Tuesday, April 8, 2014

4-8-14 Perdido Street School Week

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Karen Magee Indicates Cuomo Endorsement From NYSUT Can Still Be In The Cards
What do you make of these tough-talking words from our tough-talking new NYSUT leadership?Karen Magee, a Westchester County union leader, was elected the third president of the New York United Teachers over the weekend and the first woman to lead the labor....Magee said that for now there’s no desire to endorse Cuomo’s re-election bid, but she didn’t shut the door entirely.“There’s no sentiment to

Is Chris Christie Toast?
It has been fairly quiet on the Chris Christie scandal front since Christie crony David Samson resigned from the Port Authority a while back and Christie is going around the country raising money for the Republican Party like nothing's the matter, that all is on schedule for his 2016 run for president.Jeff Smith at Politico says pay no attention to what's going on at the surface of the scandal sto
4-7-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Weingarten Spins Iannuzzi Defeat As "Message To Cuomo"From Jessica Bakeman at Capital NY:ALBANY—A vote by a state teachers' decision to overhaul its leadership may be a sign of trouble for Governor Andrew Cuomo.New York has already seen two education leaders ousted this year in elections that are rarely contested and typically undramatic.Richard Iannuzzi, a nine-ye