District 19 Senate challenger Roger Manno is using quotes from his Washington Post endorsement to promote himself and damage incumbent Mike Lenett in a new mailer. Enjoy!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Roger Manno's Washington Post Mailer
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The Washington Post reported what's been heard all through Annapolis and Montgomery County. Leadership takes teamwork. Roger Manno knows that, and his career shows that.
Current and former District 19 elected officials support Roger Manno including--Del. Hank Heller, Sen. Len Teitelbaum, Del. Adrienne Mandel, and Del. Carol Petzold--because he lives up to the District 19 tradition they set as lawmakers.
The incumbent won several endorsements, but most were automatic. Ask them, and--if they're honest--they'll admit they're forced by their rules to endorse any half-way decent incumbent. None of the rubber-stamp gang endorsed Jamie Raskin in 2006.
It's remarkable so many unions, elected officials, and leading organizations endorsed Roger Manno. These endorsements count all that much more, in addition to those listed above:
County Councilwoman Valerie Ervin, Chair of the Education Committee
State Delegate Sue Hecht, Chair of the Maryland Green Caucus
State Delegate Brian Feldman, Chair of the Montgomery County House Delegation
State Delegate Susan Lee, Vice-Chair of the Montgomery County House Delegation
State Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, Joint Committee on Children, Youth and Families
State Delegate Aisha Braveboy, Vice-Chair of the Maryland Legislative Black Caucus
Mrs. Cherri Branson, Esq. Chair of the African American Democratic Club of Montgomery County
Montgomery Green Democrats
Montgomery County Public School Retiree Association (MCPSRA)
Coalition of Asian Pacific American Democrats (CAPAD-MD)
Montgomery County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association (MCVFRA)
Montgomery County Youth Slate
Hispanic Democratic Club of Montgomery County (HDC)
and dozens of unions.
That any challenger could rack up so many key and important endorsements says a lot about how key people in Annapolis and in District 19--as well as many concerned Maryland voters and groups--see this contest. NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland and Progressive Maryland among others took endorsements away from Sen. Lenett and gave them to Del. Manno.
Because it's hard to not get an endorsement as an incumbent, each one Manno won is a failing grade for the incumbent and a huge vote of confidence for the "collegial" challenger whose leadership through teamwork better fits District 19, Montgomery County, and Annapolis.
It helps that Manno would never resort to push polls or sponsor bills to undermine environmental protection. Roger Manno, leadership through teamwork and a progressive we can trust to do the right thing when people are watching, in the back rooms, all the time, every day. We can trust Roger Manno to serve the public interest--not special interests.
Full disclosure--I've known Roger Manno and Mike Lenett for years, and from this experience and from working with both, I know Roger will do the better job for District 19, Montgomery County, and Maryland. The Washington Post and all these others who endorsed Roger agree you should support Manno.
UPDATE: The Gazette and MCGEO--the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1994, Municipal County Government Employee Organization (MCGEO)--joined the Washington Post and many, many other organizations and elected officials endorsing Roger Manno for State Senate from District 19. As time passes and early voting approaches, more big names and key groups keep coming out for Manno's leadership through teamwork in the Maryland State Senate.
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