StudentsFirst still referring to Change.org petition signers as their “members”
Written by Dave Lindorff. Read the entire article here.
“In an email blast sent out to progressives on Tuesday, Rhee’s organization StudentsFirst.org, says:
…Given her documented history of self-promotion and deception, it would be more appropriate — and fairer to the public — if Rhee were to change the name of her organization to RheeFirst.org.”
“In an email blast sent out to progressives on Tuesday, Rhee’s organization StudentsFirst.org, says:
Thank you for joining StudentsFirst by signing a petition on Change.org. …Recipients of this letter may not have ever signed a StudentsFirst.org-sponsored petition on the petition site Change.org. Nor will they likely know that Rhee’s organization was actually tossed off of Change.org following protests by teachers unions and education activists who pointed out to Change.org that Rhee and StudentsFirst had supported the anti-teachers union campaign of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, that Rhee had been on the transition team of equally anti-teachers union Gov. Rick Scott, and that she and her organization had contributed $70,000 to help another anti-teacher’s union politician, Rep. Paul Scott (R-MI), fight off a recall campaign.
…Given her documented history of self-promotion and deception, it would be more appropriate — and fairer to the public — if Rhee were to change the name of her organization to RheeFirst.org.”