As election season heats up this November, outside political groups are becoming more prominent in the Flagler County School Board District 2 race between Will Furry and Courtney VandeBunte.
While political involvement in school board races, which are technically nonpartisan, has increased, VandeBunte said Furry’s proponents have taken it a step further by not only funding attack ads but also sending deceptive mailers that appear to have been sent by VandeBunte herself.
The two are vying for the District 2 seat, which covers Palm Coast and northeast Flagler County, as Janet McDonald chose not to run for reelection.
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“This is just straight up deceit,” VandeBunte said. “They are successfully tricking their voters into thinking that I put out a mailer that said that I'm going to stop parents.”
What do the mailers say?
The front of the mailer features a picture of VandeBunte and thanks her "for standing against (Gov.) Ron DeSantis and his harmful education agenda,” as well as fighting against "the parents who want to take over our schools.”
On the back, the mailer addresses various education issues, noting that VandeBunte “has courageously stood in (DeSantis') way, defending the rights of Flagler County's enlightened parents and social justice activists."
It continues that VandeBunte “...
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