[Bernard Marx]

They can whine your wallet right out of you're back pocket..

Or figure out a sneaky underhanded way to do it. We had a local school bond election that was soundly defeated 3 times in general elections. So the teachers union somehow arranged to put it on the ballot for a minor election that was guaranteed to have a very low turnout.

My polling place was changed -- one time only! -- to the local school district office, which was quite hard to locate. I found it and voted against the measure, then watched busload after busload of union members arrive to vote. The bond passed, my property taxes have gone up accordingly, and the quality of education at local schools is worse than ever. I'm getting really tired of funding teacher retirement and perks, at least without helping our kids in the process.

[doug from upland]

Are you ready to start emailing to teachers?

[hosepipe]

[ My polling place was changed -- one time only! -- to the local school district office, which was quite hard to locate. I found it and voted against the measure, then watched busload after busload of union members arrive to vote. The bond passed, my property taxes have gone up accordingly, and the quality of education at local schools is worse than ever. I'm getting really tired of funding teacher retirement and perks, at least without helping our kids in the process. ]

Not only sneaky, but probably larcenous.. Socialism is a worm eating away at the heart of AMERICA.. especially the republican party.. is AMERICA DEAD!?.. it could be..

The worm(s) are eating noisily, and many can't smell the stink.. Yeah! even here on Free Republic.. I will know america is NOT dead.. When Free Republic(us) almost universally rises up to say, take that party outside and wash that filthy thing OFF.. and clean it up before you bring it back in HERE..