That is all fine, and the correction was needed (Thanks, Bill Hahn!) but it should not obscure the real issue in the thread. Until and unless, there is a methodology whereby folks that don't send kids to the public schools don't have to pay the taxes, then they have the fundamental right to run for these posts. I don't support efforts, by the way, to weaken the public system by allowing folks to opt out. I am just saying that as long as they are paying, they have the right to run. It is purely a taxation without representation issue.

Mick