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Shade Likes to Play it Both Ways
RECEIVED Tue., June 14, 2011
Dear Editor,
While City Council races are nonpartisan, Randi Shade made her Democratic credentials an issue when she took out an ad in the Chronicle saying she'd given more money to Democrats than Kathie Tovo.
However, Shade likes to play it both ways. Her recent campaign and expenditure report shows she hired Lucas Sheffield, Mike McCaul's former campaign manager and the Texas coordinator for the American Majority, a political training organization for conservative candidates and activists. Even worse, she hired Mike Baselice, Rick Perry's pollster. Undoubtedly, Shade wants them to whip up Republicans to vote for her.
So, while many of us are working our tails off fighting Republican redistricting plans, union-busting, trying to keep schools funded, and fighting the passage of anti-choice legislation, Shade is using developer money to fight our causes.
So who's the better Democrat?
While City Council races are nonpartisan, Randi Shade made her Democratic credentials an issue when she took out an ad in the Chronicle saying she'd given more money to Democrats than Kathie Tovo.
However, Shade likes to play it both ways. Her recent campaign and expenditure report shows she hired Lucas Sheffield, Mike McCaul's former campaign manager and the Texas coordinator for the American Majority, a political training organization for conservative candidates and activists. Even worse, she hired Mike Baselice, Rick Perry's pollster. Undoubtedly, Shade wants them to whip up Republicans to vote for her.
So, while many of us are working our tails off fighting Republican redistricting plans, union-busting, trying to keep schools funded, and fighting the passage of anti-choice legislation, Shade is using developer money to fight our causes.
So who's the better Democrat?
Ann Denkler