We’re watching what’s going on in Jefferson County, Colorado and trying to make sure it doesn’t happen here. There are some familiar names in this story.
“Money from the billionaire Koch brothers is funding one side’s commercials and fliers, and upset parents, teachers and labor unions are pouring in cash for the other.
“The question facing voters is whether to oust a polarizing school board that has championed charter schools, performance-based teacher pay and other education measures supported by conservatives.
“But the vote here in Jefferson County, just west of Denver, has become a money-soaked proxy war between union supporters and conservative groups like the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity, testing whether parents in an election-year battleground believe a rightward turn in their schools has gone too far.”
Update: On November 3rd, the JeffCo community was successful in recalling its Koch-backed school board members.