To the Editor,
George Latimer is one of our best advocates in Albany. I saw this firsthand when I was president of the Rye City Board of Education. Today, I continue to see Latimer listening to the communities he serves and standing up for our children, our schools and our local taxpayers:
• Latimer has been a leader in the fight against GEA, a program that hurts our children and drives up local property taxes by allowing Albany to rob school aid coffers and use the money for other things; he has been hard at
work to restore and protect state aid for our schools.
• He is tireless and fearless in his fight to stop Albany from imposing unfunded mandates on our schools; state mandates that drive up local taxes and divert funding away from our core educational programs.
• He remains an ardent defender against Albany and Washington, D.C., micromanaging our classrooms; Latimer supports having statewide goals and standards that give local schools and teachers the flexibility and control they need to best serve our students, making sure our children taught by educators, not legislators.
I’m voting for George Latimer because he is fighting in the best interest of our children, our schools and our local taxpayers.
Please vote on Nov. 8 for George Latimer for New York state Senate.
Josh Nathan,
Rye
