As tens of thousands sign MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan's petition to " help get money out of politics" (on the federal level), we wanted to know if there were any "bought politicians" on the local level? Who's donating to our local leaders campaign, and how much?
Read the article and share your opinion.
The floor is open!
I'm very uncomfortable with the teachers union relationship with the school board. This is wrong.
ReplyDeleteIf you're uncomfortable about that, how do you feel about school board members having a family member working for the district?
ReplyDeleteInteresting how the names of the donors are a who’s who of local businesses, and companies / individuals who do business with the local governments.
ReplyDeleteTake the Friends of Valley View, as board members, they will be voting on the next union contract with the teachers; negotiated with the union that donated $ 10,650 to the Friends of Valley View. Just a quick reminder the Friends of Valley View are Quigley, Gougis, Hansen, and Venagas.
Look at the donations for Quigley,
Tressler $ 750 – the law firm that does over $ 140,000 a year with the School District.
Wight & Co $ 250 – are they still doing business with the district? This is the firm that built Bolingbrook High School.
Now as Rhonda mentioned in the write-up these are donations for a non-paying positions. Take a close look at the donations for the people running our local and state taxing bodies.
Does anyone really think that these elected officials can be impartial when dealing with their campaign contributors?
Really???? What makes you think they can? I for one do not believe they can.
Does anything think that a school board member can be impartial when negotiating a contract that a family member will benefit from?
ReplyDeleteTo Anonymous 11:45am:
ReplyDeleteIf a school board member's spouse is employed as a teacher with the district, that individual should always abstain from voting on teachers' union contracts. Easy does it.
But when the majority of the school board(5 of 7) are receiving money from the teachers' union, we have a serious problem.
It's wrong.
Both scenarios are completely different.
Legal,
ReplyDeleteHow many times has Campbell and Curran abstained from voting on issues that pertain to teachers?
Legal not responding must mean that the answer is ZERO.
ReplyDeleteCampbell and Curran both have direct relationships with the teachers union but for some reason, that is ignored by the this blog and others.
Makes one wonder why. Kickbacks? Under the table deals?