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Sunday, June 15, 2014

Breaking News: Vergara Going “On Tour” |

Breaking News: Vergara Going “On Tour” |:



Breaking News: Vergara Going “On Tour”




 Following up on my most recent post regarding the “Vergara Case Lost in Los Angeles,” it seems “they” aren’t stopping in Los Angeles.

A VAMboozled! follower posted this recent op-ed on this topic on Aljazeera, in which the authors write about how “Students Matter, financier of the case (Vergara vs. State of California) with the funding of tech magnate David Welch, is preparing to bring similar suits to New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Oregon, New Mexico, Idaho and Kansas. This state-by-state strategy follows a historical precedent by similarly motivated groups, such as turn-of-the-20th-century women suffragists and contemporary gay marriage activists, seeking to challenge regulations at the state level to build a groundswell for national upheaval.” To read more, click here.
But also in breaking news, it seems that the Houston Independent School District (HISD) – the district in which the American and Houston Federation of Teachers are suing the district for their wrongful use of, and over-emphasis on VAMs (see a prior post aboutBreaking News: Vergara Going “On Tour” |: