Wait, where does it say I live in B'ham? I live in Tuscumbia. Let me know! Thanks! Oh, and PS. My argument still stands strong in the face of your lame reasoning. I'm sure that magnet school would love to have all gifted children, especially if their families are gifted with $$. As a school board member she should encourage the state to provide these opportunities within Sheffield. A school that SHE wants to be responsible for governing so that she doesn't feel that her daughter would only be successful by being shipped off to "the best school in the state." Also: I don't care if Polly Ruggles has kids or a husband or a conjoined twin living in her bowels, being a mother does not make you any more qualified to serve as a judge than any person that worked to bring a child into this world. If that's your argument, there are a whole lot of black folks that will expect her to recuse herself from situations that need a qualified experienced perspective of their lives! Or men, or the handicapped, or drug addicts or adulterers...so she probably shouldn't try that tactic either. Right Tim Milam folks?