HISD Board Candidates

I read an article on the blog Burnt Orange Report titled “HISD Board: Experience & Leadership or A Parent with an Ax to Grind?” This blog is biased to being more liberal. This article was written by Andrea Greer, which there is no information provided from the website about her when you click on her name. With a little more research on the website, I found on the about page a link to meet the authors. There was not too much about her in general. She is an activist and feminist was a law degree. 

 Her intended audience would be people who live in the Houston area and those with kids in the public school system. The article is about the people on the ballot for HISD Board and whom she thinks the people of Houston should vote for. She starts with the four people running (Anne Sung, John Luman, Victoria Bryantand, and Danielle Paulus) and immediately dismisses two of the candidates (Victoria Bryantand and Danielle Paulus). She dismissed them for not going to very many many board meetings, if any at all, and for not speaking with people who are currently on the board. She states that Danielle Paulus didn't even show up for the interview. From the start of the article she states the person she backs up, Anne Sung. She states that Anne Sung has spoken with all the members of the board where as John Luman has only meet with half. She provides a few questions they were asked and their responses. On each question it seems to make out Anne Sung as the best fit. 

 The article seems like an endorsement for Anne Sung as a whole. The article seemed to me to prove her point. After I was finished reading it I thought she was the best candidate. The article was a little hard to keep up with since she switched back and fourth between talking about the two candidates. She provided a little background of the candidates and what they had done so far to get ready for their position if they were to win. Although she provided a few of the questions and answers, she did not always ways post both candidates replies. Her article provided a strong argument that she convinced me of, so I believe that this article would be effective.