Tag: Non Partisan Elections

By Michael J Badagliacco, “MJB” | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice I recently stumbled across yet another sanctimonious article whining that school boards, city councils, and other local bodies are supposed to be “non-partisan.” The author practically clutched their pearls at the thought of politics creeping into these sacred spaces. Absolute BUNK! There is no such thing as “non-partisan,” never has been, and pretending otherwise is intellectual dishonesty wrapped in a bow of naive wishful thinking. The “Non-Partisan” Myth Is a Dangerous Delusion This whole non-partisan charade is sold as some noble experiment: take the big, bad party labels off the ballot and, poof, suddenly everyone becomes a pure-hearted servant of the public good, free from ideology, bias, or...