She had supported Edison and that wasn't politically correct. It made not a whit of difference that Mary had done so because of the terrible legacy of minority failure in the Duluth Schools. Two years earlier Al Netland had visited Mary Cameron and told her that everybody was disappointed with her as a school board member because she had changed. He was giving Mary ample warning. It just so happened that Al's approach was the wrong approach to take with Mary.
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