Moms For Sanity

Created
Mon, 13/11/2023 - 06:00
Updated
Mon, 13/11/2023 - 06:00
“We just want the government to function… we’re just tired of it” On the Sunday shows they’re still drooling over the polls showing that Biden is old and Trump is a vital young man with boundless energy sharp intelligence so they didn’t have much time to look at what happened on Tuesday. It’s too bad because there is a very interesting story that American who don’t follow the news closely but might tune in to Meet the Press would be interested to hear: Meghan Budden’s family was considering moving if their Pennsylvania school district didn’t change course. She normally isn’t politically active, she said, but felt compelled to volunteer when a slate of Democrats launched bids to take back their school board in Central Bucks School District, just north of Philadelphia. Central Bucks is well known both statewide and nationally for heated board meetings over masks and Pride flags, policies banning certain books and directives to not use students’ preferred names and pronouns. Accusations of discrimination against LGBTQ students have also led to an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Department of Education. “I couldn’t have my kids in a school district where these kinds of things were happening,” Budden said. Standing in the Bucks County Democratic headquarters on election night, Budden sobbed when the results rolled in — Democrats took all five seats up for election. The room erupted in cheers; friends, neighbors and strangers hugged. “It was very moving and a very joyous feeling from everyone,” Budden recalled. “And a sense of relief.” If there was a question about whether the conservative-led school board’s policies…