Bob, As Brian said well, the value of this endorsement is in the eye of the beholder. Some people will follow it, others will not. To each their own.
Personally, I wish the City of Saint Paul could do more to increase state funding for education. Teachers are one of the first things I would spend more money on. I appreciate the willingness of the Teacher's Union to endorse ahead of the DFL. Their endosement makes me feel that much more confident that I'm backing the right candidate. I would encourage other list members to support Tom Goldstein for Saint Paul School Board. Matt Flory Mac Groveland --- Bob Treumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Should Minnesota taxpayers and Saint Paul parents > really consider > Teacher Union endorsement of a school board > candidate to be a good thing? > > The School Board represents the city as a whole. > Do we want school board > members to feel obligated to the teachers unions? > > Unions represent the financial interests of their > own members, in this case, > employees of the school district. They > naturally want more money, more > time off, > better benefits and earlier retirement. The costs > of these benefits come > from the > taxpayers, or from reductions in other areas that > may better benefit students. > > Jeanne, could you explain in what ways the interests > of the union coincide > with the > interests of citizens, parents and students? > > At 12:14 AM 4/26/2005, Jeanne Schnitzen wrote: > > > > > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > > > > >Contact: Jeanne Schnitzen (651) 334-4756 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >St. Paul Federation of Teachers Endorses Goldstein > for > >School Board > > > >SAINT PAUL - APRIL 25 - Tom Goldstein, community > >activist, St. Paul school parent, and former > business > >owner on Grand Avenue has been officially endorsed > for > >St. Paul School Board by the St. Paul Federation of > >Teachers, Local 28 Committee on Political Education > >(COPE). > > ------------------------------------------------- > JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > ------------------------------------------------- > POST MESSAGES HERE: stpaul@mnforum.org > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your > password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: stpaul@mnforum.org To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
