In the two weeks that have marked Cathy Truitt's school board runoff election campaign, one challenge that she couldn't overcome was the inability to pick up the backing of people who supported the diversity policy.
Truitt had said she could be the swing vote against resegregation. But the Independent was the only diversity policy supporter to back her in the runoff, with columnist Bob Geary urging moderates and progressives to rally behind her.
But Truitt struck out with other groups. In particular, Wake NCAE chose not to make an endorsement in the runoff. The group had backed Horace Tart originally.
While the Wake NCAE endorsement didn't help any of the candidates on Oct. 6, the fact that the group wouldn't back a retired educator in a race against a non-incumbent was telling.
It also didn't help that Tart didn't back her despite her lobbying efforts.
Tart didn't endorse Tedesco either. But he showed up at Wednesday's press conference to say he will work with Tedesco as much as he can to make Wake a better school system.
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FIDO
Thu, 10/22/2009 - 15:39 — Dadof3Forget it and drive on. Truitt and Tart will have plenty of time to navel-gaze — and self-reflection is important.
In the meanwhile, we got to help Tedesco get duly elected and move forward.
like a bad penny
Thu, 10/22/2009 - 14:51 — red_balloonTruitt refuses to go away. Her latest ploy is to offer free services in lieu of the expenditure on the runoff. Is Truitt now an expert in the new direction the board is likely to take?