This time they’re going after Blue Valley, Lansing, Chanute and Baldwin City.

“In Blue Valley, 1776 Project members were the lone votes to ban LGBT-themed books last year. And one of the Olathe winners — Brian Connell — this spring was censured for his ‘pattern of outbursts, yelling and storming out of meetings.’ District staffers said his behavior made them feel unsafe. So things are going great, obviously…

“[I]it’s dreary and depressing to see local school board races nationalized in this way…

“Our national political scene is seemingly custom-designed as a rage production machine. Get people angry about something they see on TV or social media and they’ll turn out at the polls or watch your show. But you don’t get people angry by being dull…

“Board members do the nitty-gritty and unglamorous work of democracy. They’re performing public service to their communities and kids, in that term’s purest and most unironic sense.

“They’re our neighbors. We shouldn’t need a national PAC to tell us if they’re worthy of service.”

I saw this The Kansas City Star UAT article on the The Kansas City Star app and thought you’d be interested.

New York 1776 Project is trying to impose right-wing politics on Kansas school boards | Opinion

Read the full op-ed from the KC Star here: https://www.kansascity.com/…/gues…/article278777089.html

Originally published on Facebook on Sept 5th, 2023.