Saturday, February 18, 2012

Saturday coffee + Old school. « Fred Klonsky

Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky:

Saturday coffee.

On the front door of Brian Piccolo Elementary School, Chicago.

Our favorite barista is back from a trip to Spain. As we were having our coffee, she brought by her boyfriend from Argentina and introduced us.

“Remember the customers I told you about who gave me the Occupy Wall Street posters?”

That would be us.

Then we were off to Brian Piccolo school on the west side where parents are occupying the building to stop


The in box: How the dues are being used in Massachusetts.

Fred,

I know you follow other states and their Associations. Here’s some from Massachusetts, where things may sound familiar.

About a month ago there was an “All Presidents” meeting for local Prezzes to meet with MTA elected leaders, by vote of the Annual Meeting of Delegates. The elected state leaders hate these meetings, because Presidents do things like talk to other Presidents. I know because I was one of those Presidents for fifteen years, which is why we needed an NBI to have such a meeting.

The meeting was pretty well attended, but lots of “other folks” also showed up: Board of Directors people, in-district lobbying people, hangers-on and apparatchiks. You know the type. At the beginning, the Presidents asked to amend the agenda to allow them to actually speak, and hear


Old school

Boys II Men.