Madison progressive political machine hands Scott Walker another school victory

David Blaska:

Congratulations to Madison's white power elite, especially to Democrats, organized labor, John Matthews and his teachers union. You very well may have elected a teachers union-first ("Collectively we decide ..."), children second school board. You also just handed Scott Walker a powerful case for expanding private school vouchers.

What are you afraid of? That more parents might not choose the taxpayer-coerced public school monopoly? What do you expect, when you leave them no (ahem) ... choice.

I would like to hold out hope that absentee ballots will make the difference, but 279 votes is probably too many for Wayne Strong to overcome to defeat Dean Loumos, who holds an 18,286 to 18,007 lead. If there are 1,333 absentee ballots that need to be counted, as the city clerk's website advertises, Strong would have to beat Loumos 806 to 527 in those uncounted votes.

(BTW: Is this the new normal? As absentee voting becomes more popular, winners won't be declared for a week after the election?)

Much more on the 2013 Madison School Board election, here.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 4, 2013 1:25 AM
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