http://www.detnews.com/2005/schools/0511/11/A04-379018.htm
“So the residents of Dover on Tuesday ousted all eight school board members running for re-election who had put their town in a global spotlight — and their school district on trial — for being the first in the nation to introduce intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in science class. In swept the full Dover CARES slate of eight candidates, which had coalesced to oppose the change in the curriculum. ”
“Voters crossed party lines to vote for the candidates they favored. If they had not, the school board incumbents, all of whom ran on the Republican line, probably would have prevailed in a district where 70 percent of voters are registered Republicans. ”
Ouch for the republicans huh?
Lesson? Listen to the people you represent. You as an elected official are not there to make the decisions, you are there to reflect the decisions of the majority of the people you represent. I would say the people of Dover decided they didn’t have proper representation.
The extreme sides of each party gives everyone else a bad rap. Not all right wingers are religious kooks out to make a buck and not all left wingers are tree hugging hippies who increases taxes to pay for art that nobody wants. Getting to my point and to the meat of your article, I think we can both agree that people need to spend more time working through issues rather than standing in the spotlight. Its not about the label, it is about the person and whether or not they are getting things done for the community. It sounds like this group of people were failing at their jobs — good for the public to get them out of there!