disclosure: I am a union thug
I laughed at the poor little schlub Republicans in "Wiscansin" who voted to snuff out some worker rights..they scurried out of the senate chambers, heads down holding hands while the working class folks like teachers and nurses 
were shouting at them "COWARDS"...of course they will run to FOX news and cry about how they were shouted at by union thugs...oh geez, this is soo silly..these pudgy dumpy conservatives who have spent their whole lives sucking up to the wealthy think they won by voting without a quorum..this incredibly stupid action against collective bargaining was supposedly to help with budget issues....but is an attempt to bust union power..
so it appears that the public at large has been asleep and not involved with their government for years...and when Wall Street stole their 401ks, they didn't seek to regulate the Wall Street Casinos, but rather decided to try to steal from the public sector workers! they were surprised to learn that public workers get paid and have savings incentives to help when they retire...something that is lost on some private sector folks!! of course, most savvy private sector workers know that public and private work best together which is why municipalities have private vendors and accounts with local businesses....but this is politics...and mindless partisanship
ok, well at least the debate is out there and the SB Chamber of Commerce is even hosting an event with some locals on either side of the issue..the only problem is the event is being held at 7:00 AM...that's in the morning!! at the headquarters on Anacapa Street...good call Steve Cushman... that's one way to discourage public participation.... seven o'clock in the morning!! do you know what I'm doing at 7:00 am... you don't wanna know!!
Lanny Ebenstein will be there, union boss Bruce Corsaw and a few others..but will I? well, the server just threw an exception.....
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Maybe Scott Steepleton will be there, covering it for the N-P. In any case, whoever the reporter will be, I hope you'll ask how the contract talks with the Teamsters are going. It's been 4 1/2 years since the newsroom staff voted 33-6 for collective bargaining. What's holding things up?
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