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Will the Teachers Unions Ever Learn? ( Maryland )
Townhall ^ | Feb 03, 2015 | Armstrong Williams

Posted on 02/03/2015 8:30:25 AM PST by george76

In November the frustrations of Maryland’s voters with their state’s failed Democrat leadership finally boiled over and provided Larry Hogan an upset victory over the Democrat’s chosen candidate Lt. Governor Anthony Brown. It would be easy to dismiss this victory as the revenge of Maryland’s far rural parts if places like Howard County, a bedroom community of both Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD, hadn’t also elected new Republican leadership. It’s obvious this election had deeper meaning: voters clearly repudiated the Democrats and their cronies’ failed leadership and commitment to business as usual.

Yet, some in Maryland think they can continue down the same path despite a clear message from voters. To watch this hubris and tone deafness in action, one only needs to look at the Howard County Education Association—the union representing Howard County’s teachers. Last summer I introduced readers to the self-dealing head of the union, Paul Lemle..

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Lemle and HCEA the record only gets worse.

A motion filed last week by Paul Lemle in Howard County Circuit Court offers supporting documents that provide the reader a glimpse into a union chief who seeks to use extraordinary means to achieve his objectives. According to the motion, Lemle is seeking to prevent the Board of Education from reporting that he was found to have violated the school system’s ethics policy. Lemle wants to keep the ethics finding secret because he fears it will hurt his re-election as union chief.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Pennsylvania; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: hcea; lemle; maryland; teachers; teachersunions; unions

1 posted on 02/03/2015 8:30:25 AM PST by george76
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Ping!


2 posted on 02/03/2015 8:37:09 AM PST by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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To: george76; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


3 posted on 02/03/2015 8:33:10 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Je suis Charlie, you miserable Islamist throwbacks!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It’s obvious this election had deeper meaning: voters clearly repudiated the Democrats and their cronies’ failed leadership and commitment to business as usual.

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Yep! This Lemle sounds like a typical arrogant leftist.

The new governor’s State of the State is today, BTW. Got it slated for the DVR.


4 posted on 02/04/2015 6:12:49 AM PST by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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