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Tag: meaBy JGillman, Section News
Elections DO have consequences.
Take for example one of the new Michigan Board of Education members, elected in 2012 for an 8 year term. Michelle Fecteau, is (according to the state's site) currently the Executive Director of the Wayne State University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors. The site also notes her position is "jointly affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers," making her recent actions straight up incestuous. As reported by EAG: "But that's not stopping one board member, Michelle Fecteau of Detroit, from using her position to try to intervene on behalf of a local labor union that's negotiating a contract with a privately-operated charter school.Emphasis mine. What a shame that the MIGOP wouldn't spend more than $265 cash and $16.95 worth of food in 2012. Charter Schools work better in many cases because the rules don't hamstring innovation and proper resource allocation. Fecteau's efforts are designed to make them fail, and drive students back to an imploding public school system.
Only 6+ more years to go with this piece of work. (2 comments) Comments >> By JGillman, Section News
As you might know, the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation is representing kindergarten teacher Miriam Chanski, and others,in a class suit against the Michigan education association.
"The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation is filing a lawsuit on behalf of Miriam Chanski and several other plaintiffs against the Michigan Education Association over the union's misreading of Michigan's right-to-work law. The union is enforcing an outdated policy referred to as the "August Window," which limits members' ability to exercise their first amendment rights to one month out of the year. .. "And elsewhere, the MEA is pushing its own rules, or at least those it sees in a contract it says must be enforced "On March 26, 2013 WB-RC officials offered a $10,000 buyout for any qualifying teacher who left the school district that year, an incentive superintendent Dan Cwayna said the district had used in the past to encourage needed staff reductions.Which brings us to last nights discussion on Hannity with Patrick Wright, and plaintiff Miriam Chanski.
By Corinthian Scales, Section News
H/t Irish By JGillman, Section News
Seriously, when the first question is "I don't know what to do", its good to have friends.
As August rounds the mid-mark, any Teachers in Michigan wishing to terminate dues paying to the union they might feel does NOT represent them should take note. The MEA is going to make it as hard as possible to consider your options. The statement by MEA President Steve Cook that the union would use "any legal means at our disposal"to work against teachers who want to leave the union outside of the August window, might backfire. Cook should note that some of those within the union might well have been willing to wait and see if the union would attempt to be more representative, given the circumstance. Instead, it doubles down, and drives home the reason that Freedom-To-Work is now law; that an out of touch overpaid political machine exists within its (the MEA's)ranks. Cook is an example of lousy leadership that has no expectation of capitulating to law or common sense with regard to the treatment of those who pay his six-figure income. OK. Fine. For those of you who feel pressured to make that decision within the next two weeks? The Mackinac Center has provided a means by which you can tell Cook to go to the back of the lunch line. A prepared and downloadable opt-out letter that tells him where to stuff it. (here is a sample I did in 30 seconds) By Corinthian Scales, Section Multimedia
"Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever" - (6 comments) Comments >> By Corinthian Scales, Section Multimedia
Meet America's campus lizard youth when confronted with their first cognitive challenge.
Epic fail. Then again, it should not come as much of a surprise.. they're programmed to fail from K-12. H/t Moonbattery (2 comments) Comments >> By Corinthian Scales, Section News
...for more tax dollar subsidy for JenniRick Snydholm's MEDC.
Spoken like true Michiganders... all it takes is other peoples money moving free markets to unnatural settings for appeasing their altruistic wants. Welcome to the Millennial generation USSA. Another big win in the column for Bill. By Corinthian Scales, Section News
The Detroit News
"We know it's important for us ... to get these young people before prospective employers," Mike Finney, CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., said Monday at Gov. Rick Snyder's 2013 Economic Summit in Cobo Center here. "We're starting to scale that up. We've got to start facilitating the connectedness to make these things happen." It's no wonder this nation is going down the drain before our very eyes. Now the self-invented Nerd persona is using our tax dollars to fill positions at Corporations are People Too with the name your studies degree Big Ed debt slaves. The Governerd has identified his BIG C as plain as day... growing Crony Capitalism
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