Tell Mike Stone To Donate His Poker Money To Local Teachers

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Tell Representative Mike Stone To Donate His Poker Money To Local Teachers:

After receiving $4,000 from an indicted video poker executive, Mike Stone saw no reason at all to give the money away. But that’s no surprise. After all, it was Stone who organized a closed door meeting with lawmakers and gambling executives, and it was Stone who got caught by the News and Observer with illegal video poker machines in his grocery store!

Because of the budget cuts that Mike Stone voted for, schools don’t have the textbooks and other critical supplies they need, so teachers are having to find the money elsewhere. There’s a new site called Donors Choose that allows individual teachers to request funding for specific classroom projects. Usually it’s a set of new books or materials that enhance the learning experience for their students.

Sign our petition calling on Mike Stone to donate the $4000 of gambling money to local teachers who need the money for projects in their classrooms NOW.

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Background

After the State Bureau of Investigations announced a criminal investigation into campaign contributions to lawmakers from the gambling industry, most legislators donated the money to charity.

But not State Representative Mike Stone. He kept the money and has refused to donate it or return the money.

There’s a new site called Donors Choose that allows individual teachers to request funding for specific classroom projects. Usually it’s a set of new books or materials that enhance the learning experience for their students.

Right now in Lee and Harnett Counties – the same ones Stone claims to represent – there are 11 projects that local teachers have submitted, which need a total of $6,863 in additional funding. With his $4,000 in gambling money, Stone could completely pay for 8 of these projects and make a real impact on the lives of students.

Sign our petition urging Mike Stone to donate his gambling money directly to local teachers who are trying to improve their classrooms.