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Eric Hartley: Make your vote count on school board

Published 10/21/08

If you vote this year in Anne Arundel County, you'll notice that page 2 of your four-page touch-screen ballot features some fairly obscure races. Not much excitement there like the presidential candidates on page 1 or the hot-button slot machine referendum on page 3.

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But pause a moment there among the appeals court judges most people skip or select without much thought, and you'll see the names of two county Board of Education members and the words "Vote yes or no for continuance in office."

This is your chance. Don't let them take your vote for granted.

A win for "no" would stun the...

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VOTE NO TO AACPS - 2008-10-21 14:42:33

Eric Hartley has done a great favor for residents of our county concerned about the direction and oversight of the school system. Your only chance to send a message about doubling those making $100,000 salaries, diverting resources away from classrooms and to the bureaucracy, and to object to raises and bonuses in these tough economic times is to VOTE NO on election day. AACPS=Anne Arundel's Corrupt Pay System

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