Paso Robles voters move to oust anti-LGBTQ school board member

About 800 voters in Paso Robles in San Luis Obispo County signed a petition to unseat Kenny Enney, a right-leaning school board member who has voiced anti-LGBTQ opinions in meetings and on social media, according to the Tribune.

The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District board appointed Enney in October to replace Chris Bausch, who resigned his seat on the board to serve on the City Council. Enney is serving a two-year term.

In social media posts, Enney has questioned the district’s use of “critical race theory” and criticized transgender people. He termed the transition process as “gender mutilation” and falsely said the school district had received complaints about “Furrys” (sic), the newspaper reported.

“The board could have handled this much differently,” said Carey Alvord, a supervisor of homeless and foster youth with the district who led the petition drive. “They didn’t have to appoint an extremist candidate.”

A special election to replace Enney would cost the district $493,000.