tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627412041711715960.post7325325496261022224..comments2024-01-02T07:29:21.294-05:00Comments on The Other Side of Town.......: Public sector unions & budget crises...a homework assignmentP. C. Poppycockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335807522731553538noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627412041711715960.post-58694876568517681442010-01-22T16:39:17.627-05:002010-01-22T16:39:17.627-05:00Firing Air Traffic Controllers created a temporary...Firing Air Traffic Controllers created a temporary inconvenience. Firing other sorts of public employees would be no problem were it called for either for budgetary or performance reasons.<br /><br />And the Teachers Unions are an especially troubling case because they go beyond work rules and compensation arrangements to actually defining the end product and service to be performed.<br /><br />Baldy just last night announced yet another education initiative which puts the teachers union in Maine right at center stage in defining curriculum. More power in Augusta over the schools in concert with the teachers unions can not be good for Maine.<br /><br />You can bet all that you have and will ever have that the China, India and Asia will not hand over their education systems to unions. If unions are allowed to continue to call the shots, America's young people will be passed by the peers in other growing economies.frenostathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13406183240751332424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627412041711715960.post-25738576657423488752010-01-22T08:33:10.793-05:002010-01-22T08:33:10.793-05:00I'm sending a copy of this article to all of t...I'm sending a copy of this article to all of the Brunswick School Board members with a short message.<br /><br />Let's see if they have the cohonies to stand up for the taxpayers of Brunswick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com