Ramblings: Class Room To Board Room

While I was a full-time classroom teacher, I'd entertain myself, especially in election years, with theoretical questions about the political arena. I didn't like patronage politics, especially as practiced in Illinois, where ones political affiliation, the who-knows-you game, was more important than what a job candidate could bring to the table skill wise. I knew that promoted higher voter turnouts (one had to solicit votes for his party to win the election to retain his job), but it had drawbacks.