Will Cathy Travalos be giving lessons in critical thinking?

Here's the latest from teacher Cathy Travalos, moderator of wcccusdtalk (regarding Richmond schools):

"To me there's a big difference between voting to not take a position (what UTR board members stated) and voting to withhold support (what Gail stated)."

Voting to not take a position is certainly one way of withholding support.

On the other hand, voting to withhold support could take two different forms:
1) voting to oppose, or
2) voting not to take a position.

But in this case, UTR did NOT decide to actively oppose the parcel tax. It voted to take NO position. So how do you figure there's a big difference between what Gail stated and what the UTR did? I think Gail got it right.

Here's someone else who got it right:

"What exactly is the point of taking an explicit position to not take a position on the parcel tax instead of simply not bringing it up at all (which seems to be completely in the power of the Executive Board) unless one wants to decrease the chances of the parcel tax passing?"
Charley Cowens