The eight candidates for the NLMUSD school board.  (Screen grab from La Mirada Blog's Youtube video) LA MIRADA  - Parents ignored an attempt by event organizers to turn a Norwalk-La Mirada school board candidates forum into a conspiracy theory forum. "What's with these questions? There's definitely an agenda going on here." Those were the words I heard from the parents closest to me as I witnessed one of those cliche' school board meetings you might see on Youtube from the Midwest , the Deep South , or maybe just Orange County , California, where big government religious authoritarianism still have their militant enclaves, and conspiracy theories abound.  The questions asked were about critical race theory (CRT), LGBTQ issues, gender issues, and of course - communism.  But this was no mere school board meeting, folks. This was a candidate's forum. Just under 80 people attended a candidates forum on September 16, put on by the La Mirada Chamber of Commerce ...