Voting Records Show Shami Often a No-show at Polls
Gubernatorial candidate Farouk Shami is counting on your votes to put him in office, but records show his own voting history is inconsistent. He doesn't cast ballots that often, and when he does, he doesn't vote as a Democrat.
Shami voted in the 1996, 2002 and 2004 general elections, according to Montgomery County Elections Administrator Carol Gaultney, but skipped the 2006 and 2008 general elections, missing chances to vote for Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman (to whom he donated $24,400) and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who Shami has called his inspiration. "That's the man, that ...
Comments (3)
DianeJay
I think if you are going to do an unbiased story you need to do a full disclosure on the other candidates voting record, and their contributions.
castle
Fantastic headline!
KT
@DianeJay Read to the end of the story and the other major candidate's voting record was disclosed and discussed. Given that Kinky Friedman is expected to exit the Governor's race and the rest of the remaining candidates are marginal at best, what you are calling for has been written about in this story.