Ron Margiotta linking Susan Evans and the Rev. William Barber in campaign mailer

We're getting an idea about what Wake County school board chairman Ron Margiotta meant by "take the gloves off" in response to the attacks from the 527 groups.

In this new campaign mailer hitting mailboxes today, Margiotta asks "Why Does Rev. William Barber Want YOU to Vote for Susan Evans?" The answer on the other side of the mailer is "Because They Have the Same Agenda..."

The mailer has side-by-side pictures of Evans and Barber, president of the state NAACP.

"Susan Evans and Rev. William Barber want your child's school assignment to be determined by their socio-economic diversity policy," the mailer says.

The flier says that despite the protests and demonstrations, the school board "had the courage to change the diversity policy to reduce forced busing and mandatory school assignments." It goes on to say that "parents will now have the choice to send their children to neighborhood schools."

"Susan Evans and Rev. William Barber want to stop parental choice and mandate where your child will attend school," the mailer reads.

The mailer closes with the words "On October 11th send a message by voting AGAINST Susan Evans and the liberal groups who support her."

(I'm going to focus now on blogging about the more recent mailers attacking Margiotta and the board majority.)