Wednesday, November 01, 2006

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

There is a candidate running for the Board of Education here named Kim Coco Iwamoto. Kim is, hmm, how shall I put it? Well, Kim is a birl...or a goy. The lengthy version is: a transgendered male living life as a female.

It is unclear exactly why (Ms.?...Mr.?) Iwamoto is interested in the BOE. S/he has no children of his/her own. S/he is not a teacher. The only logical assumption to make would be based on (aha! I've got it! "Candidate") the candidate's previous discussions--if any--on education. So far, I cannot find any. What I can find,however, is a little history from the candidate's alma mater (latin students will love that irony). Here, one finds the candidate has a history of seeking to unify restroom facilities. By unify, I mean make all restrooms available to any gender (or confused state of gender) of any person.

To be fair, I must make full disclosure on this subject: Once, in a pinch, I did indeed use a vacant men's restroom when the women's room was fully occupied. A friend stood guard at the door and did not allow any men to enter. Additionally, being from Wyoming, and driving for long stretches in the great wide open, I have also "marked" a sagebrush or two as a small child.

Seriously, what is the state of plain reasoning in people when a person with these motives can make it past a primary election and be put on a ballot to potentially be elected? To the Board of Education?

3 comments:

  1. Why should we vote for anyone who is confused about something as basic and obvious as his/her own gender?

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  3. Anonymous2:46 AM

    Closed minded people like you make me SICK!

    How are you to assume another person's motives? Maybe the people of Hawaii felt that they were choosing the best candidate for the job, regardless of gender identity.

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