District 39 Senate challenger Saqib Ali takes on incumbent Nancy King in a new mailer on arguably the county's number one issue: education. After noting Maryland's number one ranking in public schools, Ali says the following about King's one-time support of the private-school financing BOAST bill.
Two of Montgomery County’s eight State Senators voted to divert public funds to private religious schools. One of them was my opponent — a former Republican who admitted she switched parties “when I decided to run for office.” She bowed to back room pressure and abandoned our interests in a move she now admits was “a political thing on my part.”
That’s why I’m running for State Senate — to put Democratic values first and to end back room games.
In the Democratic primary on September 14th, vote for the True Blue Democrat for State Senate: Saqib Ali.
3 comments:
Hey Adam--
I’d argue that Nancy is the “clear choice” for those interested in education AND I can tell you why. Saqib simply cannot compare to Nancy when it comes the issue of education. Saqib is a first- term newcomer with nothing to stand on. Nancy has already proven her loyalty with a substantial record of her commitment to PUBLIC education long before she went to Annapolis. She was an elected official to the MCPS school board from 1994-2002 and former president of the MCPS PTAs.
Unlike Saqib, Nancy became involved in education first as a concerned parent volunteer with three children in the MCPS system, not for political aspirations. Nancy has a long record as an advocate for education and issues relating to children. She has been a member of the : Advisory Board, "Care for Kids," Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County, Board of Directors, Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children, Governor's Commission on Quality Education in Maryland, and the Joint Committee for Education, Children, and Youth.
Nancy has the endorsement of many respected public officials including: County Executive Isaiah Leggett, Board of Education President Pat O'Neill, and Governor O'Malley who have all cited her impressive work on behalf of children and public education. Nancy has also won the endorsement of the Montgomery County Federation of Teachers and Nancy was picked over Saqib for the prestigious Apple Ballot, the endorsement of the MCEA which represents thousands of educators. "The Apple Ballot is what we, as teachers, use to ensure that voters know which candidates we believe to be the best advocates for public schools and public school educators. We know from past elections – and from consistent polling data – that voters value the recommendations of the Apple Ballot more than any other." http://mcea.nea.org/ .
Most importantly, Nancy cares about the bottom-line. She saved the MCPS over 23 million dollars. Thank you Senator King.
Sincerely,
Nafisa Nour
P.S.
Saqib should call himself the “true green” candidate. For someone who switched political parties from green to democrat only a few years ago, he’s really pushing it the “true blue” claim and misleading voters. In fact, truth is, Nancy has been a democrat a lot LONGER than he has.
Hey Nafisa--
1. Nancy King voted to divert money from the public schools to the voucher program. Saqib Ali has voted in favor of Teachers, Schools and Education all along.
2. Nancy King voted against a measure introduced by Saqib Ali to restrict sales of sugary alcoholic beverages targeted towards youths.
3. Nancy King has been taking large campaign contributions from the Casino folks and not surprisingly, has voted in support of slot machines for Maryland. Saqib Ali as introduced measures that will raise equivalent revenue without bringing down the quality and property value of our residences in Montgomery County.
The best you have to say about Nancy King is that she's a "clear choice". Why, just because your smiling face says so? Its clear to me that she sides on every issue with the Republicans and large corporations.
The "apple" endorsement by the MCEA was actively pursued by an individual intent on preventing the best candidate, Saqib Ali, both in terms ofour progressive agenda in general, and in terms of Education in particular, from taking away Nancy King's Senate seat. The endorsement was apparently handed out without much consideration of Nancy King's versus Saqib Ali's voting records.
The clear choice for me is Saqib Ali for Maryland State senate!!
--unless what you really want is a Nancy King, who is a Republican in Democrat's clothing, in which case just vote Republican instead. We knowhow disasterous their agenda is for Education.
Best Regards and keep on smiling--maybe someone will actually believe you--but my hope is that they will see the issues for what they are.
Grant Izmirlian
Germantown, MD
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