DFP editorial catches on to opponent’s divisive scare tactics

An editorial today in the Detroit Free Press catches on to what our opponents has tried to do in the past by playing the race card and playing suburban Livingston County schools against urban Detroit Public Schools.

“Earlier, an independent committee with conservative Republican ties bought misleading newspaper ads claiming four incumbent Democrats supported "extra funding" for Detroit Public Schools. In fact, the "extra funding" was part of basic school aid bills that passed the Legislature with near-unanimous votes.”

You can see our response called “Ward again forgets his party controls the House and blames Detroit for Problems” first posted here on Sept. 26. It was a response to a story where Mr. Ward plays the race card and used the old standby divisive issue and scare tactic of playing suburban Livingston County Schools against urban Detroit Public Schools.

This editoral also answers his recent press release touting his acceptance of the “Make a Difference Award” from the Huron Valley Schools Board of Education.

The editorial concludes by saying if his party “…are really serious about building bridges, they should stop others in the party from burning them.” It’s a little too late, and Mr. Ward has spent the last four years blazing bridges. Our opponent has so soured the atmosphere between the two parties that there is no cooperation between the two parties and no real legislation that benefits the entire state is getting done.