Cynthia Dunbar (R-Wingnut) will not run again for SBOE!

[sonias]

Quorum Report Daily Buzz 12/09/09
APPEARS DUNBAR WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION TO SBOE

SREC member Brian Russell says she recruited him to run for her open seat.

This story has been updated since its original posting.

Republican Cynthia Dunbar, a lightning rod for controversy on the State Board of Education for her ultra-conservative views, appears to have told supporters she will not run for a second term on the board and likely will be replaced on the ballot by Austin intellectual property attorney Brian Russell, who currently serves on the State Republican Executive Committee.

:woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo:

Sonia

[sonias]

1. Related story about our candidates

Burnt Orange Report 12/08/09
In 2008, no Democrats ran for State Board of Education in district 10. This year, we were poised to watch two qualified candidates go head to head in the primary. Today, Lorenzo Sadun, the write in candidate against Mike McCaul in Congressional District 10 and long time Travis County Democrat, announced he was not running for the office and throwing his support immediately behind Dr. Judy Jennings.

Professor Sadun did a very classy thing. So folks our now official unopposed SBOE District 10 candidate is Dr. Judy Jennings.

Meet Dr. Jennings
votejudyjennings.com

Her Facebook page
facebook.com/votejudyjennings

:kick:

Sonia

[tbyg52]

2. *Very* good news! nt

[Lithos]

3. $64 question

Is he worse than she is/was?

Moore's Law sort of applies to todays' GOP.

The depths to which the GOP stoops doubles with each passing election.


L-

[sonias]

4. Yes I hear he is a R-Wingnut too

BOR 12/09/09
SBOE 10: Radical Cynthia Dunbar Wants to Leave; Appoint Successor
The good news: Apparently, super right wing radical Cynthia Dunbar will not run for reelection in 2010 to the State Board of Education's 10th District. This is great news for Texas, as well as for those in Austin and elsewhere who live in the district. She only disrupts and distracts from potential progress in education.

The bad news: Ms. Dunbar plans to pick her successor.
(snip)
A few facts about Mr. Russell:

* He appears on Ms. Dunbar's election endorsement list.
* He endorses Governor Rick Perry for reelection.
* As Austin's member on the State Republican Executive Committee, he signed a letter about the 2009 Speakers race. The letter implied that the Anybody-but-Craddick Republicans were "working against their own Party."
* He is the Austin contact and "Volunteer" with the Texas Eagle Forum. If you don't remember, this is the far-right conservative organization from where Cathie Adams hailed.
* Most significantly, he led SREC push for Republicans on the State Board of Education to fight for examining the "strengths and weaknesses" of all theories in science classes, including the theory of creationists.

So any attacks our candidates could have said about Dumbar applies to Brian Russell. Cynthia cut and ran, but Russell is a crazy wingnut just like her. A wingnut by any other name is still a wingnut.

:crazy:

Sonia

[sonias]

5. 2010: Done-bar

TX Tribune 12/10/09
2010: Done-bar
As anticipated, Cynthia Dunbar has officially announced that she will not seek re-election to her spot on the State Board of Education. According to her statement, this allows her to keep a promise to her constituents that she would "get in, get the job done and get out."

Dunbar, currently teaching at Liberty University Law School in Virginia, has been one of the most outspoken conservative board members. She was instrumental in crafting the language mandating that the "strengths and weaknesses" of evolution were taught in state science classes.

I personally like "Dumb-bar" as her nickname myself.

DailyKos Diary 12/10/09
Goods News and Bad News on the Texas Board of Ed
Thu Dec 10, 2009 at 07:24:04 PM PST

The good news is Cynthia Dunbar won't run for reelection to the Texas Board of Education. Dunbar is probably not the person you want shaping public policy in K-12 schools, especially in a state that influences education and textbook standards all over the nation:

You know the bad news - it's the crazy Brian Russell, stand-in wingnut. :crazy:

Sonia

[hobbit709]

6. i like her quote

"get in, get the job done and get out."

she got the job done if job is defined as helping to make TX a laughingstock once again by showing how we seem to elect exceedingly stupid people with idiotic ideas.

[sonias]

7. Yes she shure does live in a world of her own

I know it is common for politicians to make that promise and then conveniently forget it once they have reached the ranks of popularity and incumbent security. However, I am satisfied that I have been effective in accomplishing all that I had promised and I intend to keep my word to my constituents.

The promise was not to linger in office as a career politician. So what's her excuse for deciding so late in the game? Seems she could have kept her "promise" earlier in the election season. Cynthia the truth is you won this seat because you were the default candidate with the R by your name on the ballot. Once people started to know you were a whacko you saw the writing on the wall and you knew you were going to lose this race. Either in the primary or on election day.

And of course the wingnut is teaching at Liberty University Law School in Virginia now. You know what kind of law they teach, right? Well fundamentalist Christian of course!

From their web site:

About the Law School

Liberty University School of Law is a law school committed to academic and professional excellence in the context of the Christian intellectual tradition.

From wikipdeia

Liberty University is a private, Baptist, Evangelical Christian, liberal arts university located in Lynchburg, Virginia. With approximately 12,000 residential students, and another 38,000 studying through distance learning, LU is currently the largest evangelical university in the world.

It was founded as Lynchburg Baptist College in 1971 by Jerry Falwell who was also the Senior Pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church. The name was changed to Liberty Baptist College in 1976 before settling on its current name in 1984 when it obtained university status.

Now Dumb-bar please run away and become obscure once again.

Sonia

[hobbit709]

8. And to go along with her ideas about science, etc.

From kissmybigbluebutt.com
http://kissmybigbluebutt.com/textbookdisclaimers.pdf

[sonias]

9. Funny sticker link

This textbook states that the Earth is
over 4 billion years old. Because this
fact conflicts rather directly with a
hugely popular fictional account, both
sides of the argument should be taught
to impressionable children.

Many, many others.

:rofl:

Sonia