Posted on 09/28/2014 1:29:42 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
When Wisconsin governor Scott Walker signed a law curbing the power of public sector unions in his state in 2011, Democrats warned that public schools would suffer terribly. But one year after the law had taken effect--and in the midst of a recall campaign that was driven entirely by the backlash to the law--Democratic candidate Tom Barrett could not name a single school hurt by Walker's reforms.
When Mary Burke, the Democrat challenging Walker in 2014, was asked last month by THE WEEKLY STANDARD if she could name any schools hurt by Walker's reforms, she replied with an anecdote about just one:
The superintendent [of] that school is now calling Burke's story "unfair" and "misleading." In a September 19 letter, Superintendent Mary Pfeiffer asked Burke to cease and desist from telling the story...I am concerned about whether we are going to be able to attract and retain and keep good people in our schools, she said. And I do see this. A man I talked to not too long ago, Jim from Neenah, was telling me about his daughter who graduated from UW-Eau Claire in education. She had two job offers: one in a school district in Minnesota, one in her hometown of Neenah. Guess which one shes taking?
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A Neenah school board member told TWS that every position has "a couple hundred applications" and the district was able to raise the starting wage for teachers because of Walker's reforms (known as Act 10):
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Because of Act 10, Lehman said, the district reopened two elementary schools that had been closed after earlier budget cuts. Budget constraints were forcing the district to lay off 10 to 12 teachers each year. How many teachers have been laid off since Walkers Act 10? None, said Lehman.
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Good in theory. In practice? Not in, ‘The People’s Republik of Madistan’ nor, ‘The People’s Republik of Milwaukeestan.’
Those idiots Libs vote SOLELY on the ‘D’ after a candidates name. I could run my cat as a Dem and she’d get elected in those two counties.
The rest of our state is semi-sane. :)
An enterprising conservative capitalist might consider opening a branch of KAA there. Kool-Aid Anonymous...
Then again, you’re right. the Kool aid addicted are both broke and too arrogant to admit they are powerless over their addiction to the stuff.
Best take off and nuke them from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure ;)
It is often the case that public school teachers/administrators equate their own welfare (pay, benefits, etc) to how well their schools are doing. They tend to mention the welfare of their students only in passing. Quality of education should be their first priority.
Hard to argue with that! Give me 20 minutes to bug out before you push the red button, though, would ya? LOL!
Or any citizen with a YouTube account.
Where’s her apology?
Hah!
Apology?
From a Democrat?
Surely you jest!
It’s in their DNA. Liars become liberals and democRATS by default.
I’d vote for your cat over any of the dems running! :-)
Hey, Mary Burke:
Neenah, Neenah, Neenah!
Her platform: “Tuna in every bowl! Free Catnip for all!”
Oops! Looks like my cat IS a Demo-cat, LOL!
LOL!
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