Brandon Michon has my number one vote in the May 21 primary

Dear Editor:

COVID opened the eyes of thousands of parents around the U.S. to the sad state of the American Public Education System. School Board meetings that used to be snooze fests became headline news.

Parents began organizing groups so that their voices could be amplified, a voice that has been all but silent in recent decades. 

I first saw Brandon Michon on television last year while I still lived in Oklahoma. He had said what many parents across the country had been thinking regarding their school boards during COVID. 

I remember thinking that this passionate father was speaking for so many of us out in the country who were struggling with children learning from home over zoom and juggling our regular jobs and the discovery that what our children were learning was minimal at best and damaging at worst.

We moved out to Loudoun County late last year, and I started following the 10th Congressional District Republican candidates. There are a lot of them, and I believe most of them are outstanding people with great intentions. 

However, I was undecided as for whom I would cast my number one vote in the firehouse primary on May 21, until about a month ago. I was at a Moms For Liberty meeting, and Brandon was there to speak about his candidate platform. Brandon believes the best way to beat Jennifer Wexton and provide the most assistance to families is to focus on the three things that affect us all: education, safety, and the economy.

Brandon has won my vote because he has an actual plan to make education better in this country. A plan to focus on literacy and education remediation is something many of us are concerned about and don’t hear nearly enough. He has won my vote that night because he specifically discussed the need for financial literacy programs to be taught at younger ages. I’ll take teaching my child about balancing a checkbook and the difference between a debit and credit card over gender ideology and socialist flavored propaganda.

Brandon appreciates what law enforcement, border patrol, and the military do to keep us safe. In addition, his background in finance from his time in New York City makes him uniquely qualified to understand the complexities of the economy.

Brandon has my number one vote because he has well-thought-out ideas on how to improve government areas that will make my everyday life easier.

Kathleen J. Anderson

Ashburn