join to pick candidates for the election ballot. Arlington you don't have to pay.

It really is amazing that 216 people or rather 62% of that or 134 people living in the Providence District resulted in Frisch on the FCPS school board. Billion dollar plus budget. Over 52% of our local property taxes. Now he's being given a seat in the VA House of Delegates. https://www.blueview.org/2019/04/24/karl-frisch-wins-providence-school-board-endorsement-by-wide-margin/

It really is time for this state to go partisan on school boards so we get primaries. So 134 people [political hacks?] gave this county Frisch instead of Jung Byun, who has a degree in STEM-works with data, was on FCPS career and tech committee:
https://www.blueview.org/2019/03/20/kids-need-exposure-to-diverse-careers-says-school-board-candidate-jung-byun/

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Anonymous wrote:Does he keep his school board job while running or is he resigning?

Seems there should be a special election for both seats at the same time as otherwise the county will have to shell out 2X as much money (the last special election supposedly cost the county about $250K).

Anonymous wrote:Frisch’s entire shtick is claiming you must be virulently anti-gay if you think he’s doing a bad job. It’s blatantly manipulative and tiresome.

Anonymous wrote:He was an awful pick for school board. I still remember him crying about having his husband (a FCPS teacher) go back to work during COVID.

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Anonymous wrote:That would be better than school board. I wouldn't vote for him but at least it's a relevant position for him to hold. As someone who's not a parent of a kid at FCPS and never has been, nor will be soon, his views on the School Board should be irrelevant. It's a travesty that someone w/ no direct connection or experience to the schools is taking up his seat (no, his spouse being a teacher does NOT count).

On the other hand, having a school board member be a parent or soon-to-be parent of a child in FCPS isn't necessarily any better. Their votes would be biased to favor their child's school and pyramid. I actually prefer having candidates with interest in helping the wider community without skin in the game. At least I find it easier to believe their votes would be far more neutral.

The problem was that he ended up not having a "wider" lens on the community. He ended up making crucial decisions based on his own household concerns. That's not kosher.

I won't be voting for him again.

Oh damn!

I just heard earlier today that Keam was leaving his post... and now I see that Frisch has the lock on the Dem's candidacy for Keam's district. And looks like I'm going to still be in the district that Frisch will be representing. That sucks. Frisch, as a dem, is a lock for this seat too. Well, I guess I can skip voting for him and he'll still end up representing my district. And he'll be there a LONG time b/c this district is going to stay blue.

... depressing...

He doesn't have the lock on the D nomination, at all. Holly Seibold is also running and has a lot of grassroots support. https://www.hollyseibold.com/