Posted on 04/08/2009 7:14:47 AM PDT by lowbridge
Now roll over! Now speak!
The powerful teachers union had City Council members on a short leash this week -- crafting cue cards with questions for legislators to ask at a hearing.
It was an unusually aggressive attempt to direct the interrogation of witnesses regarding charter schools, according to City Council officials.
The TelePrompTer-like scripts were quietly hand-delivered to sympathetic members by a union rep during the hearing and contained tough, leading questions for Department of Education officials and softball inquiries for a United Federation of Teachers official.
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