I have not seen this week’s version of Civitas’ *Bad Bill of the Week, but allow me to make a nomination.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports:
State Reps. Earline Parmon and Larry Womble have introduced a bill to change how a replacement would be chosen if a member of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education were to leave the seat.
The practical effect of the legislation would be to preserve black Democratic voices on the school board in the event that a black board member resigned. By coincidence Parmon and Womble, both black Democrats, pushed the change that made school board elections nonpartisan as of last year.
House Bill 413 would take away from the school board the right to make appointments to any vacant seat. Instead, the top vote-getter behind the winner for that district seat would be offered the seat if the winner resigned before the next election.
The bill is in response to the rumored retirement of 80-year-old Geneva Brown, a black Democrat, who would be replaced by John Davenport Jr., a black Republican.
Pearmon insists the bill is not geared toward Davenport, but instead “is geared toward protecting diversity on the board. It is more about political ideology.” So which is it, given the fact that Davenport bucks mainstream black political ideology?
Bottom line is black liberals have been playing these political games with the school board for a couple of years now in an effort to force their ideology upon Forsyth County citizens. The successful effort to make the board nonpartisan is the latest example. Fortunately voters saw through those political games, proving they’re much smarter than legislators like Parmon and Womble think they are.
*More about last week’s Bad Bill later.