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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Update: Trial For Former School Board Candidate Espy Glassman Moved To October

Glassman will be tried in D.C. Superior Court on Oct. 3.

Update, Aug. 4, 10 a.m. Charisse Espy Glassman was scheduled to be tried in the criminal division of D.C. Superior Court at 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning. The non-jury trial has been rescheduled for 9:30 a.m. Oct. 3. No judge has yet been assigned to the case. Espy Glassman faces charges of assault and possession of a prohibited weapon. Original Post: Former School Board Candidate Espy Glassman Facing Criminal Charges in D.C. Charisse Espy Glassman, the Democratic endorsee for a Fairfax County School Board at-large school board seat who stepped down last week for "personal reasons," is also facing criminal charges. Glassman has been charged with assault and possession of a prohibited weapon in the District of Columbia after a Jan. 24 incident…

Ino Yu

4:48 pm on Friday, September 2, 2011

Wondering why Joe? Simple schadenfreude, although it was the rightwingnuts who jumped on it, Char... oops I mean the nom de guerre "Jane Doe" is a train wreck and doesn't belong in public life. Interweb's a b*tch ain't it?   more ›

Friday, July 1, 2011

School Board Candidate Espy Glassman Withdraws From Race

Falls Church resident earned Democratic endorsement at controversial May meeting.

Charisse Espy Glassman, a Democratic endorsee for Fairfax County School Board, has dropped out of the race. Fairfax County Democratic Committee (FCDC) chair Rex Simmons said on Friday that Espy Glassman withdrew for "personal and family reasons." She received one of the Fairfax County Democrat Committee's endorsements in May, at an hours-long meeting that angered some democrats who said the group's election procedures were not followed. Espy Glassman did not return phone calls. She is the Education Chair of the NAACP, a member of Advanced Academics Advisory Committee and a former legislative chair of the Fairfax County Council of PTAs. At the May meeting, incumbent Ilryong Moon was the only candidate to get a majority of ballot votes in …

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Democrats Endorse Two School Board Candidates Without Majority

Incumbent Moon receives lone majority endorsement; committee votes to set aside bylaws to award remaining two

After two rounds of ballot voting and several special motions, Fairfax County Democratic Committee members endorsed Ilryong Moon, Charisse Espy Glassman and Ted Velkoff as their candidates in November’s Fairfax County School Board elections, at a Tuesday meeting that became heated when the group voted to depart from its endorsement laws and award two endorsements without a majority. “I think we chose three great candidates,” said Marc Greidinger, a Braddock District Board of Supervisors candidate and FCDC member. “What I tried to do in each vote was choose different people with different strengths. And with these three candidates, I think we’ve accomplished that. It was a messy way to do it, but we did it.” The committee endorses three at-…

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Maria Allen

7:09 pm on Friday, May 27, 2011

Actually, Charisse came to the fewest meetings. For the few months before the election, Ted, Greg and I went to every meeting and only missed meetings when two were scheduled on the same night. Since you attended only your own district meetings, I don't know how you would be in the position to know which candidates showed up in the other eight districts. As you said, Charisse's endorsements were …   more ›

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