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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sun May 4, 2025, 10:08 AM May 2025

Conservatives have lost 2 critical school board seats they held in Fort Bend, Texas.

Reposted by Chris Geidner

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RESULT: Conservatives have lost 2 critical school board seats they held in Fort Bend, Texas.

This board adopted one of TX's most restrictive book banning policies, on a 5-2 vote.

Voters ousted a conservative incumbent. And the right-wing candidate lost race to replace a retiring conservative.
May 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM

RESULT: Conservatives have lost 2 critical school board seats they held in Fort Bend, Texas.

This board adopted one of TX's most restrictive book banning policies, on a 5-2 vote.

Voters ousted a conservative incumbent. And the right-wing candidate lost race to replace a retiring conservative.

Taniel (@taniel.bsky.social) 2025-05-04T04:21:10.481Z


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it turns out that when you elect the most personally unpleasant human beings in your community to the school board you usually come to regret it in short order

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RESULT: Voters in Mansfield, Texas, have ousted three conservative members of their local school board tonight.

This is a school board that has been at the frontlines of book-banning in Texas, as you can see here: https://fortworthreport.org/2025/03/19/mansfield-isd-trustees-approve-library-books-every-month-now-the-policy-might-go-statewide/
May 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM

it turns out that when you elect the most personally unpleasant human beings in your community to the school board you usually come to regret it in short order

Micah (@rincewind.run) 2025-05-04T04:12:31.845Z
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Conservatives have lost 2 critical school board seats they held in Fort Bend, Texas. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 OP
Whoa, there may be hope for texas yet!😯😲 mwmisses4289 May 2025 #1
Let's hope that Cy-Fair follows that trend. cloudbase May 2025 #2
A GREAT comment!!! Grins May 2025 #3

Grins

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3. A GREAT comment!!!
Sun May 4, 2025, 11:27 AM
May 2025
“…when you elect the most personally unpleasant human beings in your community to the school board you usually come to regret it.”

Another case in point: elected school board members in Butler and Berks counties in Pennsylvania that elected Moms For Liberty” candidates - and finally tossed them, tired of their bigotry and politics.

I have often posted that once conservative Republicans have to live under the dystopia they think they want - they will flip!

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