Elgin’s Senator Mike Noland. Bought by Stand for Children? Targeted by pensioners.
Noland, who sits on Quinn’s pension panel told pensioners, “I’m on your side.”
Elgin’s Democratic State Senator Mike Noland couldn’t figure out why pensioners would be demonstrating outside his office.
He ended up blaming the teachers’ union.
Noland, endorsed by Jonah Edelman’s Stand For Children, also is a member of the Governor’s pension
Stand ON Children First: New AstroTurf from Teacher in the Box
Just Like Michelle Rhee's Students first only BETTER
Astroturf lobbying refers to political organizations or campaigns that appear to be made up of grassroots activists but are actually organized and run by corporate interests seeking to further their own agendas. Such groups are often typified by innocent-sounding names that have been chosen specifically to disguise the group's true backers