This pretty much sums up how the teachers union feels about students. When the head of the teachers union was asked about whether or not parents of students should get vouchers, so that they can attend any school they want instead of being forced to attend the shit schools that the teachers union has produced, The head of the teachers union responds saying he doesnt want that, and that they can attend private schools, when asked what to do about poor students who can not afford to go to private school, the head of the teachers union comes back and says "Life isnt fair"
Funny how when the teachers union is looking for pay raises and laying off teachers in a choice to hold onto their pay raises, then its supposedly all about the children.....
These people are cockroaches, they are by far the sleaziest union we have in America.
Start of the video is the head of the teachers unions comments, and Christie comes in at the 2 minute mark.
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RENTON â Gov. Chris Christie and the executive director of the stateâs largest teachers union today called on each other to resign, in an escalation of a nasty feud between the Republican governor and the New Jersey Education Association.
The volley began when Christie lashed out at the union official, Vincent Giordano, for a comment he made on the NJTV program "New Jersey Capital Report" on Sunday about school vouchers, which would provide students public money to attend private schools.
Commenting about how the poor canât always attend private and charter schools, Giordano said, "Lifeâs not always fair and Iâm sorry about that."
Earlier in the conversation, he had said poor parents should have access to the same options as those who can afford to send their children to high-performing schools: "We donât say you canât take your kid out of the public school. We would argue not and we would say, âLetâs work more closely and more harmoniously.â "
But Christie called Giordanoâs comment outrageous and said if Giordano didnât resign, Barbara Keshishian, president of the education association, should fire him.
"I cannot express how disgusted I am by that statement by the head of the largest teachers union in our state," he said at a press conference in Westfield, "but I also have to tell you Iâm not the least bit surprised because I think it so succinctly captures what their real position is."
Then the governor took a personal swipe: "As Vince drives out of the palace on State Street in his big luxury car and his $500,000 salary. Iâm sure lifeâs really fair for him, and if Vinceâs kids were in a failing school district he could afford to send them to any school in New Jersey that could help them succeed."
And not long afterward, the former Republican governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, tweeted his support for Christie. Last week, Bush gave a talk in Morris County echoing Christieâs education reforms.
Joining the verbal free-for-all, the Communication Workers of America, the largest state workers union, then struck back at Christie for criticizing Giordano so harshly.
Gov. Christie calls for resignation of NJEA's Vincent Giordano
Gov. Chris Christie in a press conference in Westfield today called for the resignation of Vincent Giordano, the executive director of the New Jersey Education Association, for saying in a Sunday appearance on NJTV that "life's not always fair" when asked to weigh in on the vouchers debate. NJEA spokesman Steve Wollmer later dismissed the governor's outrage as an "obvious political attack." (Video by John Munson / The Star-Ledger)
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"Where was Governor Christieâs anger when his friend Mitt Romney said he does not care about poor people?" Bob Master said of a comment made last week by the Republican presidential candidate whom Christie has endorsed. "The governor seems to be suffering from a case of selective outrage, and â surprise, surprise â it is hard-working public employees that have made him mad again."
Hours later, Giordano fired back and called for Christie to resign.
"If he thinks heâs going to bully me like he bullies everyone else," he said, "he doesnât understand who am, or how deeply I care about the work I do."
And a spokesman for the education association, Steve Wollmer, dismissed the governorâs outrage as an "obvious political attack."
"The governor is doing everything he can do demonize us in the discussion over vouchers," he said. "The governor and his allies are seizing on one phrase, which Mr. Giordano has said is open to misinterpretation."
The governor and the education association came together briefly last month in their support for the Urban Hope Act, which gives private nonprofit groups the authority to build a total of 12 schools in Newark, Camden and Trenton.
Christie has also been urging lawmakers to take up a bill that would provide students with vouchers to attend private and parochial schools.
Funny how when the teachers union is looking for pay raises and laying off teachers in a choice to hold onto their pay raises, then its supposedly all about the children.....
These people are cockroaches, they are by far the sleaziest union we have in America.
Start of the video is the head of the teachers unions comments, and Christie comes in at the 2 minute mark.
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RENTON â Gov. Chris Christie and the executive director of the stateâs largest teachers union today called on each other to resign, in an escalation of a nasty feud between the Republican governor and the New Jersey Education Association.
The volley began when Christie lashed out at the union official, Vincent Giordano, for a comment he made on the NJTV program "New Jersey Capital Report" on Sunday about school vouchers, which would provide students public money to attend private schools.
Commenting about how the poor canât always attend private and charter schools, Giordano said, "Lifeâs not always fair and Iâm sorry about that."
Earlier in the conversation, he had said poor parents should have access to the same options as those who can afford to send their children to high-performing schools: "We donât say you canât take your kid out of the public school. We would argue not and we would say, âLetâs work more closely and more harmoniously.â "
But Christie called Giordanoâs comment outrageous and said if Giordano didnât resign, Barbara Keshishian, president of the education association, should fire him.
"I cannot express how disgusted I am by that statement by the head of the largest teachers union in our state," he said at a press conference in Westfield, "but I also have to tell you Iâm not the least bit surprised because I think it so succinctly captures what their real position is."
Then the governor took a personal swipe: "As Vince drives out of the palace on State Street in his big luxury car and his $500,000 salary. Iâm sure lifeâs really fair for him, and if Vinceâs kids were in a failing school district he could afford to send them to any school in New Jersey that could help them succeed."
And not long afterward, the former Republican governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, tweeted his support for Christie. Last week, Bush gave a talk in Morris County echoing Christieâs education reforms.
Joining the verbal free-for-all, the Communication Workers of America, the largest state workers union, then struck back at Christie for criticizing Giordano so harshly.
Gov. Christie calls for resignation of NJEA's Vincent Giordano
Gov. Chris Christie in a press conference in Westfield today called for the resignation of Vincent Giordano, the executive director of the New Jersey Education Association, for saying in a Sunday appearance on NJTV that "life's not always fair" when asked to weigh in on the vouchers debate. NJEA spokesman Steve Wollmer later dismissed the governor's outrage as an "obvious political attack." (Video by John Munson / The Star-Ledger)
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"Where was Governor Christieâs anger when his friend Mitt Romney said he does not care about poor people?" Bob Master said of a comment made last week by the Republican presidential candidate whom Christie has endorsed. "The governor seems to be suffering from a case of selective outrage, and â surprise, surprise â it is hard-working public employees that have made him mad again."
Hours later, Giordano fired back and called for Christie to resign.
"If he thinks heâs going to bully me like he bullies everyone else," he said, "he doesnât understand who am, or how deeply I care about the work I do."
And a spokesman for the education association, Steve Wollmer, dismissed the governorâs outrage as an "obvious political attack."
"The governor is doing everything he can do demonize us in the discussion over vouchers," he said. "The governor and his allies are seizing on one phrase, which Mr. Giordano has said is open to misinterpretation."
The governor and the education association came together briefly last month in their support for the Urban Hope Act, which gives private nonprofit groups the authority to build a total of 12 schools in Newark, Camden and Trenton.
Christie has also been urging lawmakers to take up a bill that would provide students with vouchers to attend private and parochial schools.
