Wolf in sheep outfit but voters not buying her bullshhit
Voters smelled big orange rat
Voters turned out to elect Democrats, protect abortion rights and to shake up the Albemarle County of Board of Supervisors.
But the biggest show of the night was not a fight for a seat in the General Assembly, but a battle for a local school board seat that drew the attention of people across and well beyond Virginia’s borders.
The crowd roared. Someone popped a bottle of champagne. And a teary-eyed Allison Spillman walked to the middle of the restaurant's bar to make a declaration.
“Our county is not going to stand for that extremist bulls--t,” she said to the delight of 50 people who had gathered Tuesday night for an election night watch party at Vivace, an Italian eatery in the county west of Charlottesville.
For months, Spillman had been embroiled in a contest against Meg Bryce, a mother of four whom the Spillman campaign and progressives across the county warned would bring “radical right” policies to the Albemarle County School Board.
In Virginia, school board candidates must run as independents. But the local Democratic Party and the Spillman campaign worked to tie Bryce to the GOP, describing her as a Republican in disguise. To bolster their argument, Bryce critics were sure to note that she is the daughter of late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Book bans. Anti-LGBTQ policies. A watered-down and whitewashed curriculum.
Bryce argued the attacks against her were unfair, untrue and unethical. She said she is not the boogeyman that some painted her as. She described herself as a concerned mother who wants to see the county improve its poor test scores and bridge its growing achievement gaps, not ban books or change curricula. So concerned, Bryce said she took her children out of the public school system but still wanted it to succeed, still wanted to guide its decisions
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Voters smelled big orange rat
Progressive opponent schools Antonin Scalia's daughter in local race
Meg Bryce had the name recognition, but not the kind she wanted
Election Day in Albemarle County was defined by close calls, new faces and a highly anticipated school board race that turned out not to be nearly as close as expected.Voters turned out to elect Democrats, protect abortion rights and to shake up the Albemarle County of Board of Supervisors.
But the biggest show of the night was not a fight for a seat in the General Assembly, but a battle for a local school board seat that drew the attention of people across and well beyond Virginia’s borders.
The crowd roared. Someone popped a bottle of champagne. And a teary-eyed Allison Spillman walked to the middle of the restaurant's bar to make a declaration.
“Our county is not going to stand for that extremist bulls--t,” she said to the delight of 50 people who had gathered Tuesday night for an election night watch party at Vivace, an Italian eatery in the county west of Charlottesville.
For months, Spillman had been embroiled in a contest against Meg Bryce, a mother of four whom the Spillman campaign and progressives across the county warned would bring “radical right” policies to the Albemarle County School Board.
In Virginia, school board candidates must run as independents. But the local Democratic Party and the Spillman campaign worked to tie Bryce to the GOP, describing her as a Republican in disguise. To bolster their argument, Bryce critics were sure to note that she is the daughter of late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Book bans. Anti-LGBTQ policies. A watered-down and whitewashed curriculum.
Bryce argued the attacks against her were unfair, untrue and unethical. She said she is not the boogeyman that some painted her as. She described herself as a concerned mother who wants to see the county improve its poor test scores and bridge its growing achievement gaps, not ban books or change curricula. So concerned, Bryce said she took her children out of the public school system but still wanted it to succeed, still wanted to guide its decisions
Progressive opponent schools Antonin Scalia's daughter in local race
“Our county is not going to stand for that extremist bulls--t," Allison Spillman told the crowd.
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