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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ike's an idiot and good riddance to him. His refusal to support ben jealous boils down to ike's eye towards his upcoming corporate jobs.

My children are literally pampered in school while kids in Baltimore county sit in unheated and un air conditioned,  dilapidated schools.
Ben jealous has his policy clearly defined on his website:

The plan calls for utilizing revenue from the taxing and regulating of marijuana to provide full-day universal pre-K and significantly increasing teacher pay by keeping the promise made to voters and ensuring lottery and casino funds are actually used to increase education funding. In addition, Jealous proposes implementing recommendations from the Kirwan Commission and expanding vocational training in Maryland’s high schools so that every child graduates career and college ready.

Higher teacher pay?
PreK?
More special ed resources?
Mental health Professionals for every school?
Yep. I'll take it. 
People read "the top 1% may have higher taxes and think that applies to them. If your income is above 500k then yes, it does apply to you.

I for one would like to see the lottery and casino money finally applied to schools, too[/quote]

The lottery and casino money will never make it to the schools...despite the fact that it was sold to voters that way. They lied.

So I don't believe that the magical marijuana money will benefit schools or voters. It hasn't in other states. What it has done is create very serious new problems which ultimately create unintended costs.

Don't worry about Jealous...he has zero chance of winning. I'm a bleeding heart liberal who works in the social justice arena, and I'm shocked by how many registered Dems I know who plan to vote for Hogan. I would sooner cut off my arm than vote for a republican, but I still think hogan will win by a landslide. [/quote]

I am really baffled how you are sticking to voting for a Democrat just for party line basis even though you clearly know it’s not what’s in the best interest of education. How can you be a bleeding heart liberal and want to shaft ALL Maryland students? I thought liberals put education first? Surely marijuana and casinos are putting business interest first. I consider myself neither Democrat or Republican, I vote based on my values. I refuse to vote along party lines just because that’s what I’m “supposed” to do. I want candidates to earn my vote. —-Millenial parent[/quote]

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