Anonymous
05/29/2020 08:03
Subject: Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't know, and I really don't care. What I care about is that my son be able to attend our local schools, not some schools in a different part of the country because of some people's ideas about social engineering. I voted for Austin (close call with Guan) and Solomon.
34% of MCPS students, right now, don't attend their closest schools.
Plenty of people who say they support Austin/"neighborhood schools" could get rezoned to schools that are closer, but they don't want that.
NP. Why do a third of MCPS students not attend the school closest to them?
Anonymous
05/29/2020 07:47
Subject: Re:Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
Anonymous wrote:
Because he is -- not endorsed by the teacher's union. Not endorsed by the Post. Not receiving donations from local politicians.
Also the only candidate who would not have renewed Smith's contract, at least according to the Bethesda Beat article where they interviewed all the candidates on that.
12/13 candidates weren't endorsed by the teachers' union. 12/13 candidates weren't endorsed by the Post. Most of the 13 candidates didn't receive donations from local elected officials. (Not to mention that this guy didn't receive donations from local elected officlals only because Republicans are unable to get themselves elected in Montgomery County.)
So out of all of these 12 candidates, you pick the guy with zero experience as the "outsider," because why? Because he's a white guy from Bethesda instead of a Chinese-American guy from Clarksburg?
Anonymous
05/28/2020 23:20
Subject: Re:Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that all the love and hate is for Austin. No one says anything about any of the other candidates. He's not supported by the "establishment" (teacher's union, Washington Post) so this must really be bothering some people that an "outsider" candidate is actually drawing the interest of the voters!
People are saying things about several of the other candidates. Pay closer attention.
Also, speaking for myself - no, Austin's candidacy isn't bothering me. I'm a big believer in the Run For Something idea. It's his positions, his statements, and his actions as a candidate that bother me.
^^^also, since this "outsider" candidate thing comes up often: No, a white man who lives in Bethesda and is employed in the finance industry, and whose candidacy is explicitly based on defending the status quo, is not an outsider candidate.
DP and I disagree. Given the current political viewpoints of the BOE and MCPS leadership, he is the outsider/anti-establishment candidate.
There are 13 candidates, none of whom are incumbents, all of whom are first time BoE candidates, and who have multiple viewpoints and policy positions, yet you are claiming that Austin is the only "outsider" out of all 13??? Interesting...
Because he is -- not endorsed by the teacher's union. Not endorsed by the Post. Not receiving donations from local politicians.
Also the only candidate who would not have renewed Smith's contract, at least according to the Bethesda Beat article where they interviewed all the candidates on that.
Anonymous
05/28/2020 22:19
Subject: Re:Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that all the love and hate is for Austin. No one says anything about any of the other candidates. He's not supported by the "establishment" (teacher's union, Washington Post) so this must really be bothering some people that an "outsider" candidate is actually drawing the interest of the voters!
People are saying things about several of the other candidates. Pay closer attention.
Also, speaking for myself - no, Austin's candidacy isn't bothering me. I'm a big believer in the Run For Something idea. It's his positions, his statements, and his actions as a candidate that bother me.
^^^also, since this "outsider" candidate thing comes up often: No, a white man who lives in Bethesda and is employed in the finance industry, and whose candidacy is explicitly based on defending the status quo, is not an outsider candidate.
DP and I disagree. Given the current political viewpoints of the BOE and MCPS leadership, he is the outsider/anti-establishment candidate.
There are 13 candidates, none of whom are incumbents, all of whom are first time BoE candidates, and who have multiple viewpoints and policy positions, yet you are claiming that Austin is the only "outsider" out of all 13??? Interesting...
Anonymous
05/28/2020 08:41
Subject: Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't know, and I really don't care. What I care about is that my son be able to attend our local schools, not some schools in a different part of the country because of some people's ideas about social engineering. I voted for Austin (close call with Guan) and Solomon.
34% of MCPS students, right now, don't attend their closest schools.
Plenty of people who say they support Austin/"neighborhood schools" could get rezoned to schools that are closer, but they don't want that.
+1 ^PP is a fool. BOE have stated that cross county busing is out due to the proximity factor in the FAA policy, and it's expensive.
Anonymous
05/28/2020 08:34
Subject: Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
Anonymous wrote:I don't know, and I really don't care. What I care about is that my son be able to attend our local schools, not some schools in a different part of the country because of some people's ideas about social engineering. I voted for Austin (close call with Guan) and Solomon.
34% of MCPS students, right now, don't attend their closest schools.
Plenty of people who say they support Austin/"neighborhood schools" could get rezoned to schools that are closer, but they don't want that.
