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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Are You Going With Me?
adios…
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Are You Going With Me?
Thank you so much, guys — it’s almost enough to make me think we’re still a democracy, at least on the local level. What makes this doubly good is that the board is evenly split between pro- and anti-teacher members, so she has the potential to be the swing vote.
In a case of questionable judgment on the part of the teachers’ union I belong to, UTLA endorsed BOTH candidates in the race. Now we have no chits with her whatsoever, but she’s still vastly better than her opponent. And the UTLA president and another officer were photographed at the “victory party” for the privatizing candidate. A lotta people are feeling pretty cranky about that today.
But, as I told someone this morning, I’m not used to winning things and we won this one. Thank you so much for your kind words.
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Are You Going With Me?
You just won’t believe this — I barely do — but she won. She was outspent on the order of 50-1 by a charismatic young well-connected frontman for the privatizing billionaires and she won, by God! 52 to 48 percent.
Here’s a post from Diane Ravitch’s blog.
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Are You Going With Me?
Man, I’m pooped.
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
Thanks for your good wishes :)
Think I’m gonna bail — quite pooped.
As a Hispanic waitress taking leave of another once observed at a neighborhood coffee shop, “Hasta la bye-bye.”
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
A true classic.
OK, updated school board results:
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ED, DIST NO. 6
MONICA RATLIFF 10,033
50.89ANTONIO SANCHEZ 9,679
49.10She’s still ahead, but he’s closing…
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
Ah yes, another good one.
Still no updated results on school board race…
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
What a fantastic voice he has.
My favorite Smokey song is “You Really Got a Hold on Me.”
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
Why does “The Knees of My Bees” remind me of “The Tracks of My Tears”?
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
To paraphrase something my grandfather used to say, sleep tight and don’t let the bumblebees bite.
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
Ah, I see. At the risk of lining up with the evil corporation, I can understand their point of view. It seems that things like YouTube and file sharing have pretty well killed the music industry. And if someone wanted to get one of my books for free, I’d probably be pretty crabby about it, although I can’t afford the kind of lawyers NBC can.
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
* Fingers crossed *
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
I never thought to question that. You’re right — it’s an odd combination, isn’t it.
Also wanted to post video of John Belushi as killer bee on “Saturday Night Live,” but couldn’t find anything on YouTube.
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
District 6 14,089 votes (not sure what percentage of the total that is)
Monica Ratliff (good guy) 7,306 51.86%
Antonio Sanchez (corporate stooge) 6,783 48.14% -
bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
I have to yield to your superior knowledge of arcane music.
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
Ah, it wasn’t that bad. Didn’t even realize what had happened until someone picked the barb out of me.
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
Well, I can’t match you for knowledge of the subject, so I gotta work the entertainment department.
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
OK. Am on pins and needles. Important school board race, could determine balance of power on school board. One candidate is a water carrier for the privatizing billionaires. The other, for whom I volunteered, left a successful career as lawyer to become a 5th grade teacher at an inner-city LA school which has really turned around. In the primary, the privatizer outspent the 5th grade teacher 50-1. There’s just a few points between them in early returns. It may be a long night, assuming I have the stamina for it.
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bluewombat commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Levitate
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