Andrekopoulis the election winner?

In an interesting article in this morning's Journal Sentinel, Alan Borsuk points out that the superintendent is a "significant winner" of the election. This is both because control by the reform group on the board would give the Andrekopoulis more support in pursuing his agenda and also because Danny Goldberg's opponent would likely have joined Tom Balistreri as a strident critic of Andrekopoulis. I encourage everyone to read this article.

I note that the Journal continues to have trouble figuring out how to identify the two groups--or "factions" in Journalese--on the board. Borsuk identifies the reform group through indirection: that it has been on the short-end of the 5-4 split on the board over the past two years and that none of its members were endorsed by the union. I continue to think my terms of "reformers" and "defenders" are both far more succinct and recognize that the differences are not superficial personality clashes but instead reflect very different views on the role of the board.