Anonymous
05/28/2020 00:40
Subject: Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
I don't know, and I really don't care. What I care about is that my son be able to attend our local schools, not some schools in a different part of the country because of some people's ideas about social engineering. I voted for Austin (close call with Guan) and Solomon.
Anonymous
05/27/2020 21:41
Subject: Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
Anonymous wrote:I have to pick one for the board of BOE (13 candidates) and another for district 4. Who is least likely to have ideas that'd cause an increase in taxes? I think they're high enough already, thus I want to pick candidates who'll promote more efficiency, less spending, demand more out of what we have, and less taxation. Who fits that bill? I have no idea who these people are.
So you mean you want to find the most selfish candidate and you want to act in the most selfish way possible?
Seems anti-social, but you do you.
Anonymous
05/24/2020 17:39
Subject: Re:Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that all the love and hate is for Austin. No one says anything about any of the other candidates. He's not supported by the "establishment" (teacher's union, Washington Post) so this must really be bothering some people that an "outsider" candidate is actually drawing the interest of the voters!
People are saying things about several of the other candidates. Pay closer attention.
Really? Where's all the discussion about Ahadpour? Or Chaudry? Or Geller? Odongo? Osorio?
Who?
Anonymous
05/21/2020 15:35
Subject: Re:Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that all the love and hate is for Austin. No one says anything about any of the other candidates. He's not supported by the "establishment" (teacher's union, Washington Post) so this must really be bothering some people that an "outsider" candidate is actually drawing the interest of the voters!
People are saying things about several of the other candidates. Pay closer attention.
Also, speaking for myself - no, Austin's candidacy isn't bothering me. I'm a big believer in the Run For Something idea. It's his positions, his statements, and his actions as a candidate that bother me.
^^^also, since this "outsider" candidate thing comes up often: No, a white man who lives in Bethesda and is employed in the finance industry, and whose candidacy is explicitly based on defending the status quo, is not an outsider candidate.
The fact that his race matters to you motivates me more to vote for Austin. You couldn't have just said a man who lives in Bethesda who works in finance...yadda yadda. Like his race is somehow pertinent?
A large part of the dispute about the boundary analysis is the question: how should the demographics of the student body affect school boundaries and school boundary change decisions?
Race is baked into this part of the dispute.
And Steve Austin got involved in the dispute about the boundary analysis specifically because he thought that the demographics of the student body should NOT affect school boundaries or school boundary change decisions.
So yeah, his race is pertinent.
His wife is Asian and he has bi-racial children, so does he represent 2 races or just his racial category?
As for - "And Steve Austin got involved in the dispute about the boundary analysis specifically because he thought that the demographics of the student body should NOT affect school boundaries or school boundary change decisions." School boundaries should be based up on geography, population and proximity. Montgomery County is extremely diverse and changes constantly. Trying to implement some ideal demographically balanced school system would be nothing more than a never ending game of whack-a-mole. A game where MCPS would be constantly behind.
Let's be real.. in education, Asian Americans are not considered urm, and Austin supporters include many Asian Americans because many are zoned for W cluster and also don't want to get rezoned, even though several do not go to their neighborhood schools.
-signed an Asian American
Anonymous
05/21/2020 12:37
Subject: Re:Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that all the love and hate is for Austin. No one says anything about any of the other candidates. He's not supported by the "establishment" (teacher's union, Washington Post) so this must really be bothering some people that an "outsider" candidate is actually drawing the interest of the voters!
People are saying things about several of the other candidates. Pay closer attention.
Also, speaking for myself - no, Austin's candidacy isn't bothering me. I'm a big believer in the Run For Something idea. It's his positions, his statements, and his actions as a candidate that bother me.
^^^also, since this "outsider" candidate thing comes up often: No, a white man who lives in Bethesda and is employed in the finance industry, and whose candidacy is explicitly based on defending the status quo, is not an outsider candidate.
The fact that his race matters to you motivates me more to vote for Austin. You couldn't have just said a man who lives in Bethesda who works in finance...yadda yadda. Like his race is somehow pertinent?
A large part of the dispute about the boundary analysis is the question: how should the demographics of the student body affect school boundaries and school boundary change decisions?
Race is baked into this part of the dispute.
And Steve Austin got involved in the dispute about the boundary analysis specifically because he thought that the demographics of the student body should NOT affect school boundaries or school boundary change decisions.
So yeah, his race is pertinent.
His wife is Asian and he has bi-racial children, so does he represent 2 races or just his racial category?
