Former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen will be joined in the discussion by Ambassador Marc Grossman, former undersecretary of state for political affairs, and Andrew H. Card Jr., former chief of staff to President George W. Bush. Moderating the discussion will be Felicia Knight, president of the Knight Canney Group.
The Knight Canney Group Manages Communications for Two Successful Referendum Questions on Maine Ballot
PORTLAND, ME – The Knight Canney Group, led by political and public relations veterans Felicia Knight and Crystal Canney, served as the strategic communications partner for two of the four successful referendum questions on the Maine ballot.
Question 2 will adequately fund Maine’s public schools and Question 5 will establish Ranked Choice Voting in Maine. (Of the five citizen initiatives on the ballot, four of them passed.)
Commentary: Uninspiring presidential candidates give short shrift to Syria
By Crystal Canney
Mike Barnicle’s column in Thursday’s Daily Beast is a movingly insightful take on this year’s presidential race. For many of us desperate for an alternative to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the Gary Johnson-William Weld ticket, even at this late stage, was worth a look – until Aleppo.
Johnson, the Libertarian presidential candidate and former New Mexico governor, offered a jaw-dropping response when Barnicle asked him on MSNBC what he would do about Aleppo if elected.
2016 Data from Annual Kids Count Survey Shows Need to Stand Up For Students Greater Than Ever
Maine drops 5 places from last year to 17th in the overall rankings, 15th in education rankings
AUGUSTA, ME – Stand Up for Students, the campaign working to bring tax fairness and equal educational opportunity to all Maine students is urging Mainers to look at the latest figures for Maine in the annual Kids Count Data Book, released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Stand Up For Students Announces New PR Firm
Public relations for the Stand Up for Students campaign, a citizen initiative to increase public school funding by creating a 3 percent surtax on income above $200,000, has been taken over by the Knight Canney Group, the campaign announced Monday. The hiring of the PR firm, whose past clients include Angus King and Eliot Cutler, is a signal that the funding question on this November’s general election ballot will be the subject of an intense campaign.