For a variety of reasons, we are in the midst of the most fascinating school board election in Livingston County history. Back in the good old days, a couple decades ago or so, school board elections in Livingston County and Michigan were a much different animal. Back then, school board elections were always held in June and turnout was next to nothing – maybe 10 percent, if we were lucky. There was occasionally a hotly contested election, but these were usually boring elections with almost nobody paying attention. Except the teachers unions. Because so few people voted, the Michigan Education
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