Interim Committee Edition February 11, 2011 There is an old song by Mary Chapin Carpenter running through my brain right now: Shut Up and Kiss Me. Not quite the Valentine…
February 11, 2011. Five percent salary deductions for FRS, “Thrasher’s Revenge” threatens free speech, Contact legislators! We’ve improved our schools dramatically. Our kids’ performance is soaring, from K-12 through college.…
February 10, 2011. “Gov. Rick Scott’s proposal to change the FRS for current state employees is the same as defaulting on those obligations to the employees.” (February 08, 2011) By…
February 7, 2011 IN THIS ISSUE » Scott’s budget proposal highlights busy committee week » Check out the latest resources from FEA » A report on the way from FEA’s…
February 7, 2011. Florida newspapers align themselves with reactionary voices to join fight against teachers, police, firefighters; Editors “want Florida’s public employees to be paid on a par with those…
February 7, 2011. Survey now being conducted electronically, Results to be circulated in March. The UFF-FAU Annual Assessment of Administrators Survey is now online and open for YOUR input. This…
February 7, 2011. Senate Bill 6 to prohibit payroll dues deduction, Read full text of legislation State Sen. John Thrasher a bill today that would prohibit dues deduction for any…
February 6, 2011. “If we permit public-sector workers to be scapegoated for state and city budget crises, we all stand to lose” Richard Wolff and Max Fraad Wolff (January 28,…
February 2, 2011. “Good teachers know they don’t need tenure. There is no reason to have it except to protect those that don’t perform as they should.” –Rick Scott (January…
January 30, 2011. “At the end of the day budget cuts are completely unnecessary.” By Ray Seaman From the Daily Marion – (January 23, 2011) St. Petersburg Times columnist Howard…
