Its that time again. Time for a new open thread. Lafayette has emailed me and given me the high sign.
Regarding the Honorable Corey Stewart….3/1/11 1:00 PM
Some thoughtful considerations from Moonhowlings regarding the Honorable Mr. Corey Stewart’s announcement today at 1:30 about his re-election plans:
So who is going down to the McCoart Building at 1:30 and ask Corey to sign the pledge that if elected as chairman again, he will not run for another office midterm?
Will he keep that pledge as well as he kept his pledge to protect the rural crescent?
PWC residents need to remember that special elections to replace him are expensive and would be for the entire county, not just a magisterial district. Also, who wants their chairman tending to business other than county business.
Later on down the road we can discuss land use, developers and their campaign contributions, the Grizzlies, the rural crescent, the mischaracterization of the UVA report, blatherings about denying medicaid, and sending out his colleagues’ private emails regarding a high ranked county employee (think police chief) to a local blogger.
Today, let’s just concentrate on his level of commitment to the county. The question becomes, Mr. Stewart, if you are priviledged enough to be re-elected, will you serve your 4 year term?
That is the commitment Corey must make if the electorate of Prince William County is to vote him for another term.
Corey, you need to address this issue. We aren’t your stepping stone. What are your intentions?
The citizens of this county deserve the answer to this question.
Disparity Between Have and Have Nots at Unprecedented Level since 1928
Intuitively, I simply refuse to agree that the poor and struggling middle class is the reason our national and state budgets are in the toilet. Both Reagan and Bush slashed interest rates which created a building boom and fueled the economy, but under Bush, what new industry was created, what jobs besides those associated with real estate flourished? Isn’t that part of the reason this recovery is so difficult to grow our way out of?
Those wascally fat cat teachers are just greedy!
Jon Stewart has it all figured out about teachers and has a little private talk with them. He wants them to straighten up and fly right.
Jon Stewart’s mother really was a teacher, in New Jersey. Don’t let these teachers fool you! Those money grubbers.
Stewart explores class warfare. The Democrats are pitting the top 2% against the lower 98%. What can be done abouut these villans of chalk board? They are living in the 1890’s. They are destroying America. They have chalk dust on their clothing. They drive old cars. They have special text books with all the answers in them. Who has a gym and a cafeteria at the work place, other than Google employees? What about the greed that led these people into their profession? The Crisis in Dairy Land continues. The Curds are angry.
Majority in Poll Back Employees in Public Sector Unions
From the New York Times:
As labor battles erupt in state capitals around the nation, a majority of Americans say they oppose efforts to weaken the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions and are also against cutting the pay or benefits of public workers to reduce state budget deficits, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Some rather surprising data came out of this poll.
- Americans oppose weakening collective bargaining rights nearly 2 to 1.
- Americans oppose, 56 percent to 37 percent, cutting the pay or benefits of public employees to reduce deficits.
- A majority of respondents who have no union members living in their households oppose both cuts in pay or benefits and taking away the collective bargaining rights of public employees.
- 61% of the respondents think the salaries and benefits of most public employees are either “about right” or “too low” for the work they do.
The nationwide telephone poll was conducted Feb. 24-27 with 984 adults and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points for all adults. Of those surveyed, 20 percent said there was a union member in their household, and 25 percent said there was a public employee in their household.
Further information can be obtained from the link to the New York Times.
