The local Tea Party Patriots are blaming bad weather for a significant shortfall, at least so far, in gathering signatures for a ballot initiative to ban the practice of “allowing taxpayer money to be funneled to politics through public employee unions’ paychecks.”
The initiative is called “Citizens Power.”
“Here in Nevada County, our goal is 8,000,” according to an email. “Because of the bad weather, we have only gotten 1,500.”
It added: “There was an article in The Union opinion section today from a retired teacher talking about how important this initiative is.”
The email asks supporters to sit in front of stores, such as K-Mart, Save-Mart, Raley’s, SPD and Grocery Outlet, to get as many signatures from registered voters as they can.
The signed petitions are supposed to be returned to the county Contractors’ Board building, as in the past, according to the email.
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So it seems the Nevada County Contractors Association and the TEa Party. anti Union group are wooked up.
Yhis is an very interesting story that needs to be looked into. Is the NCCA a Tea Party supporter and is the NCCA anti Union?
Why would the NCCA get involved with these right wing folks? TYhis doesn’t loof good for the NCCA and it sure can’t be good the the bulk of their membership.
As a retired teacher who always worked under contracts negotiated by either California Teachers’ Association or another teachers union group, I will not be signing to put this anti-union, anti-worker initiative on the ballot. Extreme Right red-shirted Republican Tea Party petition-gatherers, stay away!
http://www.swans.com/library/art16/xxx140.html
Say wha …?
Michael: I don’t quite see how this link is relevant to a position one way or the other on the issue regarding unions and the tea party’s petition drive…Tony
Because it’s not relevant.
Steve,
Have you ever heard of cheap undocumented labor working for General Contractors ( or other business) in Nevada County? Como estas mi amigo? Remember the Hansen Bros. strike some years ago?
Lets get a sense of history.