An all-star cast of Democrats came together today to support District 4 County Council Democratic nominee Nancy Navarro against Republican Robin Ficker. All of Maryland's statewide elected leaders added their support to County Executive Ike Leggett and a unanimous County Council to put the party over the top. Notably absent were Delegate Ben Kramer (D-19) and Senator Rona Kramer (D-14), who were asked to endorse Navarro but did not answer. Following is the press release from the Navarro campaign.
##FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE##
Monday, May 11, 2009
Contact: David Moon, Campaign Manager
Email: david@navarroforcouncil.com
Maryland Democrats Unite Behind Nancy Navarro
Press Conference Highlights Broad Support for County Council Bid
ROCKVILLE, MD – Today, Maryland Democrats united to endorse Nancy Navarro for Montgomery County Council, District 4. Convening outside the County Council building, Maryland Democratic Party Chair Susan Turnbull announced endorsements for Navarro from Governor Martin O’Malley, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, U.S. Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin, Attorney General Doug Gansler, Comptroller Peter Franchot, as well as Rep. Donna Edwards and Rep. Chris Van Hollen. Turnbull cited the importance of Democratic unity in the May 19th Special Election and noted the steps the Navarro campaign had taken to try and expand the Democratic base.
Navarro was also joined by numerous members of the General Assembly, including Delegation Chairs Senator Rich Madaleno and Delegate Brian Feldman, who announced the near-unanimous support from the Montgomery County Delegation. Also in attendance were County Executive Ike Leggett, Council President Phil Andrews, and Councilmembers Roger Berliner, Valerie Ervin, Nancy Floreen, Mike Knapp, George Leventhal, and Duchy Trachtenberg. A representative from Councilmember Marc Elrich’s office also joined the proceedings. Leggett noted that though County Democrats may have supported different candidates in the recent special primary election, it was now time for all Democrats to rally behind their nominee, Nancy Navarro.
The numerous Democratic state and county officials were joined by a broad coalition of endorsers, including representatives from diverse constituency groups, the Sierra Club of Montgomery County, local labor unions, and the Montgomery County Business PAC.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Democrats Unite Against Ficker... Except the Kramers
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4 comments:
I have taken no contributions from outside the district and none from developers and unions. Almost all of nancy's contributions are from outside the District and 62% are from development interests and 22% from unions.
The folks mentioned in the navarro press release all opposed the successful Amendment which requires 9 council voters to increase property taxes. I'm going to block the election year increase which nancy supports.
Also the folks mentioned supported a 20% increse in the state sales tax, a regressive tax on every man, woman and child on a daily basis.
I'll be the champion of homeowners, while nancy will treat homeowners as an ATM.
Isn't this really a case of humpty-dumpty---all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put humpty dumpty together again? Why are these statewide officials so desperate to put Nancy together again?
Why is it that her opponent, Ben Kramer, feels that he was treated so visciously and unfairly by her campaign that he won't show up to support her?
I suppose I can understand why he feels that way. She has put put messages that I am for cutting services to seniors when I have never said any such thing, only that I was opposed to the many large tax increases that she has supported.
I'm glad to hear that something is going on about the special general election. The silence in the District since the primary has been deafening. Lots of people have asked me "what's going on? Are they still having an election?"
I sense that we will break a record for the lowest turnout for a special general election. But of course, that's only my opinion and I would love to be proved wrong.
Mr. Ficker, can you provide a list of your contributions to MPW? There are no financial reports available for your campaign on the state's website.
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