There are several innacurate statements in this article.

First, with regard to the vote on the Day of Silence. It was a unanimous vote by the Board, at which time Mrs. Hope praised Board Member Jennifer Gottlieb for her “bravery” in bringing the matter to the attention of the Board.

Second, when the Board took a stand against Amendment 2, Mrs. Hope not only joined the board in condemning the dangerous impact that Amendment 2 would have on all Floridians, she even offered personal testimony. As a formerly unmarried woman, Mrs. Hope and her spouse had been registered domestic partners here in Broward County in order to utilize the benefits she receives.

Finally, Mrs. Hope has not refused to attend any events and as recently as last month when getting her re-election campaign under way, a meeting with GLBT leaders was among the top priorities of the campaign.

I find it extremely unfortunate that Ryan Terrell has chosen to completely misstate Mrs. Hope’s record and appreciate the opportunity to clarify.

Did Bilerico mention that Ryan, is working on Ms. Hope's opponents campaign?

I'd like to take this opportunity to quickly clear up a few misconceptions and (subtle)attacks made against me.

To blogger LGBT Friend:

A quick look at the meeting minutes on April 21, 2009, when the Day of Silence vote took place, will show that Ms. Hope was indeed absent for the actual vote and then came back and made ambigious comments about bullying needing to stop. My issue with her actions was that she had a full 30 minutes before my presentation, (I co-authored the resolution and helped present it, so I can lay claim to it being "mine"), in which she could conduct any legitimate business before the vote. The record shows the vote was 8-0, so no she did not vote on it.

Amendment 2 was a bit of a stranger story. The record shows Mrs. Gottlieb, Bartleman, Sobel, Gallagher, and Dr. Parks making strong arguments against it, while grouping the statements of Mr. Williams, Mrs. Kraft, and Mrs. Hope together suggesting it would provide unneccesary government intrusion. I would question the support of a supposed "friend" of the community that could only come up with that reason to oppose the measure.

In regards to her refusal to attend events, I can tell you personally that she has repeatedly refused to meet with my Gay-Straight Alliance as well as the GSA at Western High School. When I invited her to the county conference we were planning her secretary flat out said no. What kind of a school board member would repeatedly refuse to meet with student leaders who are the front-lines in the fight against bullying.

Yes, I do support her opponent Laurie, but only after repeated slights and disregards that Phyllis Hope and her staff have shown me and my collegues. I was going to remain neutral, but she has given me reason to believe that she is damaging our cause and I refuse to sit by and watch that happen.