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GOP Election Kickoff Speech

Together, we can demand better. I chose these five words to be the slogan for our campaign because I believe them to be a necessity. The first two words evoke plurality: together, we. It is not I, you, or meā€”it is we, together. I canā€™t do this without you. Together, we can demand; we have to make our voices heard. We have to make our votes count. Together, we can demand better. We arenā€™t saying that the system is broken, but neither are we pretending it is perfect. We have a chanceā€”a dutyā€”to make improvements. Together, we can demand better for schools. As a substitute teacher in my second year with the Union County School District I have seen firsthand what underfunding has done for our students. I realize that the solution is greater than simply throwing more money at the problem, but I also believe we consistently get short changed when money is allocated from Columbia. While larger districts understandably get a bigger piece of the pie, we are left having to do ...