bwahahaha. i lost my first election. i lost my seat on the ward democratic steering committee. i have been on this board for nearly 8 years. elections are usually formalities, uncontested. this time there were 13 candidates for 12 seats. there is always a bit of a war between those who value the rules, and those who want everyone to play. i had pounded on a straight up election, and had actually printed up the ballots myself to make sure there were no irregularities. i know most of these folks but lisa madigan, illinois ag was our guest and we had a nice crowd. i spent some time working the crowd, campaigning. a group of the members are nuns from a recently closed catholic high school that was reopened as a charter. now, i have a pretty nuanced view of charters, but bottom line, as anchors in the community, both an up from the ground k-12 charter and the take over of this building by a hispanic focused charter are important and vibrant. i was talking to these nuns about their tenants and a guy joined the discussion, singing the usual party song, alec and all. all important stuff, but also unrelated to this particular situation. this was not that. this is the opposite of that. anyway, as i defended the rights of parents who have square pegs in this system of round holes, things got hotter. i tried to cool it down, i petted the guy. but my stance is that i had 5 gifted kids who were poorly served, not on any of the checklists, and needed SOME options. he asked my who told me my kids were gifted. it did not go well from there. out of a room of about 60-70 people i lost by 10 votes. however, i made a half dozen fast friends. i have a great story. and a title has nothing to do with what i will bring to my party. there were furious post hoc attempts at gerrymandering, and alternate members were added to the structure so that nothing functional would change. i think i will just get them to make me a committee. im actually pretty focused anyway at marketing and event planning. this would actually be a little tidier. but, bwahahahahahahaahahahahah i actually was not there for the discussion and vote counting, as i was sick. they wanted to call me, but one of the members insisted that she had to deliver it in person. so now we have a moment for the ages. im so flattered by the lengths that were proposed to keep my on the team. it is amazing what happens when you get up and do. and open your yap. bwwahhahaaahahaahahahahahahaaaahahaaaa
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 03:50:33 +0000
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