1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,080 Hey guys, now that my election is done as of 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:03,920 last week, I want to say how grateful I am 3 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,160 to everyone who helped me block walk, everyone who helped 4 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:08,800 it with my campaign, everyone who helped push social media 5 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,440 for this very successful uh campaign that I just ran 6 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:12,560 and winning this runoff. 7 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,440 I am so grateful to be the Democratic nominee for 8 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:17,040 Senate District 30. 9 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,120 So I'll be on the November ballot and it's a 10 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:20,000 wonderful feeling. 11 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,840 I'm gonna stand here and continue to fight against the 12 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:23,280 school voucher scam. 13 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,760 I'm gonna try to help uh fix our broken healthcare 14 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,200 system and so much more. 15 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,960 I am now facing uh a Republican in the next 16 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:32,240 election in November. 17 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:33,760 His name is Brent Hagen Boo. 18 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:36,080 It seems he has some residency issues, so we're gonna 19 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:37,600 investigate and see what happens there. 20 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,680 He is also pro voucher, so I want to make 21 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:41,360 sure that everyone understands that. 22 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,080 Unfortunately, the governor has recently said that he believes that 23 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:45,840 he is now going to have the votes that it 24 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,400 takes in order to pass school vouchers in Texas. 25 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,440 He released this uh recently after this past runoff. 26 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:55,280 Uh I just want to express how it makes this 27 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,440 election so consequential. 28 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,760 If the school voucher scam was to pass, it will 29 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,240 be the final analyticoin for our public schools. 30 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,120 Lest I remind everyone that we've lost 40% of our 31 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,360 school staff in the past two years as it is, 32 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:08,880 because of the fact that the way we fund our 33 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,120 ISD has been refactored in the past decade, where it 34 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,600 now depends more on our property taxes more than direct 35 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,000 funding from the state, which is a lopsided way of 36 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,960 funding our ISDs and completely needless considering we have a 37 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:21,440 massive surplus right now, which is a good problem to 38 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:21,680 have. 39 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,320 We have a surplus where we can pay for our 40 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:27,280 infrastructure, pay for our roads, pay for our public education, 41 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,000 yet yet they continue to push the school voucher scam 42 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:34,160 as specifically sacrifices public education funding. 43 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,960 So please make sure you understand who is for and 44 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:38,640 against school vouchers. 45 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,400 Understand that it's really gonna matter in this coming election. 46 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,880 So every time the governor says he has uh uh 47 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:46,960 the needed votes in order to pass the school voucher 48 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,440 scam, make sure that you understand just how important it 49 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,440 is that we push hard now in this next November 50 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,040 election, which I look forward to. 51 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:54,160 I'll be on the ballot. 52 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:55,840 Again, for those who don't know, my name is Dale 53 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:56,480 Frey. 54 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,000 You can learn more about me at frayfortexas.com. 55 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,160 That's F-R-E-Y for Texas.com. 56 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,240 I look forward to continuing to fight for the Democratic 57 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,400 cause and supporting our public school teachers.