Article about my student support

Hi Everybody!

Here's a link to a story in The Maneater (MU's student newspaper) about my recent endorsement by several student leaders from the district's three campuses (Columbia College, MU and Stephens).

http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2008/4/1/students-support-spence/

I'm pretty excited about the story. Too many candidates and elected officials talk a lot about supporting our schools and forget about the students. The other day, there was actually a comment on a blog post, saying, "Seeking endorsements from students who don't even come from Columbia and probably won't even be here in the future seems irrelevent."

The poster later came back to say that his/her words were being twisted. But you can read them for yourself and it seems pretty plain what was meant.

http://blogs.columbiatribune.com/politics/2008/03/spence_touts_backing_of_democr.html

That viewpoint doesn't make much sense to me. How can Columbia reap the rewards of the student population and not give their opinions equal weight? I can understand that people who are older or who have lived here longer offer a different perspective, but that doesn't make it better than what the students have to offer.

So, I say thank you to all of the students -- leaders and everyone else -- who has gotten behind my campaign. I appreciate you, and you can be sure your opinions and needs will always carry weight with me.

- sean

Sean Spence
Candidate, Missouri's 25th House District
www.SpenceCampaign.com
seanspence@earthlink.net
573-823-1308 (mobile)