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| The Navy Pier |
Today, Massachusetts held its first caucus. It went well. We voted to recommend that NEA endorse Barrack Obama for re-election. We voted to endorse the NEA policy statement on teacher evaluation (It is much like the one that MTA gave to the DESE as a guideline.) We also voted to support Bylaw Amendment 3 which would add a $10 assessment to the dues for 5 years to help fight initiative petitions and onorous ballot questions like Massachusetts' question 1.
I am doing an auction to raise money for the NEA Fund for Children and Education. (Our PAC.) I can do this now that I am no longer a public employee.
This afternoon we went on a "tall ship" cruise on Lake Michigan. It was a perfect day- windy, sunny and warm. We also go to spend an hour on the Navy Pier.
The Malden Crowd consists of me, Marguerite Gonsalves-MEA President, Bonnie Page- MEA vice president, Karen Razzino-Malden High, Kathy DeVito, Paula Higgins from Beeebe, Vin Holquist from Linden.
Tonight it poured and we had golf ball sized hail. Unbelieveable. I went to a restaurant called EATT. I had eaten here before. Unfortunately, I had the same waiter as last time who told me that everything on the menu wasn't very good except the Porterhouse steak and the pork chops- the 2 most expensive dinners on the menu. As my credit card was still in shock from last nights steak, I had the Classic Burger which was a bacon burger with a fried egg on it. Different.
Anyway, time to go to bed. Tomorrow is a full day of decision making.
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| The Massachusetts Caucus |
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| MTA Vice President Tim Sullivan and President Paul Toner |
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| A moment to take in the beauty of Chicago |
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| Vin, Karen, Marguerite, Paula from Malden and Marie from Cambridge |
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| The "Tall Ship" |
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| Jonathan Livingston Lakegull |
Gerry,
ReplyDeleteYou are an inspiration to us all. Thank you for sharing your RA experiences.
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