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Anti-Taxpayer Write-In Campaign Fizzles In Pa.
BillLawrenceOnline.Com ^

Posted on 12/02/2011 8:19:21 AM PST by Tribune7

An attempt by the teachers' union for a guerrilla victory in the West Chester Area School Board race was found to have fizzled when the dust cleared and the votes were counted.

When conservative Republicans running on a platform that put concern for elderly or unemployed property taxpayers ahead of teacher-union interests won in the spring primary, union supporters launched an unconventional and expensive write-in campaign to take the board.

The West Chester Area is a strong Republican area and winning on the GOP ballot is considered a shoo-in for a municipal election.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer described West Chester VOTE as an "independent slate" and a "movement of moderate Republican, Democrats and independents" LOLOL

They were more lefty than the real Democrats in the race.

1 posted on 12/02/2011 8:19:29 AM PST by Tribune7
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Mo1; Ciexyz; ...

ping

And if any Wisconsin people should come across this post hopefully you can see that this recall strategy adopted by they left might turn out to give us a rope-a-dope victory next year.


2 posted on 12/02/2011 8:22:52 AM PST by Tribune7 (Perry, Newt, Cain or Santorum)
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I love that the unions come up with these ridiculous schemes to backdoor Commies into office. They spend tons of cash and get nothing out of it. So they got one guy on the board. He will be steamrolled by the rest. Keep it up unions. Pretty soon you will be totally broke.


3 posted on 12/02/2011 8:27:36 AM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Lazlo in PA
Keep it up unions. Pretty soon you will be totally broke.

Not just that but candidates will soon stop being afraid of them -- and the old media.

4 posted on 12/02/2011 8:45:44 AM PST by Tribune7 (Perry, Newt, Cain or Santorum)
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