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Some Signs For Saturday

February 25, 2011
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Some Signs For Saturday

At the left. Tea Party in Lansing Signs Signs2 Signs3 6 alternate sign ideas.. (2 per PDF) feel free to use or modify to fit your sign ideas   Given the concentration on the education angle (Wisconsin) It might be good to point out the cost of the MESSA...

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Michigan Education Association Ads Fail Fact-Check

June 8, 2010
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Claims of ‘concessions’ and doing ‘more with less’ are unsupported, misleading or false The Michigan Education Association is airing television and radio advertisements that are misleading the public, according to Michael Van Beek, director of education policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Instead of heralding its ability...

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Arbitration? Consider Your "Decider" Carefully..

December 2, 2009
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In arbitration, a neutral third party is empowered by the parties involved, to decide the outcome of a dispute.  Somewhat resembling legal proceedings, it is generally agreed beforehand the arbitrators decision will be final. Perusing through a recent financial statement of the MEA I decided to randomly pick a...

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Horton Hears WHO???!!

October 7, 2009
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Horton Hears WHO???!!

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Michigan Teachers Should FIRE the MEA.

October 2, 2009
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While it may seem that the MEA has done great things for educators in its bludgeoning of Michigan lawmakers over the last few days, the end result might well be a snap back, that makes more glaringly obvious the over compensation of Michigan’s public school teachers.  The quest by...

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Leadership failure leads to shutdown, among other things

October 1, 2009
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Michigan has a snow day.. in September.  Yes its Cold, but not THAT type of Snow day.. Michigan Assistant House Republican Leader Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive, issued the following statement after failure of legislative leaders to reach a balanced budget agreement before the start of the 2009-2010 fiscal year:...

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More On School Employee …Perks

July 28, 2009
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More On School Employee …Perks

Not that I really expect anything to happen with Andy Dillon’s proposal, at least as long as Granholm is still governor, and on the leash of the MEA or other big labor, but it should be noted that there would likely be some significant saving by looking into the...

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Michigan Education Association Opposes Obamacare

July 17, 2009
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Michigan Education Association Opposes Obamacare

An amazing new development!  The MEA has apparently taken a stand on the efforts of the Obama administration with this quote: “This is a massive expansion of government at a time when we can’t even get the budget balanced,” said MEA spokesman Doug Pratt. “These savings aren’t here and...

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Cancer? You decide..

December 1, 2008
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Michigan in my lifetime and for a long time before has always had a large manufacturing presence.  This state has played a large part in the long term building of our Republic and supported efforts in expanding the democratic ideals throughout the world with innovative machinery built by proud...

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    Dems claims state employees 'gave back' $500 million in concessions — facts say otherwise By Tom Gantert | 2/3/2012 In 2001, the state paid $3.9 billion to 62,057 full-time employees, an average of $63,474 in total compensation for each employee. In 2011, the state paid $4.7 billion to 47,818 full-time employees, meaning total compensation per work […]
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    By James M. Hohman | 2/3/2012 The state’s teacher retirement system continues to increase burdens on taxpayers and local school districts. The costs exploded in the recent years, and without substantial reform there is no reason to expect that trend to change. http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/16387 […]

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