Earlier today, county Registrars across the state hosted a stampede of candidates looking to qualify last minute to have their name included...
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** Deadline Day: Union Recall Revelry Rings Hollow
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Dear John,
Earlier today, county registrars across the state hosted a stampede of candidates looking to qualify last minute to have their names included in the March election.
But in Riverside County, teachers’ union representatives joined the crowds to codify their crusade to recall the Temecula Valley Unified School District’s conservative board majority. With 5,200 signatures, the union boasted that they had enough to prompt the registrar to issue a recall election of TVUSD’s conservative board President, Dr. Joseph Komrosky.
Within seconds of their submission, the California Teachers Association (CTA) published a blatant lie of a headline - “Temecula Community Recalls Local School Board President ([link removed]) .”
You only have to get one sentence into the article to understand the union didn’t actually recall anyone. They just turned in signatures that haven’t even been vetted yet. It's the first step in a long grueling process before their recall actually makes it to the ballot.
But that didn’t stop the unions from milking the moment for political clout.
They want their members to think they are winning.
In reality, they are desperate.
CTA’s members are leaving the union in droves. Conservative school board members continue to make policy that prioritizes parents over the demands of unions. Polling ([link removed]) continues to show that Californians of all parties want nothing to do with the unions’ perspectives on transitioning minors and parental involvement.
With this track record, it’s no shock that as unions continue to wage this war against school boards and parents over cultural issues like government transparency and parental notification, they further alienate moderate teachers and parents from their rank and file.
Recent reporting shows ([link removed]) that the number of local public education employees leaving CTA has nearly doubled — from 18,000 in 2019 to almost 36,000 in 2023. That’s hundreds of thousands of dollars no longer spent on lobbying, elections and bullying.
In cases like Temecula Valley, even the union members are fed up — challenging the union bosses publicly.
At a recent school board meeting ([link removed]) , Andrea Cadman, a teacher of 33 years in TVUSD, stood before the school board and expressed her deep dissatisfaction with Temecula Valley Educators Association and the California Teachers Association. Cadman says these organizations, to which she was a dues-paying member during her long career, do not represent the concerns of many of the district’s teachers. Cadman spoke out against the recall of three TVUSD board members.
“I want you to know that TVEA’s leadership does not speak for many of us,” Cadman said. “I want you to know that while we haven’t been screaming, we haven’t been yelling or embarrassing ourselves, or getting kicked out of board meetings, we’ve been quietly supporting [the board] on the sidelines because we don’t wish for this turmoil to affect our students any more than it has to.”
Temecula is a perfect example of why the California Policy Center is necessary in the current political climate.
With your support, you’ve empowered the California Policy Center to train over 400 candidates and officials to stand up for parental rights and accountability in their districts, engage courageously on key issues that change the hearts and minds of Californians across the political spectrum, and help public employees begin to create a life and a voice outside of their unions.
As the year draws to a close, there is still time to stand up for common sense reforms in our local agencies and help dismantle public sector barriers to freedom. The easiest way you can support us in this fight is by donating to the California Policy Center ([link removed]) and forwarding this email to your friends.
Thank you.
Jackson Reese
Vice President of Development
California Policy Center
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** Radio Free California #309: ‘I’ is for ‘Intifada’
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Newsom shuts down the public Christmas tree lighting ceremony for fears of anti-Israel protests, faces a $58 billion budget deficit, and may have a road to the White House in 2024. Also: Income-based utility bills are coming, the University of California erupts over calls to confront antisemitism, and Oakland’s teachers union proposes a new reading curriculum it calls “‘I’ is for Intifada.” Listen now. ([link removed])
** Quote of the Week:
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"Come back, Kamala. Back to California, where you have a future. Away from Washington, D.C., where they’ll never give you a fair shake. You’re politically trapped. You’re the unpopular vice president of an unpopular president. As a team, the two of you are headed to a catastrophic election defeat, even though your likely opponent is an insurrectionist ex-president facing multiple criminal indictments."
- Joe Mathews, Mercury News, Dec 2nd, 2023 ([link removed])
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