Posted on 11/13/2013 9:29:17 AM PST by george76
Voters slammed on the brakes last week, rejecting Amendment 66, a $1 billion across-the-board income tax hike, and three heavily-subsidized union school board candidates. Instead, voters gave reform candidates the green light.
Jeffco voters elected three conservative school board candidates Julie Williams, John Newkirk and Ken Witt – all of whom opposed Amendment 66.
Williams, Newkirk and Witt, who campaigned as the “WNW” ticket, will now hold a majority on the five-member school board that includes union-cozy incumbents Lesley Dahlkemper and Jill Fellman, whose terms end in 2015. The new trio is expected to take office on Nov. 21.
Forty-eight hours after Tuesday’s election, Jefferson County School District Superintendent Cindy Stevenson emotionally announced her resignation after serving 12 years, effective July 30 at the end of her annual contract.
Reform candidates Williams, Newkirk and Witt campaigns managed on a shoestring budget compared to their opponents Tonya Aultman-Bettridge, Jeff Lamontagne and Gordon “Spud” Van de Water, whose campaigns were fueled by unions
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the board will likely reassess “some of the items in the collective bargaining agreement that are serving union interests rather than working to help kids in the classroom.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thecoloradoobserver.com ...
“NO ONE in NY has the nickname “Spud” and he didn’t “move” - they threw his @ss out.”
How about “Mac?’ Every cabbie in NYC has “a friend named Mac.”
I will have to remember that one the next time someone from “flyover country” accuses the California “ transplants” of ruining their state.
Every cabbie in NY has a friend named Mohammad.
“Every cabbie in NY has a friend named Mohammad.”
And, he himself is Mohammed! Times have changed in NYC. No citizens drive cabs anymore.
Thank you for the ping lp! Hope you are doing very well! mile hi was saying something about this the other day on another thread. Will read now. Nice to see some bright spots in an often bleak picture.
Imagine that!
Yes, it is very nice to see some bright spots.
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