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Anonymous wrote:I'd be embarrassed as hell if I were her and over 5000 of the people in my district said they wanted me replaced for gross negligence. The recall gets covered now and will get most of the publicity; if a judge tosses it later that will only get a fraction of the attention.

This has 0.0% chance of succeeding in the Courts, regardless of the judge assigned. Further, it will be all but forgotten by almost everyone come next election, and 90% of those who do, will just remember what a ridiculous waste of time and energy this was. This may succeed in getting her to say forget about another term, but maybe that is the point.

Remember when the going joke was that there was "no support" and they "would never get enough signatures?"

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Have the signatures been verified yet? Considering they were obtained in parking lots of shopping centers, I hope they have lots of extras above the threshold to account for people who signed and were not in Tholen’s district.

Mad I see.

Not mad at all…more like apathetic. I live in McLaughlin’s district, where we don’t give a crap about TJ admissions, already have some apartments in our boundaries that we don’t need to fight to get rid of, and elect school board members who actually listen to their constituents.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd be embarrassed as hell if I were her and over 5000 of the people in my district said they wanted me replaced for gross negligence. The recall gets covered now and will get most of the publicity; if a judge tosses it later that will only get a fraction of the attention.

This has 0.0% chance of succeeding in the Courts, regardless of the judge assigned. Further, it will be all but forgotten by almost everyone come next election, and 90% of those who do, will just remember what a ridiculous waste of time and energy this was. This may succeed in getting her to say forget about another term, but maybe that is the point.

Remember when the going joke was that there was "no support" and they "would never get enough signatures?"

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Have the signatures been verified yet? Considering they were obtained in parking lots of shopping centers, I hope they have lots of extras above the threshold to account for people who signed and were not in Tholen’s district.

Phony post to create drama that is not there. Okay a real post, but a phony rationale.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd be embarrassed as hell if I were her and over 5000 of the people in my district said they wanted me replaced for gross negligence. The recall gets covered now and will get most of the publicity; if a judge tosses it later that will only get a fraction of the attention.

This has 0.0% chance of succeeding in the Courts, regardless of the judge assigned. Further, it will be all but forgotten by almost everyone come next election, and 90% of those who do, will just remember what a ridiculous waste of time and energy this was. This may succeed in getting her to say forget about another term, but maybe that is the point.

Remember when the going joke was that there was "no support" and they "would never get enough signatures?"

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

But really nobody cares. If I wanted to, I could get 5,000 signatures for a lot of nonsense. Not worth my time so I won't. Go get 'em tiger.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd be embarrassed as hell if I were her and over 5000 of the people in my district said they wanted me replaced for gross negligence. The recall gets covered now and will get most of the publicity; if a judge tosses it later that will only get a fraction of the attention.

This has 0.0% chance of succeeding in the Courts, regardless of the judge assigned. Further, it will be all but forgotten by almost everyone come next election, and 90% of those who do, will just remember what a ridiculous waste of time and energy this was. This may succeed in getting her to say forget about another term, but maybe that is the point.

Remember when the going joke was that there was "no support" and they "would never get enough signatures?"

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Have the signatures been verified yet? Considering they were obtained in parking lots of shopping centers, I hope they have lots of extras above the threshold to account for people who signed and were not in Tholen’s district.

They verified every signature and got a fair number over the minimum.

Cohen's petition should be finished soon.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd be embarrassed as hell if I were her and over 5000 of the people in my district said they wanted me replaced for gross negligence. The recall gets covered now and will get most of the publicity; if a judge tosses it later that will only get a fraction of the attention.

This has 0.0% chance of succeeding in the Courts, regardless of the judge assigned. Further, it will be all but forgotten by almost everyone come next election, and 90% of those who do, will just remember what a ridiculous waste of time and energy this was. This may succeed in getting her to say forget about another term, but maybe that is the point.

Remember when the going joke was that there was "no support" and they "would never get enough signatures?"

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Have the signatures been verified yet? Considering they were obtained in parking lots of shopping centers, I hope they have lots of extras above the threshold to account for people who signed and were not in Tholen’s district.

Mad I see.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd be embarrassed as hell if I were her and over 5000 of the people in my district said they wanted me replaced for gross negligence. The recall gets covered now and will get most of the publicity; if a judge tosses it later that will only get a fraction of the attention.

This has 0.0% chance of succeeding in the Courts, regardless of the judge assigned. Further, it will be all but forgotten by almost everyone come next election, and 90% of those who do, will just remember what a ridiculous waste of time and energy this was. This may succeed in getting her to say forget about another term, but maybe that is the point.

Remember when the going joke was that there was "no support" and they "would never get enough signatures?"

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Have the signatures been verified yet? Considering they were obtained in parking lots of shopping centers, I hope they have lots of extras above the threshold to account for people who signed and were not in Tholen’s district.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd be embarrassed as hell if I were her and over 5000 of the people in my district said they wanted me replaced for gross negligence. The recall gets covered now and will get most of the publicity; if a judge tosses it later that will only get a fraction of the attention.

This has 0.0% chance of succeeding in the Courts, regardless of the judge assigned. Further, it will be all but forgotten by almost everyone come next election, and 90% of those who do, will just remember what a ridiculous waste of time and energy this was. This may succeed in getting her to say forget about another term, but maybe that is the point.

