Watch the video then answer the question:
Ellen: I don't believe it!
Philip: What's wrong?
Ellen: Carter Boswell!
Philip: Who's Carter Boswell?
Ellen: He's running for the school board.
Ellen: The election's next month.
Philip: What's wrong with wanting to be on the school board?
Ellen: Nothing.
Ellen: But he wants to cut the school budget!
Philip: Maybe it needs cutting.
Ellen: Cutting the budget is fine,
Ellen: but he wants to do it
Ellen: by cutting all the cultural programs.
Ellen: No music, no dance,
Ellen: no concert, no stage presentations.
Philip: Why does he want to do that?
Ellen: He says it's to save the taxpayers' money,
Ellen: and I think he believes
Ellen: that the taxpayers will vote for him
Ellen: if he spends less on the cultural programs.
Philip: He's probably right.
Philip: Lots of people want their taxes
Philip: used for new books
Philip: and a new paint job in the schoolrooms.
Ellen: Maybe some of us would like to pay a little bit more
Ellen: and keep the cultural programs for our kids.
Philip: Well, I'm not sure, Ellen.
Philip: I hear it from my patients.
Philip: Lots of people are tired of higher taxes.
Ellen: I know,
Ellen: but if Boswell wins
Ellen: he'll be an important decision-maker
Ellen: on the school board,
Ellen: and he doesn't know anything
Ellen: about our children's education.
Philip: Who's running against him?
Ellen: Nobody. That's the problem.
Philip: Well, it sounds to me like Carter Boswell
Philip: is going to win this seat on the board.
Ellen: Oh, not if I can stop him!
Philip: And how are you going to stop him?
Ellen: I don't know.
Ellen: Maybe I'll run against him.
Philip: Well, you've got my vote.
Ellen: I'm serious, Philip.
Ellen: Why shouldn't I run?
Richard: Why shouldn't you run for what, Mom?
Philip: Your mother is thinking of
Philip: running for the school board.
Richard: Hey, that's terrific, Mom!
Richard: Against Carter Boswell?
Richard: Great!
Ellen: Well, if I run for office,
Ellen: the voters will have a clear choice.
Ellen: I stand for everything Boswell doesn't.
Philip: I think a lot of people will vote for you
Philip: against Boswell, Ellen.
Richard: I'll vote for you.
Ellen: Will you help me if I do run?
Philip: Absolutely.
Philip: The trouble is
Philip: it takes a little bit of money to run a campaign.
Philip: I think you can make a difference, Ellen.
Philip: And in a short campaign
Philip: you wouldn't need as much money.
Philip: You know something, Ellen?
Philip: Why not give the people of Riverdale a clear choice?
Philip: I'm with you.
Philip: You can make a difference.
Maxwell: Come in.
Ellen: Mr. Maxwell?
Maxwell: Yes, Charles Maxwell.
Ellen: My name is Ellen Stewart.
Maxwell: Hello.
Maxwell: Please, sit down.
Maxwell: You asked to see me.
Maxwell: What would you like to see me about?
Ellen: I'd like your help.
Maxwell: Well,
Maxwell: I'm editor of the most influential newspaper in Riverdale.
Maxwell: Actually, it's the only newspaper.
Maxwell: A lot of people would like my help.
Maxwell: Do you have a story?
Ellen: I'm planning to run for the school board.
Maxwell: Against Carter Boswell?
Ellen: Yes.
Maxwell: Well, that is news.
Ellen: Will you announce that I'm running?
Maxwell: Sure.
Maxwell: But I need some information.
Ellen: Of course.
Maxwell: Why will the voters vote for you against Boswell,
Maxwell: Mrs. Stewart?
Ellen: Because I care.
Maxwell: "Vote for Ellen Stewart. She cares."
Maxwell: Not a bad slogan.
Maxwell: But what do you care about?
Ellen: Well, I care about the children of our town.
Ellen: I don't want them to grow up
Ellen: without cultural programs in our school.
Maxwell: Do you have a plan?
Ellen: I want our children to learn
Ellen: more than reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Ellen: I want to keep the after-school programs--
Ellen: the music, the concerts.
Maxwell: It's not a bad plan.
Maxwell: But who's going to pay for all of this?
Ellen: We are.
Ellen: The citizens of Riverdale, of course.
Ellen: I plan to get help
Ellen: from the businessmen and the corporations of Riverdale.
Maxwell: That's fair enough.
Maxwell: Exactly what do you want from me, Mrs. Stewart?
Ellen: You don't know me.
Ellen: I can't expect you to take my side against Boswell.
Ellen: But I do need some publicity
Ellen: so that the people of our town
Ellen: know that I'm running for office
Ellen: and that I care about our children.
Maxwell: Fair enough.
Maxwell: I certainly can print the news.
Maxwell: And you are now making news.