Talking with my friend Joann, she recalled how, when her children were small, she served a term on the school board. She ran for a second term, but lost by one vote. Her husband failed to vote for her.
“It would have been a tie,” she said, “if he voted.”
Unless, of course, he voted for the other candidate.
Which reminds me of my own three-year-sentence on the Northwood School Board, including lengthy and painful negotiations with the teachers’ union for a new contract. We thought we drove a pretty hard bargain, but when the budget for the contract came up for a vote at school meeting, it went down in flames.
As my fellow school board member Sarah said: “Even our husbands didn’t vote for it.”
Back to the drawing board.
“It would have been a tie,” she said, “if he voted.”
Unless, of course, he voted for the other candidate.
Which reminds me of my own three-year-sentence on the Northwood School Board, including lengthy and painful negotiations with the teachers’ union for a new contract. We thought we drove a pretty hard bargain, but when the budget for the contract came up for a vote at school meeting, it went down in flames.
As my fellow school board member Sarah said: “Even our husbands didn’t vote for it.”
Back to the drawing board.
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