UNDERHANDED TACTICS USED BY CHRISTIE TO GET ELECTED:

LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS DENY ENDORSEMENT OF JACK CHRISTIE, QUESTION HIS INTEGRITY:

From the Houston Chronicle

HOUSTON:  Members of local District 6 school boards are denouncing State Board of Education candidate Jack Christie for his deceptive advertising flyer that is appearing late in the campaign.  The flyer claims endorsement from entire school boards, which is a violation of law.  Individual members may offer endorsement and many have done so, but their endorsements are not necessarily for Christie

Terri Leo, Christie’s challenger, has sought and received the endorsement of most conservative Republicans in District 6.  State Representatives Talmadge Heflin, Joe Nixon, Gary Elkins, and Kyle Janek as well as Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole and US Congressman Steve Stockman have all endorsed Leo.  Some of the local school board members within District 6 endorsing Leo’s candidacy include Susan Smith of Alief  ISD, Ken Burton and Mary McGarr of Katy ISD and Al Martinez of Cy-Fair ISD.  Leo also is endorsed by all the area Republican State Executive Committee members, except one who is making no endorsement and by more than 134 Republican Precinct Chairmen.

Mr. Burton, noting that Christie’s questionable endorsements place several school boards in the position of having violated an ethical code, said, “One wonders if there is anything that Jack Christie will not do or say to get re-elected!”

One of the Fort Bend school board members who is supporting Christie said that the Fort Bend Board told him that he could not say that their Board was endorsing him. Board members from several districts are demanding that Christie issue a public apology.

“Christie’s fabrication of endorsements by phrase manipulation is untenable,”  said Mary McGarr, Katy ISD board member.  I was incensed when I viewed the flyer that appears to give my endorsement for a candidate that I would never support.  “Christie should be running on the liberal Democratic ticket, and if anyone were paying attention to his voting record, that would be his situation,” claimed McGarr.  Burton is also skeptical of Christie’s use of unauthorized endorsements and said, “The man deliberately altered the Chronicle’s endorsement of his candidacy by eliminating the words “a moderate” in the flyers he mailed to social conservatives in the Katy area.   What happened to Jack’s honesty?”

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD board members reported that the question of endorsements for any candidate has never been before their board.  Of the seven board members, Al Martinez is endorsing Terri Leo, and George Edward, Max Moss and Dr. William O’Brien are making no endorsements.  The positions of the other three are unknown.

 Alief ISD board member, Susan Smith said, “Jack Christie has shown a flagrant disregard for the truth and for the voters.  Texas school children need role models who demonstrate honesty and integrity.  Christie’s use of deception and manipulation is not the lesson school children need to be taught.”  Jeanne Perdue, Alief ISD board member said she has made no endorsement in the State Board of Education race.

In another mail-out, Christie targeted Party liberals and labeled his opponent as a “radical right” candidate.  This language counters his avowed statements in his other mail-out where he claims to be a “long-time conservative Republican.”

McGarr, noting that Leo has maintained her conservatism with regard to educational issues throughout the campaign, questions Christie’s vacillating stance.  “He cannot be a liberal, a moderate, and a conservative all at the same time if he is also going to be truthful.” she said.

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