In Denver, three incumbent school board members were all re-elected in the face of teacher's union sponsored challenges emphasizing "neighborhood schools" as opposed to charter schools and magnet programs. But, Board President Happy Haynes won by only about 800 votes out of well over 100,000 votes cast, just enough to avoid an automatic recount.
In first ring western suburb Jefferson County, in a race that captured national attention, all five far right conservative members of the school board were ousted in one decisive fell sweep - three in recall elections and two to challengers in the ordinary general election.
In exurban Douglas County, there was no recall election, but all three of the seven school board members facing regular election challenges were replaced. Ideological conservatives sponsored by the Republican party controlled all seven seats on the school board prior to the election (whose energies among other things supported a religious school voucher program held to violate the state constitution and state education funding statutes). Now, the ideological Republicans have a 4-3 majority on the board.
Showing posts with label 2015 election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2015 election. Show all posts
04 November 2015
16 October 2015
Friday Tidbits
* The producers of the TV series Homeland, were duped by their own paid graffiti artists, but rightly took the slight in good humor with a humble press release, rather than starting a lawsuit.
* I have replaced my stolen laptop with a Mac Air. So far, so good when it comes to being compatible with other IT hardware and software in our PC dominated office.
* My mail in ballot for the 2015 general election has arrived and for once I have no clue yet. I have two school board seats to vote up (one at-large and one for my district), there is a state TABOR ballot issue, and there are gobs of local ballot issues in Denver. I aspire to figure these races out and write about them soon, but have been so busy that I have only a dim idea about the candidates and the issues so far.
* My roof is being replaced due to hail damage early this summer. Life is noisy at the moment.
* I have replaced my stolen laptop with a Mac Air. So far, so good when it comes to being compatible with other IT hardware and software in our PC dominated office.
* My mail in ballot for the 2015 general election has arrived and for once I have no clue yet. I have two school board seats to vote up (one at-large and one for my district), there is a state TABOR ballot issue, and there are gobs of local ballot issues in Denver. I aspire to figure these races out and write about them soon, but have been so busy that I have only a dim idea about the candidates and the issues so far.
* My roof is being replaced due to hail damage early this summer. Life is noisy at the moment.
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