Buy Senator Richard Burr's Vote
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WE ARE NOT COLLECTING MONEY FOR SEN. RICHARD BURR!
Read about our campaign and our goals below.
Betsy DeVos gave $43,200 to Senator Richard Burr’s reelection campaign, and got a Cabinet seat in return. Meanwhile, as many North Carolina citizens know first-hand, Burr consistently fails to answer constituent concerns.
He refuses to hold town hall meetings because they “don’t work for him.” It’s near impossible to get in touch with staffers in his offices: phones are “busy,” voicemail boxes are full, and emails and letters are largely ignored. Burr’s office has called his own constituents, trying desperately to get their Senator’s attention, “out-of-state[rs]” and “lack[ing] civility and decorum” simply for voicing their opposition to his policy decisions. In the case of the phone campaign against DeVos’ nomination, Burr himself stated that the opposition was a “strategy hatched a long time ago” rather than a genuine outpouring of concern from North Carolina citizens.*
Clearly, that $43,200 means that DeVos gets Senator Burr’s attention and vote, while the citizens of North Carolina get dismissed and ignored by the person who is supposed to represent their interests.
So if money is the only thing Senator Burr listens to, let’s put our money to work!
Since we believe that what DeVos did by donating to Burr’s campaign was tantamount to bribery and unethical, we won’t be trying to buy his vote directly. But with your donation to Public School Forum of North Carolina** you’ll be supporting an organization that does important work advocating for better public education in our state’s schools. ***
Their policy work will be essential in the coming years to help protect public education in North Carolina from DeVos and the efforts of the Republican majority state legislature, whose policies have ensured that North Carolina is 47th in the nation for teacher pay and 45th in overall public school funding according to the NEA.****
We hope that by donating as much to efforts to protect NC public education from an unqualified opponent of public education like Betsy DeVos, we can send a strong message to Senator Burr: if money is the only message you understand, we’re speaking your language now.
*Betsy DeVos nomination triggers massive phone campaign in North Carolina - News and Observer
**If you want to read more about our Certified Charity, please go to NCForum.org
***This is a Certified Charity Campaign . GoFundMe deducts 7.9% + $.30 platform and payment processing fees from each donation, the rest is directly delivered to our chosen charity (Public School Forum of NC). We have no access any of the donated money. Anything we do to support this cause comes out of our own pockets
****NEA 2015 Rankings
Read about our campaign and our goals below.
Betsy DeVos gave $43,200 to Senator Richard Burr’s reelection campaign, and got a Cabinet seat in return. Meanwhile, as many North Carolina citizens know first-hand, Burr consistently fails to answer constituent concerns.
He refuses to hold town hall meetings because they “don’t work for him.” It’s near impossible to get in touch with staffers in his offices: phones are “busy,” voicemail boxes are full, and emails and letters are largely ignored. Burr’s office has called his own constituents, trying desperately to get their Senator’s attention, “out-of-state[rs]” and “lack[ing] civility and decorum” simply for voicing their opposition to his policy decisions. In the case of the phone campaign against DeVos’ nomination, Burr himself stated that the opposition was a “strategy hatched a long time ago” rather than a genuine outpouring of concern from North Carolina citizens.*
Clearly, that $43,200 means that DeVos gets Senator Burr’s attention and vote, while the citizens of North Carolina get dismissed and ignored by the person who is supposed to represent their interests.
So if money is the only thing Senator Burr listens to, let’s put our money to work!
Since we believe that what DeVos did by donating to Burr’s campaign was tantamount to bribery and unethical, we won’t be trying to buy his vote directly. But with your donation to Public School Forum of North Carolina** you’ll be supporting an organization that does important work advocating for better public education in our state’s schools. ***
Their policy work will be essential in the coming years to help protect public education in North Carolina from DeVos and the efforts of the Republican majority state legislature, whose policies have ensured that North Carolina is 47th in the nation for teacher pay and 45th in overall public school funding according to the NEA.****
We hope that by donating as much to efforts to protect NC public education from an unqualified opponent of public education like Betsy DeVos, we can send a strong message to Senator Burr: if money is the only message you understand, we’re speaking your language now.
*Betsy DeVos nomination triggers massive phone campaign in North Carolina - News and Observer
**If you want to read more about our Certified Charity, please go to NCForum.org
***This is a Certified Charity Campaign . GoFundMe deducts 7.9% + $.30 platform and payment processing fees from each donation, the rest is directly delivered to our chosen charity (Public School Forum of NC). We have no access any of the donated money. Anything we do to support this cause comes out of our own pockets
****NEA 2015 Rankings
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Eunice Chang & Lekha Shupeck
Organizer
Durham, NC
Public School Forum of North Carolina, Inc.
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