Are You Joking? Part 2
There are a lot of slick mail pieces being done by school board candidates in this cycle. Rather, there are a lot of slick mail pieces done by a firm that represents a lot of school board candidates in this cycle.
More on that later.
But lets talk about a specific mailer that I saw yesterday.
I almost fell out of my chair when I read it because the candidate, Deby Lewis, talks about "transparency with regard to all financial matters". Apparently Lewis means all financial matters as long as they don't involve members of the Board of Trustees.
Don't believe me? See for yourself. Here's the mailer in question.
Lewis voted to spend $50,000 on lawyers to fight Rep Marquez's transparency bill. That bill would require board members and candidates to follow the same rules every other candidate in the county has to follow. They have to disclose who their financial backers are. Lewis raised a big chunk of change for this school board race and we'd never know it if it weren't for Rep. Marquez.
Its statements like that that make people cynical about elected leadership. And its another example of failed leadership that says do as I say, not as I do.
This is why people need to pay attention to school board races. This is why they matter. School boards are the largest part of your tax bill.
More on that later.
But lets talk about a specific mailer that I saw yesterday.
I almost fell out of my chair when I read it because the candidate, Deby Lewis, talks about "transparency with regard to all financial matters". Apparently Lewis means all financial matters as long as they don't involve members of the Board of Trustees.
Don't believe me? See for yourself. Here's the mailer in question.
Lewis voted to spend $50,000 on lawyers to fight Rep Marquez's transparency bill. That bill would require board members and candidates to follow the same rules every other candidate in the county has to follow. They have to disclose who their financial backers are. Lewis raised a big chunk of change for this school board race and we'd never know it if it weren't for Rep. Marquez.
Its statements like that that make people cynical about elected leadership. And its another example of failed leadership that says do as I say, not as I do.
This is why people need to pay attention to school board races. This is why they matter. School boards are the largest part of your tax bill.
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