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Question: How do you read these results? Were voters in a “throw-the-bums-out” mood? Did the last-minute flap involving yard signs help or hurt the Purtee/Seymour ticket in the CdA school trustee races?
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Aliasjax on May 20 at 9:59 a.m.
Here’s my read: Most people know that school trustee positions are largely inconsequential to their lives, the health and performance of the schools, and especially to student achievement. So, because so few care generally, it was easy for the nutjobs to make the elections close by getting a small group of people to come out and vote.
To me the results are more indicative of how small the number of dissatisfied people really is, despite however loud their over-played voices are in the community. The loser’s sentiments of corruption/incompetence is a fringe view which will be overwhelmingly demonstrated in the fall city council and mayoral elections.
nic on May 20 at 1:54 p.m.
Proves that openCDA only endorses losers.
nic on May 20 at 1:57 p.m.
And by “losers” I mean “not winners.”