TS McLeroy

[Danny L. Yeager]

Sorry for sending you "spam" but I think this is important.  I have a  
12-year old kid in the College Station public schools.

Don McLeroy of Bryan is running once again for the Texas State Board  
of Education in the upcoming Republican primary on March 2. He's been  
on the Board for over 10 years including a stint where he was chairman  
appointed by Rick Perry. Among other things, the  Board chooses  
textbooks for our schools and sets educational standards for K-12.   
Because the Texas textbook market is so big, our textbook selection  
affects the content of textbooks throughout the U.S. McLeroy is a  
short-term creationist who believes that the earth is less than 10,000  
years old.  People with similar views frequently dominate the Board.  
His opponent is Thomas Ratliff a "moderate" Republican who, unlike  
McLeroy believes in evolution.

For more information see below and click on the links.

Needless to say, in addition to the serious detriment of the education  
of our kids, McLeroy's presence on the state board makes Texas and  
Bryan-College Station look like a joke to the rest of the country and  
even the world. His re-election can only hurt us at Texas A&M  
especially since he's from our area.

The Smart State Board of Education group is working hard to defeat  
McLeroy. They're legitimate. I know and respect all of the officers.  
They need money for the final push before the primary. But they also  
request your vote in the REPUBLICAN primary. (In Texas you can vote in  
the Republican primary even if you've never voted Republican  before.)  
Much as it pains me to be considered an R by anyone even for a short  
period -- I will even vote in the Republican primary in order to help  
defeat McLeroy.

If you can at all support them financially -- please do so (see  
below). But -- more importantly -- vote McLeroy out in the Republican  
primary (there is no Democratic party opposition in the general  
election so that won't help).

Please also forward this email ASAP to others who may contribute and  
vote.

         Regards as always,

             Danny

Begin forwarded message:

From: Michael Alvard <alvard at gmail.com>
Date: February 23, 2010 11:51:05 AM CST
To: smartsboe at googlegroups.com
Subject: Eagle advertisement
Reply-To: smartsboe at googlegroups.com


Below is the blurb for our final funding appeal for the Eagle ad.   
Please email three friends, colleagues or family members whom you feel  
might be interested in helping us.  Feel free to use the text from the  
blurb below or not...  Please ask them to donate and forward the  
message to three others...   I, personally, would like to challenge  
A&M faculty, staff, and students in particular.

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Don McLeroy, our representative on the Texas State Board of Education  
from here in District 9, believes that the earth is less than ten  
thousand years old, that people walked with dinosaurs, and that  
supernatural explanations are valid science (learn more click here)

District 9 Citizens for a Smart State Board of Education is a Special  
Political Action Committee (SPAC) whose purpose is to oppose Don  
McLeroy’s reelection to the Texas State Board of Education in the GOP  
primary on March 2.  The committee consists of concerned citizens from  
the Brazos valley; Rich Woodward is the Treasurer; Amy Sharp is the  
assistant treasurer; Dianne Kraft is the president; Michael Alvard is  
member at large.  There are many others in the group whose names you  
would recognize.

We want to place a half page, color ad in the Eagle. The ad will  
contain a plea for Democrats, Republicans, and Independents to vote  
against McLeroy in the primary on Tuesday (Texas has open primaries).   
We need help getting the funds together for the final push.  The ad  
costs $1800.  We have around $1500 and we need your help….

Please go to our web page and donate what you can.

Next, email three friends and send them this email.

Finally, don’t forget to vote on Tuesday, March, 2nd.


-- 
Michael Alvard
Citizen


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