Remember when the going joke was that there was "no support" and they "would never get enough signatures?"

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You may get Tholen not to run again. Congratualtions. This is simply a fools errand. I am not a Tholen fan or enemy. I could care less if she runs or not. If we try to recall everyone who makes bad decisions (or decisions that are bad in one's view - or the small percentage who need to sign a petition), the pool of candidates will get weaker and weaker. No chance she is removed. People will yell. Next election a small group will continue to yell and then on to the next outrage. Frankly, this is just unhealthy, unproductive, and unhelpful.

Disagree - the pool of candidates will get larger because people have seen how weak School Board members like Tholen have turned out to be.

Or they will avoid it because they saw that it’s harder than it looks and people will slam you no matter what…

People still run for president, (lots of people) and that gets mighty ugly.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You may get Tholen not to run again. Congratualtions. This is simply a fools errand. I am not a Tholen fan or enemy. I could care less if she runs or not. If we try to recall everyone who makes bad decisions (or decisions that are bad in one's view - or the small percentage who need to sign a petition), the pool of candidates will get weaker and weaker. No chance she is removed. People will yell. Next election a small group will continue to yell and then on to the next outrage. Frankly, this is just unhealthy, unproductive, and unhelpful.

Disagree - the pool of candidates will get larger because people have seen how weak School Board members like Tholen have turned out to be.

Or they will avoid it because they saw that it’s harder than it looks and people will slam you no matter what…

It doesnt matter how small/large the pool gets, as long as parties can fund/endorse candidates (regardless of them being able to print a D or R next to their name on the ballot), the only candidates that will succeed will be far left or far right. The political parties are too polarized right now to allow a centrist to win support. And while one can hope that more people will pay attention to the actual candidates vs. what the sample ballot says, the reality is that school board members will be on the ballot in an off presidential election year where few people vote and those that do tend to be more partisan. This recall does nothing except waste time and money. Perhaps those deeply entrenched in the political environment (Rory Cooper and JoAnne Sears) can’t grasp this because they are surrounded by others who work in the political arena. In my little corner of Fairfax, people have no idea who is running for school board and vote whatever the same ballot tells them to.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You may get Tholen not to run again. Congratualtions. This is simply a fools errand. I am not a Tholen fan or enemy. I could care less if she runs or not. If we try to recall everyone who makes bad decisions (or decisions that are bad in one's view - or the small percentage who need to sign a petition), the pool of candidates will get weaker and weaker. No chance she is removed. People will yell. Next election a small group will continue to yell and then on to the next outrage. Frankly, this is just unhealthy, unproductive, and unhelpful.

Disagree - the pool of candidates will get larger because people have seen how weak School Board members like Tholen have turned out to be.

Or they will avoid it because they saw that it’s harder than it looks and people will slam you no matter what…

Anonymous wrote:You may get Tholen not to run again. Congratualtions. This is simply a fools errand. I am not a Tholen fan or enemy. I could care less if she runs or not. If we try to recall everyone who makes bad decisions (or decisions that are bad in one's view - or the small percentage who need to sign a petition), the pool of candidates will get weaker and weaker. No chance she is removed. People will yell. Next election a small group will continue to yell and then on to the next outrage. Frankly, this is just unhealthy, unproductive, and unhelpful.

Disagree - the pool of candidates will get larger because people have seen how weak School Board members like Tholen have turned out to be.

You may get Tholen not to run again. Congratualtions. This is simply a fools errand. I am not a Tholen fan or enemy. I could care less if she runs or not. If we try to recall everyone who makes bad decisions (or decisions that are bad in one's view - or the small percentage who need to sign a petition), the pool of candidates will get weaker and weaker. No chance she is removed. People will yell. Next election a small group will continue to yell and then on to the next outrage. Frankly, this is just unhealthy, unproductive, and unhelpful.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd be embarrassed as hell if I were her and over 5000 of the people in my district said they wanted me replaced for gross negligence. The recall gets covered now and will get most of the publicity; if a judge tosses it later that will only get a fraction of the attention.

This has 0.0% chance of succeeding in the Courts, regardless of the judge assigned. Further, it will be all but forgotten by almost everyone come next election, and 90% of those who do, will just remember what a ridiculous waste of time and energy this was. This may succeed in getting her to say forget about another term, but maybe that is the point.

Nice spin, but it won't be forgotten. And the time and effort involved won't be wasted under any circumstances as (1) many parents who've been ignored by this School Board got to know each other and make connections and (2) Tholen would have to be a glutton for punishment to run again and have an opponent call out the litany of bad decisions she's made as a School Board member.

Anonymous wrote:I'd be embarrassed as hell if I were her and over 5000 of the people in my district said they wanted me replaced for gross negligence. The recall gets covered now and will get most of the publicity; if a judge tosses it later that will only get a fraction of the attention.

This has 0.0% chance of succeeding in the Courts, regardless of the judge assigned. Further, it will be all but forgotten by almost everyone come next election, and 90% of those who do, will just remember what a ridiculous waste of time and energy this was. This may succeed in getting her to say forget about another term, but maybe that is the point.

I'd be embarrassed as hell if I were her and over 5000 of the people in my district said they wanted me replaced for gross negligence. The recall gets covered now and will get most of the publicity; if a judge tosses it later that will only get a fraction of the attention.