Millions for Governor Cuomo!!!
What a whirlwind couple of days it has been!Tonight, I had the pleasure to listen to Diane Ravitch speak at my alma mater Purchase Collegeand yesterday I got to read this written by Juan Gonzalez and see how Governor Andy really operates.
Really, is anyone surprised?
This man has accepted, taken, pocketed, call it what you wish, $4.8 million from hedge fund managers as they lobby Governor Andy to see it there way and raise the cap on charter schools in New York State.
Remember last year when Cuomo threw DeBlasio under the bus in regards to limiting Success Academy's co-locations? It just so happens that a pal of Eva's, the Chairman of the Board of Success Academy, Daniel Loeb, has "given $62,000 to Cuomo." ***COUGH COUGH*** Something smells fishy here. ***COUGH COUGH***
Would it not behoove our better judgement to believe that the same hedge fund managers that Juan Gonzalez mentioned in in column have also deeply--as well as softly--whispered in Governor Andy's ear to change tenure to five years, base 50% of evals on tests, incorporate the stupid 35% eval on an outside entity, and all the other craziness Governor Andy has proposed?
How can we as teachers compete against Governor Andy and $4.8 million?
That's what we thought at an emergency meeting of The Crack Team which was convened last night at the Candlelight Inn in the Edgemont section of Greenburgh.
We put our heads together. We had to come up with a way to grab Governor Andy's attention and be assured he gives us what we want in the same method the hedgies have co-opted him. But, and we all agreed, $4.8 million is somewhat out of the reach of ordinary teachers.
So we had to improvise, adapt, and overcome.
We came up with some great ideas. For instance a great idea was sending a Hickory Farms gift basket to the Executive Mansion. Or perhaps a Vermont Teddy Bear, or a dozen red roses (We nixed that, we thought he might get the wrong idea), some Omaha Steaks, or some nice jewelry from http://www.southbronxschool.com:
Big Education Ape: New York Hedge Funds Pour Millions of Dollars into Cuomo-Led Bid to Expand Charter Schools | Dem...http://bit.ly/1GK9ZjW
Big Education Ape: Left-wing protesters target hedge funds - The Insider Blog | Crain's New York Business http://bit.ly/1BATAtv
Big Education Ape: Hedge fund execs' money for charter schools may pay off - NY Daily News http://bit.ly/1BATEti