(Remember- today is election day! - promoted by Karl-Thomas Musselman)
With one day left in early voting, and still, only 1% of voters having cast a ballot in Travis County, we at Burnt Orange Report offer the following endorsements in contested races for the ACC & AISD School Board elections.
Note: ACC Places are district-wide. A map of AISD districts is here with place 9 being district-wide.
ACC Place 5: Davis Jones
As the only student running for the Austin Community College board, a board with no students currently elected, we agree with Davis's argument that a student's voice should be heard.
ACC Place 6: Guadalupe Sosa
A long time advocate for ACC, Sosa is more than qualified to serve and would make an excellent addition to the board.
AISD Place 6: Lori Moya
While Moya can be uneven as a trustee, her opponent has no education experience and is an active member in the Tea Party movement.
AISD Place 7: Robert Schneider
An incumbent, we don't see any particular argument to vote Schneider out.
AISD Place 9: Tamala Barksdale
With 5 candidates in the race, it's entirely possible this election will go to a runoff. Barksdale is an impressive candidate- an African-American woman with Democratic credentials, a passion for education, and hopefully a bright future in public service. We see her as a better fit than her leading opponents who include former Cap Metro manager Dianne Mendoza (who if left to run AISD like CapMetro means classes will start 2 years after they are scheduled to begin) and Julie Cowan who has voted in over a half dozen Republican primaries.
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