VETERANS OF MOUNT PLEASANT - YOU HAVE AN ENEMY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD!

At the recent League of Women's Voters sponsored, School Board Candidates "Meet and Greet", incumbent School Board member, Thomas McCabe, made a very controversial statement.  Mr. McCabe proudly announced that he had voted against the continuation of the Veterans Tax Exemption and that he did not think that the Veterans should receive the reduction.  To our knowledge, Mr. McCabe never wore the uniform of our Country.  He obviously did not have the courage to stand up and defend our Nation's Freedom, as the Veterans who reside in Mt. Pleasant have done.  Many Veterans have contacted the Blog, and said that they were truly insulted by Mr. McCabe's smug and disrespectful  attitude toward them and the sacrifices that they have made for our Country.   

While citing the need to be frugal as his reason for not supporting the Veterans exemption, Mr. McCabe seems to have no problem voting in favor of no-bid contracts or allowing the unqualified relatives of friends and fellow Board Members to be hired for patronage jobs that cost the District much more than the Veterans exemption would ever amount to.  In a District that has such a poor record of managing taxpayer’s funds, Mr. McCabe has decided to target the Veteran tax exemption as the area where he will look to “balance the District's books”.  

Veterans will have an opportunity to thank Mr. McCabe for voting against the continuation of their tax exemption on Tuesday, May 19^th, at the ballot box.  The Veterans can repay Mr. McCabe for his monumental disrespect and remove him from the School Board by voting him out of office on Tuesday.  Veterans need to unite to vote Mr. McCabe out, and to take away his ability to ever vote against the Veterans tax exemption again!

Support Mt. Pleasant’s Veterans.  Do not support Thomas McCabe.  McCabe must GO!!!