UTLA ELECTIONS- REAL CHANGE OR THE USUAL SUSPECTS?
(Mensaje se repite en Español)
If you've been following the press releases for the UTLA 2014 City Wide Elections, it would seem to be an insiders' game for the presidency. Three names come up over and over again, Warren Fletcher, Greg Solkovitz and Alex Caputo-Pearl. There's a host of opposing candidates including Kevin Mottus, Saul Lankster, Bill Gaffney and Leonard Segal just to name a few. Some of these are good men for certain. But who has ever heard of them and can they have any impact on the outcome?
For starters, all of the big three are dragging around baggage, which is slowing them down. Fletcher has been the most silent of presidents in UTLA history for over two and a half years. And only in the last six months has he become at all vocal about addressing issues like the Reductions In Force (RIFs) and rehoused aka rubber room teachers. And surprisingly, he's even filing a complaint against his main adversary on The Union Power Slate for cheating.
Solkovitz is perceived as being purely a careerist within union circles. He definitely has spent more time