Pekarsky Scandal Rocks Fairfax Dems

📷: School Board Member Stella Pekarsky (D-Sully)

Democrat Stella Pekarsky — a county school board member who is now running for Virginia Senate in District 36 — may have abused her office to sabotage her rival, according to records unearthed by Daily Wire investigative journalist Luke Rosiak:

Democrat Stella Pekarsky, who currently serves on the Fairfax County School Board, was personally involved in discussions over whether to punish Julie Perry, a history teacher who is running against her in this year’s District 36 Senate race, according to emails and calendar entries obtained by The Daily Wire through a Freedom of Information Act request.

The records show a Pekarsky donor sent Centreville High School Principal Chad Lehman a complaint objecting to conservative social media posts the history teacher made as part of her campaign. Lehman forwarded the complaint to the school board’s Assistant Superintendent Penny Gros, who said she would seek guidance about what to do. That guidance appears to have come from none other than Pekarsky, and it was followed by a memo reprimanding Perry and threatening her job.

Daily Wire (September 21, 2023)

Perry addressed the Pekarsky scandal in a video statement issued September 21. “What my opponent did to me, I would never do to my worst enemy,” the GOP nominee said. “If you’re allowed to silence your political opponent, we no longer have a Republic.”

To Fairfax GOP Chairman Steve Knotts, this latest scandal to rock county Democrats underscores the need to get out and vote. “We need to make sure we put the right people in place to make sure this does not continue to happen,” Knotts told WMAL co-hosts Larry O’Connor and Patrice Onwuka.

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