tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post8037205744373869394..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: UNITY'S GENE MANN MAKES THE CASE AGAINST SENATOR FLANAGANJeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-29804203755998058772016-11-09T11:45:53.746-05:002016-11-09T11:45:53.746-05:00Any documents or breakdowns of like a COPE audit? ...Any documents or breakdowns of like a COPE audit? Can we see some transparency of how it is used?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-70839787124607754542016-10-30T21:01:05.138-04:002016-10-30T21:01:05.138-04:00I agree that the NY Senate Republicans have done n...I agree that the NY Senate Republicans have done nothing for us but remember the NY Republican Assembly Members came to our defense during the 2015 Budget Process where Cuomo rammed the 2015 Education Transformation Act through at the last minute. GOP AMs such as Steve McLaughlin, James Tedisco, Al Graf, Edward Ra and others stood up against CC, APPR, High Stakes Testing while the Democratic AMs held their noses and voted yes.<br /><br />in the Senate it was quite different. The Democratic Senators such as George Latimer and others were our heroes while the Republicans were aligned with Cuomo and his destructive ed policies.<br /><br />Our unions need to support those candidates, Democrat or Republican, who stand up for public education, public school teachers, and students and pull back on support for those politicians who don't have the backbone to do the right thing.<br /><br />MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-37376412226961644432016-10-25T11:45:56.013-04:002016-10-25T11:45:56.013-04:00I could understand NYSUT giving COPE money to indi...I could understand NYSUT giving COPE money to individual Republicans who support public education. However, the Republican caucus under Flanagan has done nothing for us. They do not deserve our dollars.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-21779780780956593822016-10-25T10:50:08.704-04:002016-10-25T10:50:08.704-04:00DeBlasio is responsible for this. If it were a tea...DeBlasio is responsible for this. If it were a teacher, the kid wouldn't have been arrested or suspended. Don't even try to take a cellphone - its their Mayor DeBlasio right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-91488206631505123882016-10-25T09:30:55.091-04:002016-10-25T09:30:55.091-04:00We were told at our CNY region 45 NYSUT meeting la...We were told at our CNY region 45 NYSUT meeting last night (by VOTE COPE organizers) that VOTE COPE must contribute to all parties in order to "get a seat at the table." In other words, we pay to play. I don't doubt that this is the way politics works, but who determines how much money will give us a voice? Is $100K the minimum to talk to the Senator? Why does NYSUT bother to endorse ANY candidate if we're going to pay for access regardless of their stance on issues?<br /><br />Pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-63600344148355754942016-10-25T05:25:32.312-04:002016-10-25T05:25:32.312-04:00A high-schooler pummeled the principal of a Lower ...A high-schooler pummeled the principal of a Lower Manhattan public school Monday, after the educator demanded he turn down the music on his head phones, police said.<br /><br />Luis Penzo, 18, was walking through the Manhattan Early College School for Advertising, in Murry Bergtraum High School on Pearl St., around noon Principal Matthew Tossman, 36, told him to turn down the music and take off his head phones, cops said.<br /><br />Penzo put the head phones on the floor. Tossman bent to pick them up and the student started punching him in the head, cops said. Penzo faces a felony assault charge.<br /><br />Earlier this month, cops caught a 16-year-old student carrying a handgun in his backpack as he entered the Murry Bergtraum campus, which is located a block away from 1 Police Plaza.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-17052753875560309332016-10-24T19:54:47.937-04:002016-10-24T19:54:47.937-04:00By the way, why isn't the UFT holding their ye...By the way, why isn't the UFT holding their yearly meeting with ATRs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-87486397720644730502016-10-24T05:04:25.915-04:002016-10-24T05:04:25.915-04:00Sounds like the UFT is currying favor and preparin...Sounds like the UFT is currying favor and preparing a sacrifice. ATRs? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com