The Journal reports this morning that spending in two races in the recent APS school board elections, increased ten fold.
If there were a last bastion of democracy steering government, I would have supposed it would have been school board elections. They are not even supposed to be partisan; much less up for sale to the highest bidders.
It is an affront to democracy for one or a handful of people to manipulate the outcome of an election. It is arrogant for them to suppose that it is somehow justifiable if they do. Shadow governor Jay McCleskey "justified" Gov Susana Martinez $15K contribution to a local school board race, Journal link, by offering;
“The governor will continue to support candidates and causes she believes will serve New Mexico well.”
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| photo Martinez website |
Not so very democratic,
but nice.
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