23 N Laroux
Flagstaff
Hi Friend,
As a supporter of our French for Arizona campaign, I wanted to share some exciting updates from January.
I was recently endorsed by Arizona List and AZNOW! Organizations in our state, working to elect women who share their commitment to advance women’s rights.
Marching in both Payson’s and Sedona’s 4th annual Women’s March reminded me that 2020 marks 100 years since the passage of the 19th Amendment. Despite many hard-won gains, women still don’t have guaranteed equal rights protection under our constitution. That’s one of the reasons I’m running for state Senate in Legislative District 6, to continue the fight for women’s equality.
On Valentine’s Day, I will be joining Mayor Coral Evans, the first African-American woman of color to hold that office in Flagstaff, for an Arizona List-hosted “I Love the Arizona Constitution” event. We will be celebrating the fact that Arizona gave women the right to vote in 1912, before the 19th Amendment.
Please join us Friday, February 14, at the Weatherford Hotel’s Gopher Hole Pub, for this special celebration.
While I’m proud to stand with organizations that prioritize equity, justice and fairness, my position is in stark contrast to our current state legislators. They’ve repeatedly sponsored and voted for discriminatory laws that hurt Arizonans.
Most recently, on the opening day of the Regular Session of the Legislature, the current state Senator of LD 6 introduced a bill that would increase the risk of teen pregnancy, sexual violence, and STDs, by blocking parent-approved access to age-appropriate education before the 7th grade. In the same bill, she proposed striking the term “homosexual” from all school sex education materials!
When the latest budget proposal is barely a drop in the long drought of Arizona’s education funding, and the state still hasn’t come close to restoring education funding to pre-2008 recession levels—It’s long past the time to create an accountable government that works for ALL of us.
Legislators, like my opponent, have not made a dent in our overcrowded, understaffed classrooms. On her watch as chair of the Senate Education Committee, Arizona has fallen to 46th for student funding and 49th for teacher pay. It’s no wonder AZ has the nation’s worst teacher turnover rate, and a quarter of our teaching positions are currently unfilled!
Our kids, educators, and school support staff deserve better!
Thank you again for your support, Toby. I hope you will continue to invest in the real solutions needed to move Arizona forward.
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Gratefully,
P.S. If you live in Legislative District 6, and have not already signed my ballot petition, please add your name today.
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