http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/special_school_board_plays_hooky An active (and evidently angry) member of the 46th District Democrats (North Seattle) just fired off this e-mail: The 46th District Democrats are hosting our Annual Candidate Forum on May 17th. We've been advertising it for weeks, invited all known candidates for school board (as well as port commission and city council). There are many other candidate forums out there, but ours has grown to become a popular venue for residents in north Seattle. Here is the problem... We all know that the school board has performed poorly in the face of serious problems in recent years. As a result,... Copyright 2008 Fri, 04 May 2007 14:03:35 -0800 Sat, 12 May 2007 18:25:50 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Maybe their lives don't revolve around the 46th District Democrats. I know mine doesn't...

]]> tiptoe tommy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/special_school_board_plays_hooky#c707914 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/special_school_board_plays_hooky#c707914 Politics Fri, 04 May 2007 14:11:18 -0800 Typical Seattle.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/special_school_board_plays_hooky#c707956 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/special_school_board_plays_hooky#c707956 Politics Fri, 04 May 2007 14:54:36 -0800 So elected officials should schedule official business around a club's campaign event?

]]> anonymous http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/special_school_board_plays_hooky#c708894 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/special_school_board_plays_hooky#c708894 Politics Sat, 05 May 2007 16:02:14 -0800 If the school board members did in fact duck out of this community debate so they could host their own feel good campaign event, maybe they should offer the organization another date to meet. I agree that elected officials should not be handcuffed by any one group. However, it seems that part of the reason the school board is in trouble these days is because they aren't trusted by members of the community. If I was a member of this club, I'd wonder why the school board was avoiding the conversation.

]]> Progressive Parent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/special_school_board_plays_hooky#c708938 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/special_school_board_plays_hooky#c708938 Politics Sat, 05 May 2007 21:21:59 -0800 I don't see anything to be upset about--it's a 2-for-1 bonus pack:

1. This is the best part: now you don't have to listen to current board members evade questions in favor of clucking about disproportionality and equal outcomes and whatever else emerges from their mouths so copiously supplied with drool;

2. Almost as great as #1, they will lose even more support than they have already lost (not an easy feat).

So if I were a 46th District Democrat, I'd be hoisting a cold one in the general direction of our Seattle Super School Board.

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