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.

pardon me while I go hyperlocal for a moment.

the stamford, ct board of education ceded their responsibility to redistrict the schools to the stamford public schools superintendent. he is presenting his options next tuesday, during the final week of summer vacation.

regular programming will resume shortly.

The redistricting information for next Tuesday’s ridiculously scheduled meeting by that equally ridiculous (Bo)Ed who made a career of disappointing me is now posted. Huh - meeting materials posted more than 5 minutes before the start of a meeting. What will they think of next?

I’ve started reviewing it, and I am willing to bet that other locals have done the same. So what do you think? Any insights? Any option(s) you favor over the others? Comments welcome.

The post from early August about the Board of Education is now password protected. If you want to read it, email me and I’ll gladly share the password with you. Thanks!