When Dan McMinimee emerged as the sole finalist last time, there was a great uproar (which Ms. Stevens well remembers) over DougCo's student achievement results relative to Jeffco's.   Unsurprisingly, there was no such comparison this time, even though Jason Glass's track record at Eagle County Schools was anything but stellar when it came to improving student achievement results. 

As for what could have occurred in Jeffco had at least one other finalist been named, consider the counterfactual scenario in which former Jeffco chief academic officer Heather Beck (currently a Supe in Oregon) had been named as a finalist along with Glass.  It is quite possible that many Jeffco parents, teachers, and voters would have preferred her instead.  But the board -- which gained power with covert union support in the Recall election -- clearly did not. It doesn't require a great deal of mental effort to connect all these dots.