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Monday, July 22, 2013

UPDATE: Perdido Street School: DFER's Mock Mulgrew

Perdido Street School: DFER's Mock Mulgrew:


DFER-Supported Candidate Tried To Raise Campaign Funds Through Domestic Violence Ads
From Politicker:Shortly after ads appeared today urging New Yorkers to “Combat Domestic Violence” by giving contributions to Reshma Saujani’s campaign for public advocate, the order was given to take them down. The web ads, which ask for $10 contributions “to help Reshma advocate for victims of domestic violence,” raised eyebrows across the internet, with one Twitter user calling them “the tackies

DFER's Mock Mulgrew




AFT Poll: Parents Don't Support Education Deform Agenda
From the Washington Post:Most parents with children in public schools do not support recent changes in education policy, from closing low-performing schools to shifting public dollars to charter schools to private school vouchers, according to a new poll to be released Monday by the American Federation of Teachers.The poll, conducted by Democratic polling firm Hart Research Associates, surveyed 1,

DFER propaganda-meister Joe Williams mocks UFT President Michael Mulgrew and the UFT leadership in an opinion piece in the Daily Pravda of teacher-bashing, the Daily News.

Williams says because the UFT-endorsed candidate Bill Thompson has shown no overall movement in the polls since the UFT endorsed him, the UFT is no longer a kingmaker in city politics, unions in general are splintered shells of their former selves and politicians can safely ignore them and give hedge fund groups like the DFER's the policies they want.

Williams writes that even if Thompson does go on to win the nomination, it will be due to his political skill ad handiwork and not the UFT endorsement.

Some things to say here:

First, the words "Bill Thompson" and "political handiwork" do not belong in the same sentence.  Thompson ran one of the worst