This is the first I've heard of any of this. I will say that I got more anonymous emails about Nichole than any other candidate by a lot. However, she does a lot of public-facing stuff and when you do a lot of stuff, people have more things to criticize you for.
I will say that there are definitely a few crazy people in Evanston there tha…
This is the first I've heard of any of this. I will say that I got more anonymous emails about Nichole than any other candidate by a lot. However, she does a lot of public-facing stuff and when you do a lot of stuff, people have more things to criticize you for.
I will say that there are definitely a few crazy people in Evanston there that do harass black candidates for office, so it's not outside the realm of possibility, but I haven't seen them around this cycle.
Curious to know if it’s kosher for Dr Pinkard to cherry pick responding to posts. I certainly appreciate that she’s busy, but I see she’s chosen to respond to one post as recent as 2 hours ago. Other posts have gotten responses within a few hours.
Given the propensity for current and past BOE members to support the harassment on that FB page, I respectfully submit that it would show courage and leadership for any candidate to call out that behavior and stand for respectful discourse on a FB page that purportedly represents the district (due to name).
Also @momwhodoesntlikehamas —I suggest you ask every candidate your question. It would matter to many voters if any of the candidates would stand for a modicum of decorum and call out the type of harassment and bullying on FB pages as wrong —esp on pages that due to their name suggest a linkage to the district.
I've been skeptical about her candidacy based on her funders, her position on technology in schools, and her consultancy-adjacent work and will not likely vote for her.
BUT there is no reason for her to respond to stupid questions about the District 65 Facebook group.
Coming in as a skeptic, I am actually impressed with her answers here and won't be too distraught if she wins.
This is the first I've heard of any of this. I will say that I got more anonymous emails about Nichole than any other candidate by a lot. However, she does a lot of public-facing stuff and when you do a lot of stuff, people have more things to criticize you for.
I will say that there are definitely a few crazy people in Evanston there that do harass black candidates for office, so it's not outside the realm of possibility, but I haven't seen them around this cycle.
Curious to know if it’s kosher for Dr Pinkard to cherry pick responding to posts. I certainly appreciate that she’s busy, but I see she’s chosen to respond to one post as recent as 2 hours ago. Other posts have gotten responses within a few hours.
Given the propensity for current and past BOE members to support the harassment on that FB page, I respectfully submit that it would show courage and leadership for any candidate to call out that behavior and stand for respectful discourse on a FB page that purportedly represents the district (due to name).
Also @momwhodoesntlikehamas —I suggest you ask every candidate your question. It would matter to many voters if any of the candidates would stand for a modicum of decorum and call out the type of harassment and bullying on FB pages as wrong —esp on pages that due to their name suggest a linkage to the district.
I will! Thank you
I've been skeptical about her candidacy based on her funders, her position on technology in schools, and her consultancy-adjacent work and will not likely vote for her.
BUT there is no reason for her to respond to stupid questions about the District 65 Facebook group.
Coming in as a skeptic, I am actually impressed with her answers here and won't be too distraught if she wins.
Silence speaks volumes.....