Do we want PACs sowing discord in Montclair? - Montclair Local

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I just saw this headline on my TV: “The dark money behind GOP school board culture wars” and found myself worrying whether our school board might become the new Republican battleground.

Is this what we want to bring to Montclair, by supporting a change in our appointed school board to an opportunity for PACs supported by the Koch brothers to create discord in our town?

Janice Victor
Montclair

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