F.B.I. Is Investigating Teachers' Union Leader in Miami Area

The New York Times ^ | June 1, 2003 | STEVEN GREENHOUSE

[InterceptPoint]

"I love this union," Mr. Tornillo said.

Well who wouldn't? Great salary and an unlimited expense account.

[Drango]

What's the big deal...everybody does it. Move on...

[Mind-numbed Robot]

.... asked that teachers and the community "reserve for me the sense of fairness and presumption of innocence that our system of justice guarantees everyone."

That is for the court and the jury to do, not the members and the community. They are free to call it what it is.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[YaYa123]

Democrats + Unions = For the children.

No wonder they want to force every child to stay in public schools.
More teachers, more dues.

[Trust but Verify]

"All this just gives labor a terrible black eye,"

What's this guy talking about? It gives high-ranking union officials a black eye. The members of this union dutifully paid their dues. The head-honcho treated it like his personal piggy bank. Shame on him.

[Bonaparte]

From the St. Petersburg Times, 3/25/02

For Pat Tornillo, the raspy-voiced, white-haired Miami-Dade union leader, negotiating has come to this: Agreeing to help the struggling school district by forcing teachers to take off two days without pay.

-- while Tornillo quietly robs the teachers, the taxpayers and the students.

[Bonaparte]

You can tell him so yourself. I just did.

Pat L. Tornillo, Jr.

Ph (305) 854-0220

Fax (305) 856-2285

Pat_t@utofd.com

[Bonaparte]

More Tornillo corruption

[Bonaparte]

Thirty years ago, Tornillo sued the Miami Herald for not turning their newspaper into his personal soapbox during an election. The Floriduh Supremes upheld him, of course. And the USSC overturned them.

[VaBthang4]

SEARCH CRITERIA:
Donor name: Tornillo, Pat
Election cycle(s): 2002 2000

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Contributor	Occupation	Date	Amount	Recipient
TORNILLO, PAT MIAMI, FL 33129	UNITED TEACHERS OF D	6/8/2000	$200	Democratic National Cmte

2002 cycle data downloaded from FEC on April 28, 2003. Date of request: June 1, 2003

Contributor	Occupation	Date	Amount	Recipient
UNITED TEACHERS OF DADE-TIGER-COPE MIAMI, FL 33129		11/30/1999	$4,000	DCCC/Non-Federal Account 2

2002 cycle data downloaded from FEC on April 28, 2003. Date of request: June 1, 2003

[Bullish]

But don't forget, they did it all "for the children".

[Bonaparte]

Ah, and how much in forced dues contributions was funneled through the UTOD to the democrats?

[Bonaparte]

"...for the children..."

Stop! I'm already breaking down in tears here.

His lawyer will have Tornillo's MDs testify that this poor 77-year-old racketeer couldn't possibly survive even a light prison sentence. You can already hear the wails of sympathy as the jury passes the kleenex box.

[Bullish]

"We believe that justice will be done, and we hope what they're saying is not true, but if it is true, the federal authorities will do what they see fit."

This paragraph actually means that nothing will ever come of this investigation, no one will face any charges.

After all, these are liberal democrat, union mafia members we're talking about.

[fella]

Just the tip of another union iceberg that will be swept under the rug by the maistream media and the demonrats.

[Bonaparte]

"Each local is now expected to hire an auditing firm..."

Yeah, like Enron hired Arthur Anderson. I'll bet all those dues payers will sleep real soundly, knowing that their money is under such watchful stewardship.

[CyberAnt]

No wonder the schools don't have any money ...??

When are parents going to get fed up with these blood-suckers and kick their fannies out of school; like a charter school - where the unions don't have any authority ...?? And you wondered why the liberals don't like charter schools.

[katze]

"Sandra Feldman, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said: "I'm totally sickened by this stuff. We never had anything like this before. We have been for all these years a totally clean union.""

She may have meant to say, "We've never been caught before".