Suffice it to say the partisan labels our Tennessee legislature has insisted school board elections now carry — Democrat, Republican or independent — shouldn’t, and actually don’t, matter.
As singer Joan Baez once wrote in a song speaking about astrological signs (which are not much different from partisan political labels): “Don’t ask me what my sign is: Instant intimacy runs cheap.”
Here at the Times Free Press, we asked more important questions to people whose greatest concern should be the education of our children.
In the upcoming Aug. 1 general election, the Chattanooga Times recommends:
District 1: Vote Tammy Barnes