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Hatchet Job

Joseph Del Grasso, president of the Newark Teachers Union, June 15, 2008.

There is not supposed to be politics involved in public schools.
Maybe a Teachers’ Union staffer wasn’t reading the paper on Sunday before this hatchet job was mailed out to Newark residents on Monday:

The attack by Newark’s political bosses and Booker on Congressman Donald Payne, [...]

The Newark Teachers’ Union Infuriating Ad Campaign

So, a few months ago, when the Newark Teachers Union took out billboard ads across the city condemning the spike in gun-related violence, I understood that it was a response (however misguided) to the pain the community was feeling at the time.
But this is getting ridiculous.
Since then, the campaign has only grown bigger. Almost [...]