Revisiting My School Board Race

A year ago, I was in the midst of a campaign to bring sanity to the "Little City" of Falls Church, Virginia. What I learned then still holds true.

On the eve of the annual Falls Church Run for the Schools, a fun run benefiting the local educational foundation, I find myself reminiscing about what I was doing a year ago. As a lead sponsor of this charity event (and all others on the local fall calendar)—or rather, Shapiro for Falls Church was—I was preparing my starting-line speech. In the midst of…