House candidate McKenzie gets civil rights endorsements
August 15, 2008 at 3:22 pm by Wayne GarciaCharles McKenzie is a Democrat trying to unseat brand-new state Rep. Darryl Rouson in District 55, including St. Pete south of Central and parts of Bradenton, Sarasota and Hillsborough, and logged three new endorsements today.
This from the campaign:
Three additional civil rights organizations have announced their support of Charles S. McKenzie, Jr. in the House District 55 race. The Florida Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW PAC), Equality Florida PAC and the Suncoast Stonewall Democrats have announced their support of McKenzie. McKenzie was also endorsed by the Stonewall Democrats of Pinellas County a few weeks ago. These endorsements come on the heels of two large newspaper endorsements this past week, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
In their recommendation of McKenzie, the Tampa Tribune praised McKenzie’s record of community activism and his service in defense of civil rights. According to the Tampa Tribune recommendation, “McKenzie has an impressive civil rights resume.”
Upon hearing news of the endorsements, McKenzie said, “My life has been committed to protecting civil rights and rooting out discrimination wherever it exists. I do not believe the law should ever discriminate against anyone and I will work to see that all people are treated fairly and with dignity and respect in the eyes of the law.”
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August 15th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
McKenzie = a good man
Today I am even more proud that I cast an absentee ballot for him.