stamford board of ed: who will get your votes this year?
Written by patty on October 28th, 2008
Hey, I know it ain’t Cannes, but I like this picture. If you look closely enough, I bet you can see the debris falling from Trump.
This is a call to my Stamford peeps. Who gets your three votes for the Board of Education?
I’m ready to mail in my absentee ballot, but I am still struggling a bit on this final topic. I make no secret of how much I despise the current Board, and of the two incumbents I can only imagine voting for Julia Wade. But she frankly hasn’t earned my vote yet, and I think it’s time for three new members on the board. Incumbents be gone.
I didn’t make it to any of the candidate forums. I still harbor a lot of resentment about the current Board’s obsession (thwarted! HA!) with closing my kids’ elementary school. After last year’s endless parade of pointless meetings, I couldn’t quite muster the enthusiasm to attend a candidate forum when I could much better spend those hours polishing my bitterness in the comfort of my own home.
With The Advocate’s spotty reporting and The Stamford Times’ limited (but good) articles on the topic, I feel a bit underinformed. The wasteland of Topix only sheds limited light on the subject. Voting by party is out of the question here, because the Democrat / Republican divide is irrelevant to me on this issue. In fact it’s my own party’s candidates who have disappointed me the most on the Board.
Maybe if I put my hatred aside for a while, you can tell me which three candidates will get your vote this year, and why. I want to mail my ballot in the next few days and I would really welcome any and all opinions. Especially the bitter-but-informed ones.
If you’d rather not publicly state your opinion, please email me. wing dang doo (all one word) at g mail dot you-know-where.
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OK - so I’m a) too emotionally exhausted and b) too sort of drunk and c) over it all because as you said, our school has survived the chopping block and I poured GOD KNOWS enough time and energy into THAT… I can only speak to two of my three votes - Wade and Polo.
Through the whole Toquam fiasco I have to credit Wade with at least *seeming* thoughtful and openminded. And I believe she’s in it for good, and wants the best for Stamford students, although I might not always agree with her views.
For Polo: good man, good thinker, conscientious, courage of convictions. The minute I found out he was running, he had my vote.
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Is there anything more endearing than a slightly-drunk Manager Mom comment?
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An overwhelmingly drunk Manager Mom comment?
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We’ll have to give that a whirl sometime, M.M.
So I’m done. Mailed my ballot this morning. My votes went to Limone, Wade (with reservations) and Polo (with great hopes).
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