The ECPS board vote on Monday night to appoint a replacement to fill the unexpired term of Attorney Teresa D. Bryant shows that anyone who voted for Brownie Edison strictly voted for him just because he was white.
It is clear that Edison’s reason for wanting to join the board is to reduce class size and that is not realistic.
I am going to assume that in round 3, the 2 black votes went to Roy Gray along with 1 white vote. This leaves 3 white votes for Edison.
So since the 3 rounds of votes went like they did, Attorney Bryant may need to vote in the July meeting in order to get an appointment. I know Bryant wants to be neutral by abstaining from voting but she may have to do the damn thing.
It is sad that the board didn’t do the right thing and appoint 1 of the black candidates and then let the voters in the district elect who they want to represent them in 2012. The board showed they don’t give a damn about the district being created as a majority/minority district. Damn if they wanted to have a reason to justify how they voted, all they had to say is they took in consideration the census 10 years ago which created the makeup of the district.
Since Bryant has announced that her child will be transitioning back into the public school system from private school, I wish she would just stay on the board until May 2012 and let the voters in district 2 vote for whom they want to represent them.
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