“Stay out of our business,” chief IEA lobbyist tells members.
A week ago I pointed out that following a weekend of table-sitting by the IEA leadership on the pension bill, IEA’s chief lobbyist Jim Reed recorded a video message to members telling us to basically sit tight. This is not the time for major mobilization of the members he said on the video.
It is no secret that a number of IEA members, both active and retired, have ignored this advice and have been very active in getting members to contact legislators on the pension issue.
Apparently this has raised the ire of our chief lobbyist.
Emails have been sent telling pension activists to mind their own business.
Reed thinks democracy should be left to the professionals.
