LOL, Demgaz. Your argument is seriously: Why vote for the brilliant young woman who has been showing up+doing the work for years when you could vote for a rich old Heights guy who has done nothing but still thinks a seat on the LRSD board is his birthright? #lrpx #lrsd #lol
Stuart Mackey is very nice. He coached my son’s soccer team. I will vote for him for soccer coach forever. But when your qualifications for school board are that your dad and granddad were on it, and you have been appointed to boards before (?) then I’m going to call it out.
I don’t mean to be ugly, I really don’t. But it’s well past time for this city to stop automatically handing the reins to old white men when young women and people of color are a thousand times more knowledgeable, qualified and engaged. It is what it is.
Ali Noland’s granddaddy wasn’t on the LRSD school board, you’ve got her there? But she has been a VIPS tutor inside LRSD schools for years. Ali Noland led the successful effort to ensure all kids in AR get enough recess to boost health and academic performance. #lrsd #lrpx
Ali Noland formed a coalition of people that spanned interstates, income groups, color and politics to fight against the state’s disastrous control of LRSD that could have torn our district apart. #lrsd #lrpx
Ali Noland shows up for the all interminable community advisory and state board meetings that nobody else goes to. Why? Because someone has to keep an eye out for our kids’ interests. Ali shows up to do that, every single time.
The Demgaz didn’t interview Ali Noland before endorsing her opponent. And that’s telling. But she’s been so busy w/ teacher💚honk&waves, informational zoom events on COVID and general fireball advocacy for LRSD that she didn’t have time to waste with the old boys club, anyway.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Madame Defarge

Madame Defarge Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!