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MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
8. It's not advice. Local offices like school board members are
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 05:41 PM
Jan 2022

not something any organization can do anything about. Instead, individual people in the jurisdiction must run for those seats if they want to make sure the crazies don't take over. It's really simple.

There is no "left," as a group, that will step in and make sure someone good is running for school board seats. Such a group does not exist. In most places, school boards are elected by a pretty small number of voters. Anyone can run for a seat on the schoolboard, just by filling out a form at the county clerk's office.

The point I'm making here is that, unless you run for the school board, or some other local office like that, there is no point in calling for "the left" to do something about right-wing assholes on school boards. Instead, run for a seat yourself if you are concerned about the make-up of your local school board.

School board are the epitome of an elected office that anyone can aspire to. Just run for your local school board the next time elections are held. Get elected and serve on your local school board. Don't want to do that? Well, then you're missing your only chance to control who gets elected, then.

There's lots of complaining about who gets elected, but very little effort being put into changing that. If school board membership concerns you where you live, run for the school board. Then, you know that your point of view will be represented.

See, that's what happens when you post a question that has no other answer than to tell you to run for that office if it bothers you. And there truly is no other answer.

They are taking over our city too. redstatebluegirl Jan 2022 #1
What response from the left do you expect? MineralMan Jan 2022 #2
That's what I was asking tenderfoot Jan 2022 #3
It's not advice. Local offices like school board members are MineralMan Jan 2022 #8
Not sure of your response. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #22
Well, you could go to their meetings Mr.Bill Jan 2022 #5
LOL! MineralMan Jan 2022 #9
Hey my area - JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #18
Exactly! MineralMan Jan 2022 #20
More like this please! nt librechik Jan 2022 #25
I live in a major city that voted 80% for Biden & Clinton. maxsolomon Jan 2022 #4
Gotta say, Bannon is a master at organizing this push budkin Jan 2022 #6
I agree that this is a funded effort tenderfoot Jan 2022 #7
No, it's not. Instead, it is a party that understands that MineralMan Jan 2022 #10
I don't have children or a background in education, therefore unqualified tenderfoot Jan 2022 #12
I cannot answer your question. I'm also in a progressive area. MineralMan Jan 2022 #17
You don't need children or a background in education JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Jan 2022 #13
The municipalities that make up Deminpenn Jan 2022 #11
Thank you for explaining that tenderfoot Jan 2022 #14
The new mask optional policy was a fiasco Deminpenn Jan 2022 #23
B/c they don't identify themselves as no_hypocrisy Jan 2022 #15
Our city council KT2000 Jan 2022 #16
Good! MineralMan Jan 2022 #21
Same thing happened in Dover PA when Deminpenn Jan 2022 #24
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