Posted on 04/07/2022 12:18:09 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
“If parents want to ‘have a say’ in their child’s education,” Democratic Wisconsin Representative Lee Snodgrass sneeringly tweeted in February, “they should home school or pay for private school tuition out of their own budget.”
It turns out there was a third option: Take over the school board. All across the state Tuesday night, conservative parents won decisive victories in school board elections, ousting liberal incumbents and sending a clear message that their communities will no longer stand for mask mandates and radical curricula.
Snodgrass’ quickly deleted tweet served as something of a rallying cry for communities fed up with arrogant, incompetent liberalism. In Menomonee Falls, three conservative candidates who dubbed themselves the “moms on a mission” swept all three of the school board seats that were up for grabs.
In the more liberal-leaning City of Waukesha, the slate of three conservatives completed a similar sweep, taking out two liberal board members and cementing a solid conservative majority. Two liberal incumbents went down in Pewaukee, too, where conservatives swept the three seats.
So did conservatives in New Berlin. And the Whitnall School District. The conservatives were the top three vote-getters in the Cedarburg School Board race—considered one of the most bitter and divisive in the state—and would have swept all four seats had one incumbent not resigned amid a harassment campaign against her.
The Spring Election was a great one for conservatives. Even though Democrat Cavalier Johnson predictably won the Milwaukee mayoral race, conservative judge Maria Lazar defeated liberal Governor Evers appointee Lori Kornblum to win a seat on the Second District Court of Appeals while Samantha Kerkman became the first-ever Republican Kenosha County Executive.
Yet the biggest victories were in the smallest races. School board elections typically don’t generate banner headlines or intense public interest, but paradoxically have the greatest impact on local communities. Over the past two years, the most intense battles weren’t in Congress or state capitols but in school libraries and auditoriums, where children’s futures were quite literally being decided.
Would they go back to in-person learning? Would they have to wear masks? Would they learn America is a racist hellhole? Would they be encouraged to change genders?
Parents wanted a say in these critical decisions, and the more they were shouted down, locked out of meetings, and even called domestic terrorists by the Biden Justice Department, the more they steeled their resolve.
Tuesday night was the end result of two straight years of subjugation, of the Snodgrassian belief that parental rights end at the schoolhouse doors. Conservatives burst through them—first at school board meetings and then at the ballot box—and now can get to work undoing the damage.
Now more than ever, with big decisions being made in small school libraries, school board, and village board races cannot be overlooked. These seats are where the policy that impacts people most acutely is formed.
People want to and deserve to have a say in these decisions, and to ensure that they do, more of them need to be informed, engaged, and motivated to win like they were Tuesday night.
And in no county will they be better able to do so than in Waukesha, where conservative candidates won nearly every race there was to be won. It is no coincidence that the Republican Party of Waukesha County’s WisRed initiative was easily the best local candidate voter guide in the state. The party meticulously vetted candidates in every race and created a simple-to-follow chart of its picks.
This was an invaluable service to voters in the county and should be the model for every GOP group in the state. In fact, the Republican Party of Wisconsin needs to invest in the WisRed model and expand it statewide. An all-too-common complaint from voters is that they want to vote for conservatives, but in ostensibly nonpartisan races have a difficult time identifying them on their own.
A lot has been lost, but not ALL is lost! Many of us here KNOW that the only way to, 'right this sinking ship' is to start at the grassroots level in our own home towns.
"On, Wisconsin!"
How did other states do in their Spring Elections?
Here’s how to do it in YOUR state:
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Good to see people are starting to pay attention to “small” elections (they’re actually not small at all, these local bastards can cause a LOT of damage).
Good for Wisconsin, one school board member, one DA, one elected executive at a time. It makes a HUGE difference.
Looking forward to the Red Wave later this year - there has even been some conservative rumblings in California (recent ouster of three über-lefty school board members and polls showing SF DA, Chesa Boudin going down in a recall).
Ya know, back in the 90s we had a Republican blow out (10-0) in my town in Ct due to low student performance, unions getting arbitrated high pay and benefit raises and a superintendent who was condescending to tax payers. The Republicans took over but nothing changed.
What I would like to see in Wi is superintendents fired. Curriculum committees fired. Left wing teachers fired. Politicizing classrooms is a firing offense not protected by tenure. Put the fear of God into public employees.
Good luck.
Great news. I guess the ones saying to home school or private school their kids forget that taxpayer money pays for teacher, admin, principle salaries along with school expenses. Oh and what about the head count on certain days at schools that determines how much money per student they get.
Yep. We need any and all prayers.
Our current pencil-necked Governor (Tony ‘One And Done’ Evers, D) was our Department of Public Instruction guy! Our TOP ‘edjukater’ in Wisconsin! He was a friggin’ ART teacher in Real Life!
Someone please explain how this shiite happens?!?! Aarrgghh!
Oh, yeah. That’s right. Scott Walker didn’t contest the lousy 30K votes that lost him the Governorship!
*Rolleyes*
Oh, yeah, I can see it now if he did. Speaker Vos: "Now, Scott, let's not go about creating such controversy . . ."
I totally understand Governor Walker being sick to death of all of us. A Recall Election to go through, the Capitol grounds TRASHED over Title 10 legislation to free us from the Unionistas, and death threats to everyone from his Mother to the family dog.
And then he runs for President and Trump stomps on him, LOL!
It hasn’t been smooth sailing for Governor Walker, but he did onehellofalot for Wisconsin. Tony ‘One and Done’ Evers hasn’t been able to implement his Socialist agenda due to a lot of things Walker left in place to thwart him.
And, yes, Vos has GOT to go. He’s our very own Kevin McCarthy. Blech!
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