Posts Tagged ‘unions’

The actions of Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis and the charges of plagiarism are indefensible and the reason I refuse to vote for him in the Republican primary.  A recent attack ad took the hopeful to task over the allegations and now it is revealed that the all-powerful Colorado Education Association was behind the ad. [...]

So what does tens of thousands of dollars buy you with Thornton City Council?  Judging by the actions of some on council Tuesday night, it gets you payback in the form of granting unions inroads to city employees. City council members that have received significant campaign contributions from organized labor managed to pass a resolution [...]

Adams 12 Five Star Schools announced yesterday the first round of major budget cuts.  $24 million in cuts will be made and over 180 people will lose their job.  It is not a pleasant sight but a reality that had to be faced in these tough economic times.  Schools districts, just like private industry and [...]

A couple months ago we wrote about an investigation channel 7 had done exposing the corruption and shenanigans at United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local (UFCW) 7.  It was interesting for sure but also hardly surprising as these things happen every day with unions.  Somehow though, workers continue to pay their union dues without [...]

As teachers, you are some of the most prized and valuable assets of our communities.  We entrust you with our children and you shape and educate them into the people they will become as adults.  Like many jobs, yours is one intertwined with politics but did you know that you actually pay to support political [...]

It’s Election Day across the county today.  Here in Thornton there are city council races in every ward and we also have Adams County Issue 1A on the ballot.  Historically voter turnout in off-year elections is pretty dismal – around 30% or so.  This is truly sad and disappointing.  It is my firm belief that [...]

We recently wrote about how much money had been raised by the people running for the four open Thornton City Council seats.  This was done as an exercise in understanding not only how much it costs to run for local office but also where that money comes from.  In looking at the candidate contribution reports, [...]

Thornton City Council candidates posted their contribution / expenditure reports this week (click here to view them).  In looking at them, they provide some insight into how much it costs to gain one of the eight coveted seats – four of which are up for grabs right now.  It is also interesting to see who [...]

Unions certainly had their time and place and they accomplished a great deal and helped move the country away from sub-standard pay and hazardous work conditions.  That was nearly 100 years ago though and in the time since, unions have become a hotbed of corruption.  They do little for their members other than to steal [...]

President Obama stepped into quite a furor over the speech he is giving to the nation’s schoolchildren today and we have documented that previously.  While the speech itself would have been fine, it was the original suggested lesson plans that were the crux of the problem and what led to objections by parents across the [...]