Drawing Red Lines

The esteemed moderator of Howard County Neighbors United, who is locally famous for his verbosity and pedantry, recently posted this uncharacteristically terse criticism of District 4 Board of Education candidate Jen Mallo. He took issue with Ms. Mallo’s statement in a recent candidate forum that “During redistricting, we saw groups that wanted to draw red lines around certain communities,” his objection being that the use of a phrase that describes racist housing policy perpetuates the “divis...
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It’s Time to Vote, Howard County

Ballots are beginning to arrive in mailboxes, and ballot drop boxes are in place. It’s time to vote, Howard County, but please read this first. Today, the League of Women Voters of Howard County held a candidate forum for our local Board of Education candidates, a prime opportunity to watch all the candidates as a group debate several important topics. The candidates’ performances so perfectly embodied what I’ve been saying about them all year, so I’m going to present a debate analysis and...
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Analysis of Scott E’s D4 BOE Debate

On Saturday, Howard County blogger Scott Ewart hosted and moderated an online debate for the Board of Education candidates in District 4. I tried to watch it live, but I turned it off after just a few minutes thanks to the viewing public showing its ass in the comment section in real-time. I did finally get around to watching it in its entirety; here is my analysis. First, I had to wait only two minutes for someone to broach the topic of redistricting, and it was Mr. Ewart himself who br...
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