As for - "And Steve Austin got involved in the dispute about the boundary analysis specifically because he thought that the demographics of the student body should NOT affect school boundaries or school boundary change decisions." School boundaries should be based up on geography, population and proximity. Montgomery County is extremely diverse and changes constantly. Trying to implement some ideal demographically balanced school system would be nothing more than a never ending game of whack-a-mole. A game where MCPS would be constantly behind.
?Do you think that your race changes when you get married to someone of a different race? Did my white friend who married a black spouse become black upon marriage? Or maybe black-in-law?
Anonymous
05/21/2020 11:20
Subject: Re:Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that all the love and hate is for Austin. No one says anything about any of the other candidates. He's not supported by the "establishment" (teacher's union, Washington Post) so this must really be bothering some people that an "outsider" candidate is actually drawing the interest of the voters!
People are saying things about several of the other candidates. Pay closer attention.
Also, speaking for myself - no, Austin's candidacy isn't bothering me. I'm a big believer in the Run For Something idea. It's his positions, his statements, and his actions as a candidate that bother me.
^^^also, since this "outsider" candidate thing comes up often: No, a white man who lives in Bethesda and is employed in the finance industry, and whose candidacy is explicitly based on defending the status quo, is not an outsider candidate.
The fact that his race matters to you motivates me more to vote for Austin. You couldn't have just said a man who lives in Bethesda who works in finance...yadda yadda. Like his race is somehow pertinent?
A large part of the dispute about the boundary analysis is the question: how should the demographics of the student body affect school boundaries and school boundary change decisions?
Race is baked into this part of the dispute.
And Steve Austin got involved in the dispute about the boundary analysis specifically because he thought that the demographics of the student body should NOT affect school boundaries or school boundary change decisions.
So yeah, his race is pertinent.
His wife is Asian and he has bi-racial children, so does he represent 2 races or just his racial category?
As for - "And Steve Austin got involved in the dispute about the boundary analysis specifically because he thought that the demographics of the student body should NOT affect school boundaries or school boundary change decisions." School boundaries should be based up on geography, population and proximity. Montgomery County is extremely diverse and changes constantly. Trying to implement some ideal demographically balanced school system would be nothing more than a never ending game of whack-a-mole. A game where MCPS would be constantly behind.
Anonymous
05/18/2020 19:26
Subject: Re:Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that all the love and hate is for Austin. No one says anything about any of the other candidates. He's not supported by the "establishment" (teacher's union, Washington Post) so this must really be bothering some people that an "outsider" candidate is actually drawing the interest of the voters!
People are saying things about several of the other candidates. Pay closer attention.
Also, speaking for myself - no, Austin's candidacy isn't bothering me. I'm a big believer in the Run For Something idea. It's his positions, his statements, and his actions as a candidate that bother me.
^^^also, since this "outsider" candidate thing comes up often: No, a white man who lives in Bethesda and is employed in the finance industry, and whose candidacy is explicitly based on defending the status quo, is not an outsider candidate.
DP and I disagree. Given the current political viewpoints of the BOE and MCPS leadership, he is the outsider/anti-establishment candidate.
People said the same thing about the guy who inherited a fortune from his father and declared bankruptcy 5 times. No, I'm not saying that the two candidates are alike. I'm saying that some of the things people say to justify their support of the two candidates are alike.
Anonymous
05/18/2020 19:20
Subject: Re:Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that all the love and hate is for Austin. No one says anything about any of the other candidates. He's not supported by the "establishment" (teacher's union, Washington Post) so this must really be bothering some people that an "outsider" candidate is actually drawing the interest of the voters!
People are saying things about several of the other candidates. Pay closer attention.
Also, speaking for myself - no, Austin's candidacy isn't bothering me. I'm a big believer in the Run For Something idea. It's his positions, his statements, and his actions as a candidate that bother me.
^^^also, since this "outsider" candidate thing comes up often: No, a white man who lives in Bethesda and is employed in the finance industry, and whose candidacy is explicitly based on defending the status quo, is not an outsider candidate.
DP and I disagree. Given the current political viewpoints of the BOE and MCPS leadership, he is the outsider/anti-establishment candidate.
Anonymous
05/18/2020 19:18
Subject: Got the MD Board of Education absentee ballot today. Who will be least likely to raise taxes?
Anonymous wrote:Are the developers not required to pay for new schools prior to approvals granted?
The developers are required to pay an impact tax based on the number of students their housing units are expected to generate.
https://www3.montgomerycountymd.gov/311/Solutions.aspx?SolutionId=1-4WOQSK
But you can't require developers to pay for new schools. Also, in most parts of the county, the major contributor to overcrowding is turnover of existing housing units.