We don't always agree with The Aegis editorial page (see below), but the paper got it totally right in Wednesday's edition with the editorial "The James Gang." The paper not only takes the delegate to task for being responsible for killing the elected school board issue last legislative session, but also recognizes the effects of the current governing system.
From the editorial:
"The continued opposition of one solitary county legislator, Del. Mary Dulany James, to having an elected school board is ludicrous. James has torpedoed every recent attempt to bring Harford County into modern times. Her arguments that an appointed board keeps politics out of school decisions and guarantees minority representation on the school board are disingenuous. Those who subscribe to the James view might want to take note that, nearly five and a half decades after Brown vs. Board of Education, Harford County continues to have one of the most racially segregated systems in the state, but that's a topic for another day."
We especially agree with that last sentence.
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