<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-e383a454-0627-2f49-0dc2-050c396a3f19"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:1pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4"><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Fellow Riverdale Park citizens:  Here is background information about County </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Executive candidate Donna Edward, with her progressive platform priorities. </span></font></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:1pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4"><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:1pt"><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,83,148);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Donna Edwards Delivers...</span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(61,133,198);background-color:rgb(255,255,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;line-height:1.2;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(61,133,198);background-color:rgb(255,255,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As a Congresswoman</span><span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span></h1><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Stood up to NRA to pass the Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Launched the After-School Supper Program for Maryland’s students</span></p></li></ul><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted 400 community events, including:    </span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:1pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Town Halls and School visits</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:1pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">College, Trade School and Job Fairs</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:1pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Senior Citizen Expos</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:1pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Home Foreclosure Workshops</span></p></li></ul></ul><h1 dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;line-height:1.2;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(61,133,198);background-color:rgb(255,255,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As a National Health Care Leader</span></h1><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Prohibited excessive insurer rate hikes under Obamacare</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Covered 100,000 uninsured county residents (1 in 10)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fought against price-gouging by prescription drug companies</span></p></li></ul><h1 dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;line-height:1.2;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(61,133,198);background-color:rgb(255,255,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Raised to be a Service Leader</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Donna’s Dad served in the US Air Force, teaching her about duty, sacrifice and the call to public service. Donna attended 14 schools during her Dad’s career, until the family finally settled in Oxon Hill where she’s lived for 35 year.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Donna was the first in her family to graduate college, from Wake Forest University. After working at Goddard Space Flight Center as a technical writer, Donna went to the University of New Hampshire Law School to earn her J.D. degree.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;line-height:1.2;margin-top:30pt;margin-bottom:1pt"><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,83,148);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Donna Will Fight for Us as County Executive</span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;line-height:1.2;margin-top:22pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,0);background-color:rgb(60,120,216);font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fight </span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(61,133,198);background-color:rgb(255,255,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> For Our Schools</span></h1><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Return to All-Elected School Board to return accountable to voters </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Keep top teachers with regionally competitive pay</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Shift central office funds down to classrooms to cut class size  </span></p></li></ul><h1 dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;line-height:1.2;margin-top:22pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,0);background-color:rgb(60,120,216);font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fight </span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(61,133,198);background-color:rgb(255,255,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> For Economic Fairness</span></h1><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:7pt;margin-bottom:7pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Enact a minimum wage of $15/hour</span></h1></li></ul><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:7pt;margin-bottom:7pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Expand youth summer jobs and labor apprenticeship programs</span></h1></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Stand up to President Trump and protect our values</span></p></li></ul><h1 dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;line-height:1.2;margin-top:22pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,0);background-color:rgb(60,120,216);font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fight </span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(61,133,198);background-color:rgb(255,255,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to Make Developers Pay Their Fair Share</span></h1><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Make developers pay impact fees for schools, roads and other public needs</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Make developers compensate affected neighborhoods with community benefits</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:16pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Enact public campaign financing to stop favoritism to wealthy donors</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:1pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,83,148);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Donna won’t take a dime from developers... </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:large;line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:1pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,83,148);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">She is beholden only to the public interest! </span></p><br></span></div>
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