Karen Felthauser, candidate for the Texas State House (District 52), has received the endorsement of Democracy for America, thanks to her campaign focusing on supporting public education, public healthcare, and the removal of the toll systems.

Personally, I’m against the removal of the tollway system (good for the economy, and helps to build those nice roads that take us from place to place); but I’ll stand beside Karen in support of public education and healthcare in this state.

It’s absolutely shocking, the amount of money taken from our public school systems each year. We’re… Well here, I’ll let Karen explain it:

Texas government has methodically stripped funding from our public school system. Texas has fallen to 40th in per pupil expenditures. We have a legislature which is intent on destroying public education through de-funding and privatization. Although our nation lags far behind other countries in science assessments, our Texas governor has announced in his bid for reelection that he supports teaching Intelligent Design as part of our science curriculum.

Did you know that, due to the sheer volume purchased, Texas, along with California, is the controlling market for textbooks in this country? That means that what Texas mandates in textbook subject matter affects what your students are exposed to. As the field director of the ultraconservative Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy puts it, “The bottom line is that Texas and California are the biggest buyers of textbooks in the country, and what we adopt is what the rest of the country gets.” For that reason alone, I would ask you to please help me win this race.

The support for healthcare within this state is terrible, as well (trust me, I’ve been dealing with state health, for years). Once again, I’ll let Karen say it, in her own words:

Our legislators’ support for health care is equally abysmal. Texas is last in the nation in the percentage of insured children. Our Child Protective Service has the highest workloads in the nation. More than 500 children in Texas died of abuse or neglect over a 2 ½-year period. Yet our representatives moved to privatize child protective services and further reduce the child protective workforce!

Although I’m not in district 52, Karen Felthauser has my support for Texas House. Were I in 52, she would have my vote!