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“While our county and state are overrun with government debt, burdened by excessive property taxes, and while our economy has most St. Mary’s County families strained with hardships, my opponent in the upcoming primary election has chosen to mislead you with inaccurate statements and accusations about me rather than focus on public policy solutions that will bring the change to county government that voters are hoping for this November.
“My opponent, Randy Guy, who recently joined the Republican party so that he could serve as the front for his allies, including the slanderous Ken Rossignol, has made claims through the local rag commonly known as the St. Mary’s Today that fly in the face of the truth and are a calculated intent to deceive the voters of St. Mary’s County.
“While I would have hoped to welcome Mr. Guy to the Republican Party, I am disappointed to find that he has come here to spread hate and discontent with personal attacks rather than participate with other well-intentioned folks in honest debate. It would appear Mr. Guy would prefer to destroy our party rather than be a positive force within. His recent statement at a Republican Club gathering that he has switched many of his family members to Republican so they can vote for him in the primary and return to the Democratic Party afterward is yet another example of Mr. Guy’s intentions.
“Mr. Guy claims that I lied about my college degree and that his associate’s degree represents a more qualified educational background. While there certainly was a mistake made in 2006 which I did not author stating that I had received a bachelor’s degree, I have taken full responsibility for the mistake, I corrected the mistake, and I have repeatedly apologized for the mistake, “saying that it was a difficult lesson to learn, but that I am a better person now for having learned that hard lesson.” And to claim that his undergraduate degree is of greater significance than my course of study which includes more than twice the credit hours of Mr. Guy, including more than half being upper level credits which Mr. Guy has none, is nothing more than misrepresenting the facts. I have earned more than 120 credits hours from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, University of Maryland College Park, and the University of Maryland University College, where I continue my education today. I am prepared to match my qualifications with those of Mr. Guy any day.
“Additionally, Mr. Guy, through his mouthpiece Mr. Rossignol makes false and dishonest claims that I have received illegal campaign contributions in the past. These are absolutely distorted claims which once again show a disregard for the truth and attempts to mislead voters. All of my campaign contributions in the past have been properly received and properly recorded, as will all contributions in the future. My campaign has even placed a limit of $250 per any one contributor because of the difficult economy we all face, something which my opponent has failed to recognize.
I encourage my opponent and his spokesperson, Ken Rossignol, to abandon the personal attacks and focus rather on what positive things they would do if elected to solve the many problems facing the families of our county and our state. The truth and honest debate is what citizens expect in this primary election, and I intend to give them just that, so too would my opponent if he has any decency at a