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The longer this budget process goes on, the more upset I become. Not by the difficulty of the financial situation, but by the continuation of the previous board's condescension toward the School Board. I was hoping for better, I have worked for better, and yet very little has changed. The animosity in public pales in comparison to what is being said behind the scenes.
Listen to the comments of Supervisors Stevens Miller and Andrea McGimsey to a presentation by School Board member (and Loudoun County HS Teacher) Jennifer Bergel.
Miller, McGimsey & Chalkboards (1.7MB)
Some people will say that I have taken their remarks out of context. On the contrary, I have put their remarks into context by taking what they said two hours after the presentation and juxtaposing it against the words they were responding to.
To hear their remarks in their entirety and judge for yourself:
Stevens Miller, March 5 2008 (2.4MB)
Andrea McGimsey, March 5 2008 (7.7MB)
Miller & McGimsey are members of my political party. I particularly like Andrea and we have been working well together. I have no quarrel with any other aspect of the job she is doing. Here though her approach is deeply flawed and she knows I feel this way. My job is to fight for the best quality education possible for the children of my community. Political party and congeniality are secondary to that mission.
Listen to these words and if you disagree, let them know.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Miller, McGimsey and Chalkboards
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"My job is to fight for the best quality education possible for the children of my community."
Is that your mission in total John? There is no good mission statement on the Board page on the LCPS website. In fact, I can't find a mission statement for the School Board, just LCPS.
Thanks for posting the longer files for Miller and McGimsey. I think your smaller file is pretty bad -- in fact, it is a pasted-together set of phrases that are indeed out of context.
Andrea should eat dinner before she gets on the record though.
Are you serious Mr. Stevens? You have worked for a better relationship and then you pull a stunt like this? Congeniality is secondary to your mission?
You try for congeniality, fail, and stoop to the lowest level I've seen in this process yet. That'll be good to remember the next time your name is on my ballot.
Weren't you one school board member who fought for more cuts earlier this season? But now you are joining the ranks of Godfrey, DuPree and the Waffle King Mark Nuzzaco. Oh, wait, he's not there anymore. Maybe you should learn a lesson from him.
Think of this budget crisis as someone losing their home in this county.
All of a sudden you realize there is no place to get the next house payment from, they are cutting you off. Well at least there is some money coming in and no one is going to foreclose on the school system.
At least you are still going to squeeze something to survive, but that poor person trying to make ends meets has no BOS to go to get to even get a dime.
Live on what you are given, because the scare tactics this time show you have no compassion for the struggling in this county only the ones that can afford to pay. Seems like you all feel hell with the others that can't afford this tax increase, and even perhaps you all are secretly hoping those people that are struggling in loudoun will be gone soon. You know what, the struggling families also deserve a break too. And with the tone you are all using to scare the public is just making you all look like fools like in the book crisis you all created for all of America to see what kind of overpaid people at the top are running Loudoun's school system. This is a sad Chapter for the people of the school system using almost terror tactics against the BOS and the public. Learn to live on a budget and why is there such a high criminal and discipline problem in this school system as reported on some other blogs????
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