Next Week, We'll Know
By this time next week, we'll know the outcomes of the election. I'm sure all the candidates are tired - it's quite a long haul of campaigning. When the vote totals come up for City Council races versus Board races, check them out. The vote total drops considerably. Even though the Board is responsible to help make sure Seattle's children get educated and it's a considerable amount of public dollars, many citizens just don't make that vote. It's quite an interesting thing that for School Board elections because every vote really counts.
I can sense this desperation in the latest in Seattle Times' editorial board writer Lynne Varner's long, long series of editorials propping up the incumbents. Honestly, at this point, there's no other way to look at these things. And, in this one, she throws in everything but the kitchen sink.
I can sense this desperation in the latest in Seattle Times' editorial board writer Lynne Varner's long, long series of editorials propping up the incumbents. Honestly, at this point, there's no other way to look at these things. And, in this one, she throws in everything but the kitchen sink.
- She mentions an editorial cartoon from the Manhas era (I remember it) and references it as a reason to have "seasoned elected officials." Well, there were seasoned elected officials during the Manhas era. In fact, that Board is bookended by two Boards that both had financial scandals and exited superintendents and yet that's her example of a bad Board.
- She does a funny thing - she tells people to check out websites. She says to check out any school's