Correction to D2 BOE Debate Analysis

I must make a correction to my District 2 BOE debate analysis based on new information I have received. When I was writing the post, I reached out to the Stevens Forest Elementary School PTA to confirm Larry Pretlow’s membership status. At the time, they stated that he was not on their membership roster, and according to their attendance records, he had never attended a meeting. I wrote my post to reflect this information. However, some time after my post was published, the SFES PTA bec...
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Analysis of Scott E’s D2 BOE Debate

*** May 28, 2020: This post originally stated that Larry Pretlow is not a member of the Stevens Forest Elementary School PTA. That is not accurate, and I have updated the post with the correct information. *** At long last, I made it through the last of Scott Ewart's online debates for Howard County Board of Education candidates. Over the weekend, he held the final debate, for District 2. Is anybody else exhausted? (ICYMI: my analyses of the debates for districts 3, 4, and 5.) Havin...
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Naked and Very Afraid

* See update at the bottom of this post. Do any of y’all watch Naked and Afraid on the Discovery Channel? I’m not a fan of reality TV, but for some reason, I can’t stop watching it. This show has it all - the drama, the suspense, the survivalist skills, and... well... the nakedness. There’s something addictive about chowing down on tortilla chips on my couch while watching people with blurred genitals argue while eating bugs and vermin on TV. It’s kind of like the day campaign finance rep...
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