SECB Fucks Up School Board Endorsement!! - The Stranger | Comments

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1

as i have already voted, mostly following your suggestions, this information is less than useful for me.

chimsquared on November 7, 2011 at 12:18 PM

2

after you saying no to 1183, I am not sure I can ever trust your suggestions again.

Akbar Fazil on November 7, 2011 at 12:21 PM

3

I already voted, but fortunately I went with Cliff Mass on this one. http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/10/tr…

yuiop on November 7, 2011 at 12:22 PM

4

Ditto #1; I literally just put my envelope in the mail slot!

Grrr! And, I really had to hunt to find the cheat sheet on Slog.

Almost everyone I now references the slog endorsements to some extent.

Atl2Sea on November 7, 2011 at 12:24 PM

5

Kinda late for me..my ballot was mailed last week.

Cato the Younger Younger on November 7, 2011 at 12:24 PM

6

That does it. I'm cancelling my subscription.

Nezz on November 7, 2011 at 12:26 PM

7

So, basically, none of the incumbents at all?

Wowsers.

Will in Seattle on November 7, 2011 at 12:29 PM

8

Thank you to The Stranger.

One, for reexamining their endorsement based on new information. Two, for probably being the only media outlet in this town that would admit a mistake in judgment. You will NEVER see this from the Times (which makes The Stranger all the more credible).

I join them wholeheartedly in this endorsement (although I endorsed Buetow from the start).

westello on November 7, 2011 at 12:35 PM

9

Yeah I agree with #2. I won't be following your advice ever again. Such a wrong call on this one, no doubt pushed by that Goldy hack.

LORD ZOD on November 7, 2011 at 12:37 PM

10

It's good to see y'all coming to your senses on this one.

I, for one, would have thought his support of lowering standards for graduation, or belief that the School Board should be for enacting Administration policies, not oversight, or his blind, steadfast support for Goodloe-Johnson should have been enough.

But all the same, good job! I just hope enough folks that rely on the Stranger cheat sheet haven't voted the wrong way...

michaelp on November 7, 2011 at 12:42 PM

11

hmmm, too bad I mailed my ballot this morning. But I'm with @8 - kudos for re-examining and correcting your voting card, even if it's too late for many voters.

genevieve on November 7, 2011 at 12:45 PM

12

Seriously, that dumb-ass liquor initiative has people's panties in such a wad that they'll NEVER TRUST YOU AGAIN!

It was just stupid: BOTH sides. I wanted to vote to send them all to their rooms without dinner. But it's just one frickin' initiative: you're going to throw EVERYTHING out because of an even-more-stupid-than-usual initiative? Sheesh.

Catherwood on November 7, 2011 at 12:50 PM

13

Heh, I wonder why they don't open the "which one voice on the SECB was absolutely insistent on ignoring Buetow in both the primary and the general, the one challenger endorsed by all Democratic legislative district executive boards in Seattle" poll.

on November 7, 2011 at 12:53 PM

14

Which one was the one whose signs read "Vote For The Mom"? I want her to lose. Nobody cares if you're a mom or not. There is no reason to think that being a parent would make you a better school board member.

If I ever run for school board my platform will be "not a parent, but an administrator; and if elected parents will be forbidden to enter school grounds or contact school officials in any way".

Fnarf on November 7, 2011 at 12:59 PM

15

Crap! Too late for my ballot. I don't suppose I can walk into the Elections Department and ask for a re-do.

DowntownTaylor on November 7, 2011 at 1:15 PM

16

Don't trust The Stranger. Doug's Voter's Guide is never wrong.

DOUG. on November 7, 2011 at 1:18 PM

17

“That may be true but…when you write it down, it’s real.” Clearly, Martin-Morris doesn’t think state and federal laws are “real” enough.

Check the State Auditor's reports ... This Board on several occasions did not follow laws or policies. /// Martin-Morris doesn't think often enough. He prefers to spin yarns around subjects like TFA and New Tech Network contract instead of following laws.

WestSeattleDan on November 7, 2011 at 1:26 PM

18

Here is yet another voter's guide

As long as too many voters choose to:
cast their votes founded in opinions formed by myths and half-truths, rather than the facts,
we will continue to have legislative bodies filled with purveyors of half-truths.

In an effort to counter the dissemination of half-truths and myths I present:

Seattle School Board 2011 Voter's Guide -- - an evidence filled voters guide.

WestSeattleDan on November 7, 2011 at 1:33 PM

19

This is why mail-in voting sucks. And why I always wait 'til the last minute (not to see if The Stranger staff comes to their senses, but to see if any candidates make last-minute bonehead moves).

I'm with michaelp--there were plenty of reasons befoer this not to endorse Martin-Morris. Glad you finally saw the light, but it was already blazingly bright.

fruitbat on November 7, 2011 at 1:33 PM

20

Could you at least say you are sorry? Sheesh.

on November 7, 2011 at 1:44 PM

21

@16, I like your voter's guide a lot, but the lack of red check marks and dotted line is too confusing for me.

Fnarf on November 7, 2011 at 1:44 PM

22

Could you at least say you are sorry? Sheesh.

on November 7, 2011 at 1:46 PM

23

KUOW had a good piece lately -- might even have been on your friend Steve Scher's show -- that by involving the administration in content decisions, it opens the district to liability, which they are (apparnetly) exempt from. So even from just a plainly practical standpoint, its a stupid idea.

moretent on November 7, 2011 at 2:26 PM

24

Well, I guess that makes me happy that I totally ignored you all on that one.

lopes on November 7, 2011 at 2:45 PM

25

Wait ... there's an election?

I thought all America cared about was MJ's doctor?

Will in Seattle on November 7, 2011 at 3:15 PM

26

Good thing I voted YESTERDAY.

Machete on November 7, 2011 at 3:24 PM

27

Really, do some of you people just pull out The Stranger's cheat sheet and fill it out down the line as they prescribe?

I mean, I know that you do, but I still find it unbelievable and kinda sad.

To all of you who blindly followed The Stranger endorsements and are annoyed that you already voted... HA! Maybe next time you'll do your own research, and if you haven't researched an issue/candidate, you'll not vote in those races and stick to voting in the ones you have.

lopes on November 7, 2011 at 3:32 PM

28

If you guys had been paying attention, you'd have realized that HMM had checked out a looong time ago. Well, better late than never - unless it's too late for people to change their votes.

Swanky Modes on November 7, 2011 at 3:50 PM

29

Your fucking right principals should have the final say in what goes into a school newspaper, just like Tim Keck has the final say in what goes into this piece of shit rag.

Don't like it? Start your own fucking newspaper.

seandr on November 7, 2011 at 4:11 PM

30

"after you saying no to 1183, I am not sure I can ever trust your suggestions again."

Nice counterargument, dimbulb.

undead ayn rand on November 7, 2011 at 5:05 PM

31

Congratulations, SECB for recognizing your error and correcting it.

Now if we could just get through to the Seattle Times...

Charlie Mas on November 7, 2011 at 5:59 PM

32

They say better late than never, but sometimes it not much better.

tedb310 on November 7, 2011 at 6:19 PM

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