Chris,
So your magic bullet to make it all better in Escambia
County Schools is to make school board districts “at large”? Really? Didn’t you think “at-large” council seats
were the solution for the Pensacola City Council? What happened there, Chris? Never mind.
Let’s see what your idea would do to our schools. First, in violation of a standing court
ruling from the civil rights era, it would potentially eliminate the minority
representation for district three. Poof,
gone, and we’d be in violation. Guess
you did not think of that unintended consequence, right Chris?
Secondly, in case you didn’t know this, we do represent the
community county-wide, we are simply elected by geographical districts, in
order to minimize the influence of the politically savvy and wealthy
concentrated in some areas of town. You
see Chris, geographical representation is a balance to outside influence. What does this mean? Let me dot-connect for you. It means I can walk neighborhoods and visit
Thousands of households going door to door in my campaigns to target my message
inexpensively in my district (which I have done on multiple occasions)—neutralizing,
to a large degree, any outside money, influence, and power. So your proposal actually takes power away
from voters and candidates at the grass-roots-which seems counter to what you
appear to believe in based upon your writings.
Paradoxical.
But, back to the response to Peacock’s article—I stand by
every word of it, because it is accurate.
Chris, I understand from scanning your lengthy and rambling screeds that
you see the world through rose-colored glasses instead of dealing with
reality. Folks like you that are naïve
and glib on many
