Yes, the the president of the MEA sent a letter to its members more or less suggesting that we prepare for a work stoppage. One has not been called for, and a strike will not, I repeat, will not be demanded of us public school employees. The irony is that House Speaker Jase Bolger called it "shameful for the MEA to put the union's interest ahead of children." Cutting per pupil spending by 470 dollars, and more in some districts, is thinking of the children? Districts are looking to cut anywhere from 15 million to 20 million from their budgets because our Governor and his Republican lead legislature are not putting children ahead of business, and that is a fact. So shame on you Mr. Bolger. Next, I have to ask why Michael Van Beek, the Director of Educational Policy for Mackinac Center, (whatever the hell that is), has any say in what is going on in public education, when he has absolutely no experience as a public educator? He may have degrees, he may have taught, but according to the bio I read, he has no experience as a public school educator. And next, colleges are paying more to retain good people, guess they are trying to be more like the private sector as has been asked, hurray for them! Finally, I will miss Bob Herbert's column in the New York Times, he says what I have been saying, the middle class, the working class? Going, going gone. And the poor? Our governor doesn't care about the poor, and that's a fact. Wake up and smell the coffee as Ann Landers used to say, because if you don't, and real soon, if you are middle class you are going to be poor, and if you are poor, well, what's poorer? Dead? I'm not kidding. If you're wealthy? Don't worry, the gov likes you.
Rosemary
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