Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Pervert School Administator
The New Holstein school administrator charged with soliciting a child for sex left the Madison Metropolitan School District in 2005 after being caught viewing pornography on his work computer, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed Wednesday.
Christopher J. Nelson, administrator of the New Holstein School District, worked in Madison for five years and left citing health reasons and disagreements with administrative proposals to eliminate athletic positions, according to a 2005 report in the Wisconsin State Journal. But the source said the discovery of pornography on Nelson's computer in the Madison district "led to … parting ways."
The source noted the images were not child pornography, so no criminal investigation was done and Nelson was allowed to resign his post. Nelson was the district's coordinator of physical education, health and athletics.
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Christopher J. Nelson, administrator of the New Holstein School District, worked in Madison for five years and left citing health reasons and disagreements with administrative proposals to eliminate athletic positions, according to a 2005 report in the Wisconsin State Journal. But the source said the discovery of pornography on Nelson's computer in the Madison district "led to … parting ways."
The source noted the images were not child pornography, so no criminal investigation was done and Nelson was allowed to resign his post. Nelson was the district's coordinator of physical education, health and athletics.
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The Power Of Teachers' Unions
The recent events in Wisconsin, in which unionized teachers behaved like third-world mobs, is a stark reminder of what a grave mistake it was to permit government employees to unionize. Since government employees have always had job security and benefits that many workers in the private sector couldn’t dream of getting, there was no need for them to unionize unless they wanted to use union power to intimidate legislators and extort more money from the taxpayers.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Examples of Unions Holding WI Taxpayers Hostage
1. Green Bay Teachers join collectively bargained retiree emeritus program which pays one year’s salary over 3 years for 30 days of work in addition to their normal pension. If a teacher retires at $60k, it works out to $2k/day.
2. Madison Emeritus program only pays 19% of salary but the retirees get to be retirees and not work for the money that is paid on top of their regular pension.
3. Milwaukee Teachers Union has collectively bargained regular pension and “supplemental pensions”
4. Milwaukee Teachers Union sacrifices 482 jobs rather than take a cut for its members. Among the victims is a teacher of the year who didn't have the seniority to stay.
5. Teachers Union fights Cedarburg School Board over their attempt to fire a teacher for viewing porn at work.
6. Madison pays bus driver 159k via collectively bargained overtime rules.
7. Wausau Union fights allowing a man to be volunteer crossing guard. Principal Steve Miller says, "He said, you know, this gives me a reason to get up in the morning to come and help these kids in the neighborhood."
8. Prison guards use loophole of pairing extra shifts @ OT pay and calling in sick to scam taxpayers out of extra pay for the same (or less) work. http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/29511574.html
2. Madison Emeritus program only pays 19% of salary but the retirees get to be retirees and not work for the money that is paid on top of their regular pension.
3. Milwaukee Teachers Union has collectively bargained regular pension and “supplemental pensions”
4. Milwaukee Teachers Union sacrifices 482 jobs rather than take a cut for its members. Among the victims is a teacher of the year who didn't have the seniority to stay.
5. Teachers Union fights Cedarburg School Board over their attempt to fire a teacher for viewing porn at work.
6. Madison pays bus driver 159k via collectively bargained overtime rules.
7. Wausau Union fights allowing a man to be volunteer crossing guard. Principal Steve Miller says, "He said, you know, this gives me a reason to get up in the morning to come and help these kids in the neighborhood."
8. Prison guards use loophole of pairing extra shifts @ OT pay and calling in sick to scam taxpayers out of extra pay for the same (or less) work. http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/29511574.html
Taxpayers Win in Wisconsin
Congratulations to Wisconsin Republicans, who held together this week to pass their government union reforms despite unprecedented acting out by Democrats and their union allies. Three weeks ago we described this battle as a foretaste of Greece come to America, but maybe there's hope for taxpayers after all.
The good news is that Governor Scott Walker's reforms have been worth the fight on the policy merits. The conventional media wisdom is that Mr. Walker "overreached" by proposing limits on the ability of government unions to bargain collectively for benefits. But before he offered those proposals, Democrats and unions had refused to support his plan that public workers pay more for their pensions and health care. Only later did they concede that these changes were reasonable and will spare thousands of public workers from layoffs.
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The good news is that Governor Scott Walker's reforms have been worth the fight on the policy merits. The conventional media wisdom is that Mr. Walker "overreached" by proposing limits on the ability of government unions to bargain collectively for benefits. But before he offered those proposals, Democrats and unions had refused to support his plan that public workers pay more for their pensions and health care. Only later did they concede that these changes were reasonable and will spare thousands of public workers from layoffs.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
State Says Damage to Marble at Capitol Could Hit $7.5 Million
State officials said Thursday that damage to the marble inside and out the State Capitol would cost an estimated $7.5 million. Cari Anne Renlund, chief legal counsel for the state Department of Administration, said in Dane County court that estimates of damage to marble includes $6 million to repair damaged marble inside the Capitol, $1 million for damage outside and $500,000 for costs to supervise the damage.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
WI Community Organizers Stand With the Unions
WISDOM, the interfaith network of congregation-based justice organizations, calls on Governor Walker and the Wisconsin legislature to abandon any plans to undermine or remove the collective bargaining rights of workers.
Our religious traditions speak clearly about the fundamental right of workers in the public and private sectors to be organized into unions which can defend their interests. We are pleased to see that Methodist Bishop Lee, Catholic Archbishop Listecki, Rabbi Biatch and ELCA Bishop Burnside are among those who have spoken out against the radical policy changes being proposed in the “budget repair” process, which would take away long-established rights from many Wisconsin workers.
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Our religious traditions speak clearly about the fundamental right of workers in the public and private sectors to be organized into unions which can defend their interests. We are pleased to see that Methodist Bishop Lee, Catholic Archbishop Listecki, Rabbi Biatch and ELCA Bishop Burnside are among those who have spoken out against the radical policy changes being proposed in the “budget repair” process, which would take away long-established rights from many Wisconsin workers.
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Green Bay Bishop Cuts Ties With Chicago-Style Community Organizers
Green Bay Bishop David Ricken has ordered Catholic parishes in the diocese to cut corporate ties to JOSHUA, ESTHER and other non-Catholic social justice organizations. Ricken complimented the work being done by the Green Bay-based JOSHUA and the Fox Cities-based ESTHER of the Fox Valley, but expressed concern that without Catholic oversight, the groups' political positions could stray from Catholic teachings.
"An undesirable result of dual affiliations could be that a conflict could place our parishioners in a very difficult position of having to choose between their Catholic Church authority and another parallel organization," Ricken said in a statement. "Therefore, I am directing our parishes to withdraw their corporate membership in these organizations, effective July 1, 2011."
The directive will affect 15 of the diocese's 157 parishes, including eight in Brown County and seven in Outagamie and Winnebago counties. The order won't preclude individual Catholics from belonging to either group, and parishes would still be encouraged to work with those and other groups on specific projects consistent with Catholic social teaching, Ricken said.
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"An undesirable result of dual affiliations could be that a conflict could place our parishioners in a very difficult position of having to choose between their Catholic Church authority and another parallel organization," Ricken said in a statement. "Therefore, I am directing our parishes to withdraw their corporate membership in these organizations, effective July 1, 2011."
The directive will affect 15 of the diocese's 157 parishes, including eight in Brown County and seven in Outagamie and Winnebago counties. The order won't preclude individual Catholics from belonging to either group, and parishes would still be encouraged to work with those and other groups on specific projects consistent with Catholic social teaching, Ricken said.
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