Political Buzz - 81,000-member WEA endorses Gregoire

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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Posted by Niki Sullivan @ 04:04:26 pm

Surprising no one, the Washington Education Association endorsed Gov. Chris Gregoire for governor today.

They've got 81,000 members across the state in elementary through higher education. In a press release, they praised Gregoire's commitment to education, saying she managed in a supplemental budget year to squeeze $105 million more for education.

But wait, there's more:
"Last week, members of the WEA Political Action Committee (WEA-PAC) unanimously recommended Gregoire for a second term. They also recommended Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg for state attorney general and state Rep. Jim McIntire for state treasurer. Recommendations for other statewide offices are pending. "

Categories: Governor, Campaign news, Attorney General, Treasurer • 1 comment

COMMENTS:

Comment by Conservative @ 15:58 - Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Too bad the union doesn't consider a strong Washington economy as important as political kinship, if so they would have gone for Rossi. A good economy would boost employment, property values, increase technology jobs, and ultimately result in higher pay for teachers. If only the WEA would promote keeping students in school every day it is in session instead of dozens of half day sessions; allowing and encouraging the removal of ineffective and misbehaving teachers; stop allowing teachers to show cartoons and irrelevant movies as if they were educational (such as the cartoon Ice Age when studying glaciers); and promote true American values instead of diluting them with multiculturalism.

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