Comments on: UFT opposing Bloomberg on term limits, but not too strongly http://gothamschools.org/2008/10/15/uft-opposing-bloomberg-on-term-limits-but-not-too-strongly/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: observer.com http://gothamschools.org/2008/10/15/uft-opposing-bloomberg-on-term-limits-but-not-too-strongly/comment-page-1/#comment-212 observer.com Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:24:27 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=2953#comment-212 <strong>The Morning Read: Thursday, October 16, 2008...</strong> Last night " we saw a McXplosion ," writes Marc Ambinder, who thinks John McCain's debate... The Morning Read: Thursday, October 16, 2008…

Last night " we saw a McXplosion ," writes Marc Ambinder, who thinks John McCain's debate…

]]> By: Norm http://gothamschools.org/2008/10/15/uft-opposing-bloomberg-on-term-limits-but-not-too-strongly/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Norm Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:05:35 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=2953#comment-207 Eumenides is off on the count. I was in the back and almost the entire right side voted for it. In a Unity packed Delegate Assembly, it garnered between 25-30% of the vote (there was no count,) signs that even some Unity delegates voted for it. Are they also getting fed up with the constant UFT retreats? Reading Green's post based on "listening in" as charged by Weingarten there is precious little there. The room was overcrowded and they were going to talk about term limits? You didn't have to listen in to know that. Green was seen outside interviewing ATR's while the meeting was going on. Weingarten's use of the word "unethical" in reference to Green was totally unwarranted. She owes Elizabeth Green a public apology. Eumenides is off on the count. I was in the back and almost the entire right side voted for it.

In a Unity packed Delegate Assembly, it garnered between 25-30% of the vote (there was no count,) signs that even some Unity delegates voted for it. Are they also getting fed up with the constant UFT retreats?

Reading Green’s post based on “listening in” as charged by Weingarten there is precious little there. The room was overcrowded and they were going to talk about term limits? You didn’t have to listen in to know that.

Green was seen outside interviewing ATR’s while the meeting was going on.

Weingarten’s use of the word “unethical” in reference to Green was totally unwarranted. She owes Elizabeth Green a public apology.

]]> By: Eumenides http://gothamschools.org/2008/10/15/uft-opposing-bloomberg-on-term-limits-but-not-too-strongly/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Eumenides Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:44:03 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=2953#comment-206 The vote on the Eterno amendment was not a voice vote but a hand (or credential-holding) vote, which you'd have known if you were there and not secretly listening in via cell phone. Eterno may have indeed gotten 25 percent, but no more. More likely his reso lost 4 to 1, meaning he got 20 percent, which isn't bad for an amendment that in effect ran counter to the logic of the motion and that was opposed by the leadership. The vote on the Eterno amendment was not a voice vote but a hand (or credential-holding) vote, which you’d have known if you were there and not secretly listening in via cell phone. Eterno may have indeed gotten 25 percent, but no more. More likely his reso lost 4 to 1, meaning he got 20 percent, which isn’t bad for an amendment that in effect ran counter to the logic of the motion and that was opposed by the leadership.

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