California’s teachers unions, a compliant legislature and an anti-choice governor do not bode well for the state’s charter schools. Yet another group of angry teachers has made charter schools the focus of their wrath. The seven-day teacher strike, which ended in Oakland last week, was replete with typical teacher union demands like higher pay and...
Proposition 65’s infringement of free speech is wonderfully illustrated by Shanae Chester’s winning Week 28 entry featuring Jiffy Lube. How ironic is it that side by side with the Jiffy Lube pitch “Give the Gift of Peace of Mind” is a Proposition 65 warning? Apparently the price for peace of mind is cancer or birth...
Legislators in the Mountain State buckle to the teachers union. In aggregate, West Virginia’s public schools are not very good. According to the state scorecard, 88 percent of the state’s 116 high schools “do not meet standards” in math. Furthermore, the state’s eighth graders rank 45th nationwide in reading as per the 2017 National Assessment...
California’s government union leaders love their monopoly — their control over government employees, public officials and the public. So by June 27, when the Supreme Court declared in Janus v AFSCME that a “state’s extraction of agency fees from nonconsenting public sector employees violates the First Amendment,” union leaders already controlled the information field. In...
Conflating regulation with accountability, teacher union leaders continue their deceptive talking points. While it’s up for grabs who originated the saying, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it,” Alex Caputo-Pearl is certainly one of its modern-day avatars. In a recent Washington Post op-ed, the...
Week 26’s winner is Contessa Mendoza (the_barefoot_Contessa14). Her colorful pen photo wins on all counts – great picture, humorous quip, and highest social impact. Prop 65 does indeed provide a handy excuse for avoiding study, work, cleanliness and even healthy eating. Even going to the gym for a protein shake is dangerous and a cancer...
American Federation of Teachers demands justice in Saudi Arabia and compassion for the vulnerable in Syria, but in the U.S., it’s a very different story. As a way to show that they are “PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE,” Randi Weingarten and her cronies at the American Federation of Teachers have been making forays into foreign policy....
In light of the Janus decision, union rule-rigging and ensuing lawsuits continue. As the Janus case (which ultimately would give public employees a choice whether or not to pay money to a union as a condition of employment) was headed to the Supreme Court, many unions saw the writing on the wall and cooked...
What kind of world are we living in where we are warned that a superhero like Batman causes cancer? That was the question posed by Week 24’s winning entry provided by Contessa Mendoza (the_Barefoot_Contessa14). Her entry, a Batman timer, also had the highest social impact score. View this post on Instagram Holy toxic...
The horribly written, produced and directed teacher union play closed after six painful days. Like a much-ballyhooed but awful Broadway show, the Los Angeles teachers’ strike had a six-day run and no one was happy with it. Except maybe the producers. In fact, United Teachers of Los Angeles leader Alex Caputo-Pearl called the new contract...
As the teachers strike in Los Angeles entered its second week, it appeared that it would be over soon. Yesterday, online reports declared an agreement had been “hammered out,” with union members ratifying the deal late last night. Union representatives have consistently stated that more pay is not the only reason they’re striking. That’s believable. The...
Sacramento Based on his inaugural promises, early administrative appointments and first budget, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is preparing to make some type of universal healthcare coverage the centerpiece of his administration. It is unclear if he will take the single-payer route or focus mainly on expanding access for the state’s residents – including those living...
There were some excellent entries for Week #22’s Proposition 65 Contest. Once again, the final decision was made using the social impact tie breaker, making Contessa Mendoza (the Barefoot Contessa14) the week’s winner. The judges particularly liked her quip that at least in California, “Work is Hazardous to Your Health. View this post on Instagram The...
The winner of this week’s #Prop65Contestis again Shanae Chester for her marvelous and absurdly funny collage of not one, but two Proposition 65 warnings in which the solution (washing hands (presumably with soap)) to the warned activity (handling batteries) results in the exact same perils – cancer and reproductive issues. Perhaps washing in California means with water...