My ratings of the candidates running for the Mount Vernon School Board

The ratings speak for themselves so just a couple comments.

1. Financial knowledge is key. I can’t emphasize this enough. My top ranked candidates are the ones who I think have the firmest understanding of school finance.
2. Absent evidence of wrongdoing, motivated incumbents have an advantage. Therefore, in order for newcomers to unseat incumbents, they have to demonstrate that they are clearly more qualified to do the job. I didn’t see that here.
3. I did not penalize any candidates for misleading ads because I didn’t program that attribute into the system for this race. I was, however, disappointed to see pathetically misleading ads and proxy statements floating around the community. For future races, I’ll definitely add a “fair play” attribute.