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#RPSboard is a political body, one with a lot of decision making authority & power to affect the lives of tens of thousands of Richmonders. Why would recently (re)elected members not maintain their commitments/positions when they take office? 1/ https://twitter.com/vcusoe/status/1330613327215595522">https://twitter.com/vcusoe/st...
I read this column as an unsubtle message about politics--not about decorum or collegiality. To me the author seems interested in de-politicizing #RPSboard, which is already de-politicized to the advantage of corporate/moneyed interests, edu. reformers, & the already powerful. 2/
Just like in Congress, political leaders/electeds who represent people& #39;s desire for structural change & material progress & stronger public institutions have a duty to maintain the political commitments that led people to vote for them. 3/
Abandoning politics/use of power in the name of "bipartisanship" or "collegiality" or "norms" is exactly why people dislike our inneffective Congress & why conservatives are constantly out-strategizing dems and even progressives. 4/
No one I know elected to #RPSboard is stepping into power & service out of a desire for conflict-for-conflict& #39;s-sake or self-aggrandizement, and I think it& #39;s disrespectful to them and voters to suggest their campaigns were "& #39;me& #39; propositions." 5/
If "the very skills that win candidates school board seats often are the same skills to de-emphasize as a board member," does that mean a coalition for teacher empowerment & fully-funded community schools built in part through campaigns should be abandoned after swearing in? 6/
