Posts Tagged ‘ Collective Bargaining ’

Kasich Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

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04/19/2011
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I’m not sure Governor John Kasich even knows what he is saying anymore. Like most republicans he has the GOP talking points engraved into his DNA. However, sometimes he says something that appears to be off script. If a staff member wrote it, Kasich should probably find him another job, if he didn’t, I...
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Ending Collective Bargaining is GOP’s First Step in Eliminating Unions

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04/06/2011
Ending Collective Bargaining is GOP’s First Step in Eliminating Unions

Only 19 days left before I leave Wisconsin and head back to Central Ohio. It’s been ironic that I have been in two of the major states trying to end collective bargaining. Recently here in Wisconsin there has been an effort to recall State Senator Sheila Harsdorf. She was a supporter of Governor Scott...
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Conservatives are Targeting Michigan Professors

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03/30/2011
Conservatives are Targeting Michigan Professors

This is amazing and rather chilling. Political operatives are trying to access several professors emails simply because they disagree with them. This is quite rare to seek academic emails under the Freedom of Information Act and can only be seen as an attempt to intimidate. The Mackinac Center For Public Policy, based in Midland,...
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Teachers Use Blogs to Teach Writing

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03/27/2011
Teachers Use Blogs to Teach Writing

I’m still up here in the frozen tundra. It has been fun to see another part of the country and to see the differences between Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ohio. In Minnesota you can make a U-Turn unless it specifically states you cannot. It’s the opposite in the land that I come from. There are...
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