Questions For No'Fers Banging Your Door
The No Campaign Is Based On Half Truths And Outright Lies They Can't Answer. Opinion
Here is a short list of the defects of the SAY NO TO PARENTS RUNNING FOR SCHOOL BOARD Campaign (NO’fers from here on) in Hanover County, one of 2 still denying its taxpayers the right to run for the School Board and some questions to ask those supporting it.
1. The No’fers claim money will corrupt the School Board if the county chooses elections. Chairman of the local GOP unit, Jack Dyer, is injecting thousands to do just that. The goal is $60,000.00 so far, with appeals for more. Jack has both monetized and politicized what should be a referendum decided by the will of Hanover’s citizens.
Questions) How can you claim your side is protecting the School Board from being monetized while at the same time injecting tens of thousands of dollars into this race and simultaneously creating a PAC for this specific purpose? Isn’t that hypocrisy?
2. The No’fers claim that an elected School Board will result in the board having taxing authority- a deliberate whopper. It is impossible under the State Constitution, and members of the current Supervisors, including Bucky Stanley, made a trip in 2012-3 to the State Legislature to seek taxing authority for their appointees to shore up the budget after siphoning away $52 million in proffer income for themselves and the Developers pull the board’s strings.
Questions) Why lie about taxing authority when it is impossible under our State Constitution when none of Virginia's other 120 +- elected school boards ever had that power? And why didn’t you tell me our BOS sought it for their appointees? Why should I trust the BOS to appoint when they make bad decisions?
3. The Republican Party’s mission is to educate people on self-governance principles, recruit members to engage in the same, and vet and run candidates. It claims in its Creed “That all individuals are entitled to equal rights, justice, and opportunities and should assume their responsibilities as citizens in a free society.” Glen Youngkin, the head of our Party, said, “Do you believe that parents deserve not just a seat at the table, but the head seat at the table in their children’s education and upbringing?"
Question: Why is the local GOP Unit preventing parents from participating in the principles enshrined in the Republican Creed? Why have you prioritized this issue over electing Yael Levin (R) as the Ashland Magisterial District supervisor instead of funding and recruiting volunteers for her? Why is the Hanover Leadership bucking Glenn Youngkin over parents on school boards? Why would Hanoverians, who elected 6 Republicans out of seven Supervisor seats, reverse themselves and vote for Democratic school board candidates?
4. The No’fers claim the political appointment of School Board members keeps the SB from being under the influence of political patronage appointees! Another whopper. Patronage appointments are the most political of either method—a carry-over from when Democrats ran the County.
Questions: How is a party-affiliated elected supervisor’s appointment not political when they never appoint outside their party? How is an appointed member not political when patronage appointments demand political loyalty?
5. Former Supervisor to Beaverdam Bucky Stanley refused to consider elected school boards because he viewed them as a platform for taxpayers to challenge supervisor’s seats. GOP leadership claims term limits are desirable, and elections allow the rank-and-file the option. Yet here, Republicans are messaging they don’t trust them.
Questions: Isn’t this campaign out to deprive parents of direct accountability over 40% of the county budget (their money) and about preventing a platform to challenge incumbent Supervisors? Are you saying I am too stupid, or is it not my business to decide for myself?
6. The No’fers are fear-mongering in order to rush people into a decision. These people claim they believe in God and are Christians. Yet their religion (my religion) forbids lying, including the purposeful omission of facts to gain an outcome. “Doing a little evil, such as telling a white lie because you think good will come, is a sin. This is precisely the temptation of Christ by Satan in the wilderness- presuming upon faith. The Bible teaches evil never brings about good.
Questions: Your campaign is misleading people to gain a win. Are you a Christian or Jewish? Doesn’t the Decalogue forbid you from making misleading claims? Are you elevating your politics above God?
Ex. 23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Luke 20:23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Also: Gen. 3:4; Job 15:35; Prov. 6:16; John 8:44, etc.
Your Creed claims, “That faith in God, as recognized by our Founding Fathers, is essential to the moral fiber of the Nation,” but your campaign makes lies and half-truths? How do you square that with belief in God?
