CNN - Three SF School Board members recalled

[JohnSJ]

“ Three San Francisco School Board members were removed from their positions by voters on Tuesday, CNN projects, following a tough recall campaign that pitted Democrats against Democrats as interlocking controversies over school closings and renamings fueled a well-funded backlash.

The successful effort in one of the country's most liberal cities is likely to embolden Republicans who have channeled parental anger over school reopenings and mask mandates into a powerful wedge issue, including last fall in Virginia. For Democrats, especially those making decisions in blue states, the vote highlighted internal divisions over how to handle the pandemic as cases decline but the threat of another surge looms.
More than 70% of voters supported the recall of School Board President Gabriela López, Vice President Faauuga Moliga and Commissioner Alison Collins as of Wednesday morning, according to preliminary results from the San Francisco Department of Elections. Their temporary replacements will be named by Mayor London Breed, a Democrat who in announcing her support for the recall last year said the city was at a "crossroads" and called the board's priorities "severely misplaced."
The seeds of anger that led to the recall effort were planted early in the coronavirus pandemic, when the board considered changing the names of as many as 44 public schools in a city that was still grappling with how to safely reopen them. The discussions, which became the subject of some head-scratching in national media, touched off angry confrontations between the city's liberal establishment and movement progressives.”

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/16/politics/san-francisco-school-board-members-recall-election/index.html

[Lovie777]

1. Probably not . . .

[JohnSJ]

2. Ok ............

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/16/1081035770/san-francisco-voters-recall-three-school-board-members

[Tomconroy]

3. They only recalled three because the others hadn't served

long enough to be subject to recall.

[JohnSJ]

4. That is correct, but that also does not mean others would have also been subject to a recall

[Tomconroy]

5. 70 percent isn't a landslide. It's an earthquake.

[JohnSJ]

6. Lol