Can someone give me the straight poop on Douglas County schools? (Highlands Ranch: lease, public schools)

[Kibbiekat]

Originally Posted by guyatwork37

So which candidates do I want to win in next week's elections to make the voucher thing start to go away? Basically, who am I rooting for?

Lemieux, Vogel, and Ray.

[guyatwork37]

Originally Posted by Kibbiekat

Lemieux, Vogel, and Ray.

Thanks! Go those people!

Is there a website where I can easily follow this?

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by guyatwork37

Thanks! Go those people!

Is there a website where I can easily follow this?

Here is a site with the candidates.
Election 2015 | Douglas County Parents

[Timmyy]

Well so far it looks grim for the three incumbents in the DCSD. Also, looks like the JeffCo recall will go through.

http://results.enr.clarityelections....n/summary.html

[Mike from back east]

Originally Posted by Timmyy

Well so far it looks grim for the three incumbents in the DCSD. Also, looks like the JeffCo recall will go through.

http://results.enr.clarityelections....n/summary.html

Are these 3 DOUGCO incumbents the ones in the Koch Bros realm?

IIRC the JEFFCO effort is to recall board members who are Koch affiliated types. Correct?

FYI for those not aware of what's going on: The billionaire Koch Bros hate public unions, especially teacher unions. Their POV is that all unions are a bunch of commies who need to be fired, replaced by non-union employees and no more collective bargaining with labor. Their father was Fred Koch, founder of the John Birch Society whose hallmark is hating commies, unions, and government in general. The Kochs would close the EPA so their oil refineries could pollute without any control or fines. No one elected the Kochs to a damned thing but they own many politicians, like union-busting Gov Scott Walker of WI, etc. I hate the Kochs with a passion.

[cowboyxjon]

Ok, so are we going to go back to recommending Douglas County schools now?

[SkyDog77]

Originally Posted by cowboyxjon

Ok, so are we going to go back to recommending Douglas County schools now?

I don't think the damage can be undone overnight. There was a big loss of talent from what I read. Will be interesting to watch the next few years.

[Kibbiekat]

We won! Public education beat big money and I could not be happier!

JeffCo will have a corporate reform free board, but the reformers will still have the majority in DougCo. Change will not happen overnight, but I'm confident the new board members will slowly chip away at some of the damage that has been done. Thank you voters!

[Kibbiekat]

Originally Posted by Mike from back east

Are these 3 DOUGCO incumbents the ones in the Koch Bros realm?

IIRC the JEFFCO effort is to recall board members who are Koch affiliated types. Correct?

FYI for those not aware of what's going on: The billionaire Koch Bros hate public unions, especially teacher unions. Their POV is that all unions are a bunch of commies who need to be fired, replaced by non-union employees and no more collective bargaining with labor. Their father was Fred Koch, founder of the John Birch Society whose hallmark is hating commies, unions, and government in general. The Kochs would close the EPA so their oil refineries could pollute without any control or fines. No one elected the Kochs to a damned thing but they own many politicians, like union-busting Gov Scott Walker of WI, etc. I hate the Kochs with a passion.

Partially correct. You make the union a much bigger player than it actually is. The Kochs and their followers do hate unions and DCSD did away with the union a few years ago; but those of us fighting are not attempting to get it back.

[davidv]

Originally Posted by cowboyxjon

Ok, so are we going to go back to recommending Douglas County schools now?

I guess that remains to be seen. I wonder how well the 4 conservative members will work with the 3 new members. Seeing what has happened in Jeffco, I predict a lot of 4-3 votes with the conservative group using their slim majority to push through the same agenda.