7. The leading voice of your campaign pulled her children from Hanover Schools because they are too liberal and started a private Christian Academy. Why are you telling us we can’t vote on how to look out for our kids when your campaign is run by people who decide how best to protect their kids?
Questions: The appointees let in cultural Marxist equity principles, books with porn and race-baiting, data collection to out-of-state third parties, caved to the NAACP on school names, spent massively to enshrine gender ideology in new school bathroom designs, hidden information on unvaccinated alien children exposing measles and other contagious diseases in our Schools, why is it that your campaign never gives the whole picture?
8. The No’fers attribute SOL scores to appointments instead of the teacher’s hard work. They claim this correlation without any statistical evidence. Of the few other appointed districts in Virginia, only one is similar (Galax City) to Hanover, while the rest are at the bottom of the rankings. They are using the ‘new math’ here.
Questions) What evidence conclusively shows a correlation between test scores and whether school board members are elected or appointed? If appointments produce excellent scores, why aren’t our schools in the top 20 of the State like the elected districts? Why did you cherry-pick SOL comparisons with Henrico (elects) and Hopewell (appoints) rather than use school rankings where Hanover is well below the top 20? How is that honest statistical analysis?
There are many more questions to ask, but the door knockers will most likely buzz off before you can ask them about 3 of these points.
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More on the proffer scandal that led the BOS to seek taxation authority for their appointed School Board. Click Here
Articles on the appointed school board’s record in Hanover. CLICK HERE
Here is the code for removal of office of an appointed school board member via unanimous BOS and circuit court and it is near impossible:
§ 24.2-233. (Effective until January 1, 2024) Removal of elected and certain appointed officers by courts. Upon petition, a circuit court may remove from office any elected officer or officer who has been appointed to fill an elective office, residing within the jurisdiction of the court: 1. For neglect of a clear, ministerial duty, misuse of the office, or incompetence in the performance of the duties of the office when that neglect of duty, misuse of office, or incompetence in the performance of duties has a material adverse effect upon the conduct of the office; 2. Upon conviction of a misdemeanor pursuant to Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) or Article 1.1 (§ 18.2-265.1 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 and after all rights of appeal have terminated involving the: a. Manufacture, sale, gift, distribution, or possession with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance; b. Sale, possession with intent to sell, or placing an advertisement for the purpose of selling drug paraphernalia; or c. Possession of any controlled substance and such conviction under subdivision a, b, or c has a material adverse effect upon the conduct of such office; 3. Upon conviction, and after all rights of appeal have terminated, of a misdemeanor involving a "hate crime" as that term is defined in § 52-8.5 when the conviction has a material adverse effect upon the conduct of such office; or 4. Upon conviction, and after all rights of appeal have terminated, of sexual battery in violation of § 18.2-67.4, attempted sexual battery in violation of subsection C of § 18.2-67.5, peeping or spying into dwelling or enclosure in violation of § 18.2-130, consensual sexual intercourse with a child 15 years of age or older in violation of § 18.2-371, or indecent exposure of himself or procuring another to expose himself in violation of § 18.2-387, and such conviction has a material adverse effect upon the conduct of such office. The petition must be signed by a number of registered voters who reside within the jurisdiction of the officer equal to 10 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last election for the office that the officer holds. Any person removed from office under the provisions of subdivision 2, 3, or 4 may not be subsequently subject to the provisions of this section for the same criminal offense. 1975, cc. 515, 595, § 24.1-79.5; 1989, c. 470; 1993, c. 641; 2002, cc. 588, 623; 2011, cc. 384, 410; 2014, cc. 566, 674, 719; 2021 Sp. Sess. I, cc. 550, 551; 2023, cc. 663, 664.
From Glen Youngkin's emails: "Do you believe that parents should have more control of what their children are learning in the classroom? Do you believe that parents need more transparency in what’s going on at school? Do you believe that parents deserve not just a seat at the table, but the head seat at the table in their children’s education and upbringing?"
If you do, Glenn Youngkin is asking for your help in Virginia.
STAND WITH PARENTS
SPIRIT OF VIRGINIA