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NJEA Cries Poor While Buying Expensive Attack Ads
| March 15, 2010 New Jersey teachers will be happy to know that MILLIONS of dollars worth of their union dues are being spent on a high-priced smear campaign direct at the Governor of New Jersey. Sadly, this is the standard operating procedure for the state's largest teachers union. The NJEA spent $3,000,000 in Election '09 alone.
I guarantee you this, Save Jerseyans: if the NJEA invested just a fraction of the money it spends on political attack media BACK into the pension fund, then many more teachers could expect a secure retirement! Governor Christie's teacher-specific health benefit reforms would be a drop in the bucket by way of comparison.
Here's the latest misuse of your union dues, New Jersey teachers. Time to speak up and demand the truth from your leaders... and your money back, too:
Dissecting An NJEA Smear Ad:
I was concerned by Ms. Woods-Murphy's comments so I did a little research on her school.
Did you know that this award-winning Spanish teacher's school (Northern Highlands Regional in Bergen County) has the second highest ranked administrative costs of 47 7-12 schools in New Jersey? (Source: http://www.state.nj.us/education/guide/2009/7-12--9-12.pdf - page 31).
Perhaps instead of shilling for the NJEA, Ms. Woods-Murphy could go down to her administrators and ask a simple question?
What exactly are you spending our hard earned tax dollars on?
Its a question we all should keep asking of our local schools, authorities and governments until we get answers that make sense. Or leaders that share our values.
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You are misinformed, Matt. By law, NJEA cannot spend 1 dollar of Union Dues on political actions. NJEA finances such activities through its Political Action Fund, which is made up of members' donations. There is no pressure to donate to the fund -- it simply requires filling out a form.
Please get your facts straight. BTW, nice shades.
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