A Message From MNEA President, Charles Smith on Amendment 3

The TeachGreat Group just announced they are stopping their campaign to support Amendment 3.  BUT....unless the court pitches the amendment off the ballot on Sept 17, we will still have to run a campaign because the issue will appear on the ballot.   We do have a court date on Sept 17 in the Western District Court of Appeals, but the court will rule on the merits of the case.  The courts will not care whether or not TeachGreat wants to play ball anymore.

   Therefore, right now....we cannot let down our guard.  Grow Missouri (another one of Sinquefield's groups) is still out there with $1.5 million.
We will make some adjustments in the campaign plan, but in case people go to the polls with bad info and vote for Amend 3, we MUST continue to educate people to VOTE NO.

Charles E. Smith

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