UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO recommendations for U.S. SENATOR: Barbara A. Mikulski PRIMARY GOVERNOR: Martin O’Malley MARYLAND LT. GOVERNOR: Anthony G. Brown MARYLAND COMPTROLLER: MARYLAND ATTORNEY GENERAL: 2010ocal 1994’s executive board has worked Douglas F. Gansler with a multi-employer rank-and-fi le U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: committee to vet candidates, especially MD District 4 candidates for the Montgomery Donna F. Edwards County Council and Prince George’s MD District 5 CountyL Council. The committee interviewed the Steny H. Hoyer candidates, reviewed their questionnaires, and then sent recommendations to the executive board. These MD District 6 recommendations were approved by the Local Andrew Duck 1994 membership on August 26, 2010. Some of MD District 8 our endorsed candidates are incumbents, some are challengers.

PRIMARY 2010 • The Local Link • Fall 2010 A MONTGOMERY COUNTY Congressional District #8 Congressional District #4 Chris Van Hollen Donna F. Edwards

County Executive DISTRICT 14 DISTRICT 18 No Endorsement State Senate State Senate County Council No Position Rich Madaleno DISTRICT 1 House of Delegates House of Delegates No Position DISTRICT 2 Craig Rice Dana Beyer DISTRICT 3 DISTRICT 15 DISTRICT 19 No Endorsement State Senate State Senate DISTRICT 4 Robert Garagiola Nancy Navarro House of Delegates House of Delegates DISTRICT 5 Valerie Ervin Brian Feldman Jay Hutchins At-Large Lara Wibeto Ben Kramer George Leventhal DISTRICT 16 DISTRICT 20 Marc Elrich State Senate State Senate Nancy Floreen Brian Frosh Hans Riemer House of Delegates House of Delegates COURTHOUSE OFFICES Bill Frick Sheila Hixson Sheriff Susan Lee Darren Popkin Kyle Lierman Heather Mizeur Clerk of the Circuit Court DISTRICT 17 DISTRICT 39 Loretta Knight State Senate State Senate Register of Wills No Position Saqib Ali Joseph Griffi n House of Delegates House of Delegates State’s Attorney Luiz Simmons Charles Barkley John McCarthy Kumar Barve School Board No Recommendation 3rd spot Shane Robinson DISTRICT 5 Louis Wilens A FRESH PERSPECTIVE FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY’S SCHOOL BOARD etting a handle on pay is a virtual state secret. employees making more than $100,000 a Montgomery County’s District 5 School Board Candidate year. Gwasted spending is one key to Louis Wilens is one of the bright lights Wilens proposes to cut the number balancing the cost and delivery of essential in the effort to understand the true costs of education administrators and use the County services. It’s clear that the County of Montgomery County’s Education savings to put more teachers in schools. Executive and County Council have been Bureaucracy. Wilens has noted that while “If you work for MCPS, but don’t speak intimidated by School Superintendant teachers are adequately compensated, with students on a daily basis, we might Jerry Weast and his over aggressive they do need help in keeping class sizes not need you.” The school system does Education Bureaucracy that gobbles up 57 at manageable levels. He also notes, “the not need so many administrators, he says, percent, or $2.2 billion, of the Budget with bureaucracy of $150,000 (and higher) “and we certainly don’t need to spend virtually no transparency or accountability. administrators that has been put in $10 million per year on a public relations One place to start controlling those place by Superintendant Weast has to be department.” costs is to look at Weast’s compensation reduced.” Well said. package—revealed to be some $489,000 During the last budget debate—when Mr. Wilens has also said he “would in 2008, according to media reports. Weast threatened to sue the County if the have supported MCPS employee County taxpayers won’t fi nd that fi gure in Council attempted to cut his budget—it furloughs as a way to reduce costs. the School Board’s fi nancial reports—his was revealed that there are 2,626 education B Fall 2010 • PRIMARY 2010 • The Local Link PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY Congressional District #4 Donna F. Edwards

County Executive COURTHOUSE OFFICES House of Delegates Rushern Baker Sheriff Carolyn Howard County Council Raphael Hylton Michael Vaughn DISTRICT 1 Register of Wills Greg Hall Sam Epps Cereta Lee DISTRICT 25 DISTRICT 2 State’s Attorney State Senate Will Campos Tom Dernoga DISTRICT 3 DISTRICT 21 House of Delegates Eric Olsen State Senate Aisha Braveboy DISTRICT 4 Jim Rosapepe Melony Griffi th Ingrid Turner House of Delegates Dereck Davis DISTRICT 5 Joseline Pena Melnyk DISTRICT 26 Barbara Frush State Senate DISTRICT 6 Ben Barnes Anthony Muse Derrick Davis DISTRICT 22 House of Delegates DISTRICT 7 State Senate Veronica Turner Karen Toles Paul Pinsky DISTRICT 8 House of Delegates No Endorsement of Justin Ross DISTRICT 27 DISTRICT 9 Ann Healy State Senate Mel Franklin Tawana Gaines No Recommendation DISTRICT 23A House of Delegates State Senate James Proctor Doug Peters Joseph Vallario House of Delegates DISTRICT 47 James Hubbard State Senate Nicole Williams Victor Ramirez DISTRICT 23B House of Delegates Marvin Holmes Doyle Niemann DISTRICT 24 Jolene Ivey State Senate Wanda Shelton Martin Joanne Benson

FREDERICK COUNTY Congressional District #6 Andrew Duck DISTRICT 3 DISTRICT 4 Senate Senate No Endorsement No Endorsement 3A 4A Galen R. Clagett Ryan P. Trout 3A 4A No Recommendation No Recommendation 3B Paul Gilligan

PRIMARY 2010 • The Local Link • Fall 2010 C Tough Decisions The Process for Local 1994 to Endorse Candidates Legislative Report—Bob Stewart, Executive Director The primaries need to talk to people about the issues, “Rushern is the right fi t to fi ght for are approaching especially the issues regarding the county Prince George’s County’s working quickly. It’s time budgets. families,” said Gino Renne, president to see who is on We’ll contact primary voters, informing of Local 1994. “We’re confi dent that he our side and who is our members, our families and other can help restore the county’s economy not. We’ve got new likely voters about the voting records of and bring good, middle class jobs back alliances to build. both our friends and our opponents. ABC to those county residents who are now Local 1994’s money pays for voter registration drives; struggling.” executive board works with a multi- polling and research; analyzing voter Local 1994 also pointed to Baker’s employer rank-and-fi le committee to demographics; fi nding out who are “our” ethics reforms pledge as infl uencing vet candidates, especially candidates for voters and how to keep them; discovering the union’s decision to back his bid for the Montgomery County Council and who are “their” voters and how do we County Executive. Prince George’s County Council. The bring them over to our way of thinking. “He will bring renewed dignity and the committees interview the candidates, Contributions to endorsed candidates values that the people of Prince George’s review their questionnaires, and then send come from ABC money, not dues dollars. County demand and deserve,” Renne recommendations to the executive board. Local 1994 Endorses Rushern added. “In our past work with him as a For Statewide and legislative races we Baker for Prince George’s County delegate in the state house and chair of participate in the Metropolitan Washington Executive the county delegation, he worked hard to Council, AFL-CIO’s process. Some of our In an early endorsement, Local 1994 advance bills that gave dignity and respect endorsed candidates are incumbents, some announced its support for Prince George’s to working families. That’s the kind of are challengers. County Executive candidate Rushern leadership Prince George’s County needs To ensure that we get worker friendly, Baker. today.” family friendly candidates in offi ce, we

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