Correction to D2 BOE Debate Analysis

Posted on May 28, 2020August 17, 2020 by Jenny

I must make a correction to my District 2 BOE debate analysis based on new information I have received. When I was writing the post, I reached out to the Stevens Forest Elementary School PTA to confirm Larry Pretlow’s membership status. At the time, they stated that he was not on their membership roster, and according to their attendance records, he had never attended a meeting. I wrote my post to reflect this information. However, some time after my post was published, the SFES PTA bec...

Analysis of Scott E’s D2 BOE Debate

Posted on May 12, 2020August 17, 2020 by Jenny

*** May 28, 2020: This post originally stated that Larry Pretlow is not a member of the Stevens Forest Elementary School PTA. That is not accurate, and I have updated the post with the correct information. *** At long last, I made it through the last of Scott Ewart's online debates for Howard County Board of Education candidates. Over the weekend, he held the final debate, for District 2. Is anybody else exhausted? (ICYMI: my analyses of the debates for districts 3, 4, and 5.) Havin...

Analysis of Scott E’s D3 BOE Debate

Posted on May 11, 2020August 17, 2020 by Jenny

On Friday evening, Scott Ewart held the third in his series of online debates for Howard County Board of Education candidates, this time for District 3. Of the three candidates in District 3, one is head-and-shoulders above the rest (spoiler: it’s Jolene Mosley), but I’ll cover all of them anyway. Tom Heffner Tom Heffner is a mystery to me. His website states that he has experience solving hard problems and innovating. When it comes to the issues, he has some fleshed-out ideas on his we...

Analysis of Scott E’s D5 BOE Debate

Posted on May 9, 2020August 17, 2020 by Jenny

On Wednesday, Scott Ewart hosted the second in his series of Board of Education online debates, this time for District 5. (See my analysis of his D4 debate here.) I procrastinated on listening to the debate and writing an analysis because this district, comprising most of the western half of Howard County, is unsurprisingly devoid of progressive candidates. For me, District 5 is a lot like the prize counter at an arcade. There are all these giant stuffed animals, skateboards, and electroni...

Analysis of Scott E’s D4 BOE Debate

Posted on May 3, 2020August 17, 2020 by Jenny

On Saturday, Howard County blogger Scott Ewart hosted and moderated an online debate for the Board of Education candidates in District 4. I tried to watch it live, but I turned it off after just a few minutes thanks to the viewing public showing its ass in the comment section in real-time. I did finally get around to watching it in its entirety; here is my analysis. First, I had to wait only two minutes for someone to broach the topic of redistricting, and it was Mr. Ewart himself who br...