Who'd a thunk that Hawai'i would elect a transgendered woman to the school board? According to the story, she's now got the distinction of being the member of her group holding the highest elected office in the country.
Granted, the candidates for school board get pretty limited writeups in the newspapers compared to national legislative candidates or even candidates in local races, but I'll bet you there's a fairly large group of people in this state saying "Yikes! Stop it! I didn't know! Get her offa there!"
I voted for her not knowing this, and I wouldn't have cared much had I known. She was fresh blood for a board that's not done a very good job, as far as I was concerned. Good for her.
Posted by Linkmeister at November 14, 2006 02:52 PM | TrackBack