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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (8981)5/8/2005 4:02:57 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
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If you're unaware of the type of group-think that goes on in teachers' unions, read about the backlash that one veteran teacher is facing from her colleagues just because she taped a commercial supporting Governor Schwarzenegger's education reform plan. Apparently, her words can be discounted because she is....gasp!....a Republican!

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Stone's prominent position in promoting the governor's agenda has drawn scorn in her hometown school, where she regularly receives derogatory notes and the cold shoulder.

Nevertheless, Stone makes no apologies nor does she back off her unflinching endorsement of Schwarzenegger's controversial spending, tenure and merit pay proposals.

But Franchini, executive director of the Torrance Teachers Association, said the governor's plans would hurt students if left unchecked, and he suggested Stone's status as a player in South Bay Republican Party politics motivated her unpaid pitches on the radio and in newspaper ads.
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And I suppose that there are absolutely no teachers who are active for Democrats in California. Is it an illusion that a high fraction of the delebates every four years to the Democratic convention are teachers? Should their opinions be ignored simply because they are political activists?

posted by Betsy Newmark

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