That article does not sound accurate.
But nevertheless the unions are nuts if they think they are going to get more from the voters than from the governor.
However, the real purpose is to find new cadres to carry the state for the RATS next election.
If they come up with the 231,000 signatures in time, the matter will go to a referendum in November, 2011. The results of that referendum vote will give us a real good idea of how we stand for 2012. I’m not sure what you find inaccurate about the article incidentally.