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Guarantee all public schools every dollar they need.
Make all our schools safe and inspiring places to learn.
Ensure teachers’ salaries and pensions are fully funded.
Let city residents vote for their school board members

Protect women’s reproductive rights.
Grant every person the freedom to marry.
End discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgendered Marylanders.
Eliminate the death penalty.

Build safe neighborhoods and business districts.
Get citizens and police working together and fully fund community policing.
Double after-school recreation opportunities for city youths.
Double green job training and employment programs for city youths.
Help seniors age in place and remain a vital part of their own communities.

Expand adult education and GED programs.
Provide clean energy job training and green jobs for youths and adults.
Support local businesses that hire city residents and union members.
Enforce the laws that protect public health.
Restore our environment and build a greener, more sustainable city

Endorsements

Many thanks to the following organizations who have endorsed Mary Washington’s candidacy:

Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO

Democratic Women’s PAC of Maryland

Laborer’s International Union of North America

Maryland League of Conservation Voters

Maryland State Education Association (MSEA)

Stonewall Democrats of Central Maryland

I am pleased and proud to announce today that our campaign has just won the official endorsement of the state’s largest and most influential union of teachers and educators, the Maryland State Education Association (MSEA). I am also glad to see that the MSEA has rewarded the hard work my veteran District 43 team colleagues have done to support our city schools by endorsing Sen. Joan Carter Conway, Del. Curt Anderson and Del. Maggie McIntosh (note: is it true that they endorsed the whole team?).

As I’ve said again and again throughout this campaign, nothing is more important to our city’s future than building strong schools that give all our children the tools they need to build better and more prosperous lives. That’s why I am so eager to work with the other members of our district team in Annapolis to ensure that our public schools get every dollar they need and that the state fulfills its obligation to fully fund teachers’ salaries and pensions so that we can hire the best possible educators to help our children prepare for a brighter future.

I will also work hard to see that the city gets a bigger share of state funds for school construction and renovation so that Baltimore can build and re-build the kind of high-quality, modern schools all our children can be proud to attend.

The MSEA has long been one of the state’s most tireless and powerful voices for strengthening our public schools and ensuring that every child in Maryland can get a quality education. Earning the support of its 71,000 dedicated teachers and educators is an honor for me personally and a real tribute to our campaign’s commitment to building stronger schools.

As your Delegate in Annapolis, and I look forward to working with MSEA members, educators across the state and the citizens of Baltimore to make all our schools safe and inspiring places to learn.