On Tuesday night, Tucson Unified School District Superintendent H.T. Sanchez crowed about his endorsement by Martha McSally when she served as a panelist at the National Press Club earlier this month.
In a bizarre and rambling presentation to the TUSD Governing Board, Sanchez discussed his lobbying efforts for Davis Monthan and his visit with Board President Adelita Grijalva’s father Congressman Raul Grijalva.
The presentation included a childlike rendition of his moment of fame offered by McSally. Sanchez said McSally gave him a “shout out,” and he had to return it. “If you don’t know about the National Press Club, Google it, Bing it, Yahoo it, it is a very prestigious press outlet in the Nation’s capitol that interviews political figures, world leaders, uh, you know newsmakers, on key issues so uh, GPAC, which is out of Phoenix – their economic development arm – along with the Metro Chamber (Tucson) hosted a forum on economic development in Arizona and what are the priorities,” said Sanchez.
“So, uh, now I have to give a return shout out to Congresswoman McSally because when she was asked a question about economic development and what the federal government should do, she said, well here’s what the federal government can do and she talked a little about Perkins and about removing regulations and giving people the opportunity to start business, and trade and all these important issues. But then she said, the State needs to partner with us, and the State needs to do its work in promoting business – and then she said – umm – and you also have to go to the local level. The local level generates jobs because that’s where the new jobs are created and TUSD, which is in my district is represented here today. And she was so kind as to call me out by name. And say, we have our superintendent here H.T. Sanchez with us, and what they do in educating young men and woman, and she talked about Catalina and what they do there and she said it was crucial to economic development not just in Tucson but not just in Arizona, but in the Nation, so the event culminated in Tucson Unified School District getting that level of national recognition as opposed to the usual national recognition,” continued Sanchez.
“So we asked for a copy of the clip and they said two week so as soon as we get it – it will be up on the website,” concluded Sanchez.
The Board also voted to invite Mi Familia Vota and the Tucson League of Women Voters to come on campuses and register students to vote. Grijalva wanted to ensure that the groups would have an opportunity to register seniors this year before they graduate.