Hi Tom,<br> <br>As you know, I'm the president of the Idaho Federation of Teachers, and we have most of our members in higher ed. You should give directly to those who are running ads against the Luna bills.<br><br>My next column is on union "bosses," the Luna bills, and the Chicago Teachers strike. I cannot think of any more unlikely "bosses" than Penni and I.<br>
<br>Nick<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Sue Hovey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com" target="_blank">suehovey@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>The President is Penni Cyr (MHS librarian and Nationally Certified
Teacher) and the address is </div>
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<div>Idaho Education Association</div>
<div>620 N. 6th St. PO Box 2638</div>
<div>Boise, ID 83701</div>
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<div>Sue Hovey </div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="moscowcares@moscow.com" href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com" target="_blank">Moscow Cares</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 26, 2012 6:26 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">Sunil Ramalingam</a> </div>
<div><b>Cc:</b> <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision 2020</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Romney: Unions shouldn’t
donate</div></div></div>
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<div>Very well stated, Sunil.</div>
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<div>As a side-note . . . </div>
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<div>Do any of you fine V-Peeps know the address and name of the Idaho teachers
union? In response to Romney's comments "Moscow Cares" would like to make
a contribution in Mitt Romney's name.</div>
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<div>"Moscow Cares" encourages others to do likewise.<br><br>Seeya at the polls,
Moscow, because . . .
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<div>"Moscow Cares"</div>
<div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div>
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<div>Tom Hansen</div>
<div>Moscow, Idaho</div>
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<div>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The
college students are not very active in local elections (thank
goodness!)."</div>
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<div>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</div>
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<div><br>On Sep 26, 2012, at 6:18 AM, Sunil Ramalingam <<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">This from the man who also notes (correctly, under law) that
corporations are persons. So, to put the quote below in context, there should
be no labor counterweight to corporate election campaign spending. It should
be one-sided.<br><br>That's what the legislative actions in Wisconsin were all
about.<br><br>Sunil<br><br>
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From: <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a><br>Date: Wed,
26 Sep 2012 06:11:22 -0700<br>To: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>Subject:
[Vision2020] Romney: Unions shouldn’t donate<br><br>
<div>Courtesy of today's (September 26, 2012) Spokesman-Review.</div>
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<font size="3"><span>Romney: Unions shouldn’t donate</span></font></h1></div>
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<div><span>NEW YORK – Mitt Romney said Tuesday that teachers unions should not
be allowed to contribute to political campaigns because their financial
backing tips the negotiation process away from the interests of
students.</span></div>
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<div><span>“We simply can’t have a setting where the teachers unions are able
to contribute tens of millions of dollars to the campaigns of politicians and
then those politicians, when elected, stand across from them at the bargaining
table, supposedly to represent the interest of the kids. I think it’s a
mistake,” Romney said during an appearance at NBC’s Education
Nation.</span></div>
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<div><span>Romney said Democrats reap the benefit from these contributions,
and that children suffer because the unions represent the interests of
teachers, not students.</span></div>
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<div>------------------------------------<br><br>Seeya at the polls, Moscow,
because . . .
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<div>"Moscow Cares"</div>
<div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div>
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<div>Tom Hansen</div>
<div>Moscow, Idaho</div>
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<div>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The
college students are not very active in local elections (thank
goodness!)."</div>
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