I don't recall anybody soliciting the public opinion on action. We didn't vote, we were told. And regardless of partisan approach, I think we'd be in much the same boat. We have no control.

Yeah. Adding on to this, I don't claim to deeply understand SF city politics, but from what I can see all the partisan Democratic elected officials like Mayor London Breed have been pretty forceful in condemning the school board and union for not opening schools and focusing on things like renaming them. Breed has been advocating pretty heavily for school reopening for months, at least since September, and speaks and supports parents protesting for school reopening. City Hall recently sued the school district and it seems like they are pulling out all the stops, such as trying to bring the governor into this.

It actually seems to be the entirely nonpartisan elected officials at the school board and the teacher's union who are pushing back. A lot of the school board is former teachers (that's most of the people who run anyway), which means there's not a ton of representation for parent's interests there.

I don't think the voters should ever be blamed for "shooting themselves in the foot" and suffering regardless of who they elect, but in this case it makes even less sense. And I certainly can't take any joy from this situation that is hurting so many. I feel the same way about failures from officials impacting people with different politics than me.

You are right and you are being down voted for speaking the truth.

You both are pathetic. Go pay off your debt, dumbass, because it sounds like you're one step away from being one of the people that this complete idiot renewiltord is referring to.

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Yes that is true too.

But I don't project that unto others.

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My fault for reacting to someone calling me pathetic. Silly reaction on my part. I will delete if you will permit.

I definitely periodically fall into these discussions and need to train myself out of them. Thanks for the cycle escape.

Appreciated. There's no need to delete—examples are helpful for learning and all we care about is improving things going forward.