"Proud" Supporters' Smear Campaign Against Nancy Young Wright for Standing Firm Against Rigged Privilege

Message from Rep. Nancy Young-Wright
October 12, 2010

Dear Friends,

In the last few days, signs have sprouted up around the district claiming that I “voted against disabled students.”  Terri Proud and her cronies have taken negative and dirty campaigning to a new low.

As some of you know, I have a family member who is severely disabled and I know all too well the difficulties that families of the disabled face on a daily basis. In fact, I am known as a vocal advocate on their behalf at the state capitol and I have often spoken out against the draconian budget cuts that have negatively impacted Arizonans with disabilities.

This attack shows how desperate the Phoenix bosses are to take back this seat. And why we can't let them do it.

At issue is a House Bill (HB2001) which was pushed through by the Phoenix political bosses in one of their many special sessions during the past two years.  

The bill’s intent?  To get around the Arizona Supreme Court, which had just ruled that the distribution of taxpayer money to private and religious schools was unconstitutional (Cain v. Horne).

Rather than respect our Constitution and the court’s ruling, the Phoenix bosses passed HB2001 on a strictly party-line vote, in special session, with little opportunity for public input.  This was yet another step by them to dismantle public education in Arizona.  And Vic Williams went right along, as he always does.

They used this legislation to further enrich corrupt and unaccountable private school tuition organizations (STOs) with your hard-earned tax dollars. The East Valley Tribune exposed this corruption in an investigative report called Rigged Privilege.
The bill was also an opportunity for the Phoenix politicians to grant even more tax giveaways to large corporations and insurance companies, paid for by you and me.

I’m proud that I stood against corruption, against more corporate tax loopholes, and with Arizona taxpayers by voting against HB2001. 

The fact that Terri Proud would attack me through a third-party group on this issue shows where her priorities are -- enriching corrupt STOs, giving even bigger tax loopholes to corporations and insurance companies, while hurting the middle class and draining more money from our public schools.  

While you can count on me to continue to do what’s right for District 26, Terri will clearly sell the taxpayers down the river to please her corporate benefactors.

If you’re as outraged as I am, click here to donate right now and help me fight back!

Thank you,

Nancy