Over at Dave Cieslewicz’ place, voter Dennis Maki writes:
As long time Madison residents with 3 children who obtained superb K-12 education in Madison in the 1970s and 1980s, we are deeply saddened by the inexorable decline and current dismal state of the MMSD which has become an emperor’s clothes syndrome. I too will vote for Blaska and encourage my friends and colleagues to do likewise.
Education
Blaska Policy Werkes 
In today’s State Urinal, small bus rider and ASSociate editor John Nichols opines: “For Seat 4, board president Ali Janae Muldrow faces only a token write-in challenge from conservative gadfly David Blaska. Muldrow beat him by a landslide two years ago. She’ll do so by an even bigger margin this year. That’s as it should be. Muldrow is a terrific leader on the board and in the community and deserves reelection.”
If Ms.Muldrow is a terrific leader (considering the pathetic proficiency scores achieved by District students on standardized tests), one wonders what Mr. Nichols considers a marginal leader.
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Abject derision where abject derision is due; John Nichols is ASSociate editor of the Crap Times. Every time he…um…infrequently walks out of Woodman’s Liquor Store, The Gotch chuckles as he observes the stacks of that “marginal” weekly insert they can’t even give away.
Anywho, “Muldrow is a terrific leader on the board and in the community and deserves reelection”?
By what objective standard, rendered by ANYONE with an above-their-shoe-size I.Q., has she proven herself capable of a spot on MMSD?
Were she in the private sector, where Dr. Raymond Stantz (Dan Aykroyd in Ghostbusters) accurately notes THEY EXPECT RESULTS, she’d have been bounced out so fast it’d make her head swim.
The Gotch
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FWIW she does a good job controlling the meetings and don’t discount her leadership qualities. Problem is the last thing you want is a good leader if she’s marching everyone deeper into the shithole.
Warren Buffett had similar observation:
“Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy.”
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“she does a good job controlling the meetings”
The local grifts (FreeDUMB Inc, YG-n-B, Urban Triage, Derail The Jail, et al) have been uncharacteristically quiet, lately.
You’ve accurately observed that’s due in part to the panDEMic, as opposed to the fast-approaching DEMpanic come November.
With lackeys in place, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that the loudest voices have been encouraged to stand down, or at least assume a lower profile.
Leadership qualities are deeply discounted when those you oversee are certifiably bespawling addlepates.
The Gotch
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So; yo spend a lot of time at Woodmans booze dept?
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“Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job!”
It’s deja vu all over again.
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Anytime you see an article with John Nichols as an author, it’s time to stop reading (unless you’re just looking to be entertained or induce vomiting). Nichols would write puff pieces about Pol Pot if he ran as a progressive.
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Nice looking hedge you have there Dave.
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Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yQjiNfxV1o
An excellent presentation by Dr. Jordan Peterson on the fundamental difference between those on the left and conservatives when it comes to the education of our children and the education establishment.
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Free speech is a wonderful thing. But it requires us to defend it even when the speech is abhorrent. I saw Eldridge Cleaver shouted down on the UW Madison campus close to 40 years ago so it’s nothing new. Now there are cameras everywhere so it’s more obvious.
Elon Musk is now the largest shareholder of Twitter … this bodes well for free speech.
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For an unfunded write-in in liberal Madison, Dave’s 12% of the vote is pretty darn good. Congratulations.
Dave’s achievement partially mends my broken heart for not winning the Grand Prize in the prediction contest How about a prize for the Joyner/Simkin vote?
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