CMNEA Members NEEDED SATURDAY!!

 CMNEA members: PLEASE come help support our MNEA endorsed local candidate, Martha Stevens. Martha is running for H.D. seat 46. She is in a primary election. The primary is this Tuesday, Aug. 2nd. 

ONE or TWO members CANNOT

DO THIS ALONE!

Our 600+ members need to step it up!!

Click onto the link to register to help canvass on July 30th: CMNEA members support for Martha Stevens

Details below:

6 MORE DAYS UNTIL MO PRIMARY ELECTIONS!

Come Canvass for MNEA Candidate Martha Stevens THIS SATURDAY!

CMNEA-Come Canvass Saturday!

CMNEA, Martha Stevens-MNEA supported candidate for House District seat 46 needs OUR help. Martha has a primary race. Martha needs help spreading the word on why she is the candidate of choice. 

Come canvass for Martha Stevens!

See information below:

Other dates to help support Martha: July 31st, Aug. 1st, and Aug. 2nd. The times for these dates are: 9:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, or 3:00 p.m. 

Don't forget to wear your CMNEA t-shirt!

Event for Candidate Tom Pauley-for House District 44

You are cordially invited

to a

Get Together Event
for
TOM PAULEY

For the 44th House District
http://pauley44.com/

 

Mon,  July 25
6:00 - 8:00 pm
at
Bob & Linda Vogt Home
10000 North RT Z
Centralia, MO

Directions: 
https://www.google.com/maps/dir//10000+N+Rte+Z,+Centralia,+MO+65240/@39.066887,-92.1680077,17z/data=!4m16!1m7!3m6!1s0x87dcc23e0b160cb7:0xa77e403d7dc33ad7!2s10000+N+Rte+Z,+Centralia,+MO+65240!3b1!8m2!3d39.066887!4d-92.165819!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x87dcc23e0b160cb7:0xa77e403d7dc33ad7!2m2!1d-92.165819!2d39.066887

 

Everyone is welcome to stop by and bring your friends!

For more information or to RSVP:
email pauleyfor44th@gmail.com
or call 573-673-5884

All contributions are appreciated. Please make checks payable to:

CITIZENS FOR Tom PAULEY 
PO Box 382
Hallsville, MO 65255 
Donate online at www.PAuLEY44.com

 

PAID FOR BY CITIZENS FOR TOM PAULEY, ELAINE GEORGE -- TREASURER.

NEA Attends The Republican National Convention

At GOP Convention, NEA Thanks Republicans for Help Enacting ESSA

By Alyson Klein on July 18, 2016 7:54 PM

Cleveland

Let's get one thing straight right off the bat: Leaders of the National Education Association are pretty excited about the prospect of a President Hillary Clinton and will be coming out in full force for the presumptive Democratic nominee inPhiladelphia at the party's convention next week.

But, the union recently notched one of its biggest legislative wins in decades, thanks in part to Republicans, who are, after all, currently in control of Congress. The NEA and other organizations representing educators are thrilled with the Every Student Succeeds Act, which seeks to look beyond test scores in judging school performance, and takes aim at some of the Obama administration's most treasured policies, including tying teacher evaluation to tests.

Earlier this month, NEA even gave its coveted "friend of education" award to the bipartisan duo that shepherded the law through Congress, Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash.

And on Monday, the first day of the Republican National Convention here, the NEA took time to celebrate some of the GOP lawmakers who helped push the law through, at a small, afternoon reception at a swanky wine bar a short walk from the site of the convention. Lawmakers in attendance included Reps. Rodney Davis of Illinois,  John Shimkus of Illinois, Jeff Denham of California, and Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania—all GOP House members who supported ESSA's passage.

Davis even helped the union get a key priority into the law, sponsoring an amendment that ensured that the legislation didn't step on district's collective bargaining agreements.

"That was about local control. It wasn't just about union vs. management," Davis said. "It was about making sure local districts had the control they needed. And frankly, a collective bargaining agreement is the most locally-controlled document we actually could find." And of course, he's glad that, "we finally got rid of the No Child Left Behind Act that nobody liked at all."

Delegate Math

This is hardly the first time that the NEA—which is considered a close ally  of the Democratic Party—has had some sort of presence at the Republican convention. (Check out our coverage of their events in 2008 and 2012.)

But the union has fewer members as delegates in Cleveland than in past years, even though the NEA's working relationships with Republicans on Capitol Hill are at a high point. (Kusler didn't have exact numbers on how this year's crop of delegates compares to others.)

"What we are about is standing up for kids in public education regardless of their ZIP code, and that's not a partisan matter," said Mary Kusler, the union's director of government relations. "So we wanted to take a moment to stop and take stock of some of our Republican champions."

Teachers on Trump

The reception also featured teachers from the surrounding area who are Republicans and active in the NEA.

Kevin Cain, a guidance counselor from Colerain Middle School in Cincinatti who came into town just for the event, is happy with the union's recent embrace of cross-aisle collaboration.

"I think NEA is making a wonderful shift to be more inclusive in Washington," he said. "I think our survival depends on it."

But Cain isn't exactly thrilled with the presumptive GOP nominee, Donald Trump, even though he knows some other teachers who are. He's considering throwing his support to a third party candidate this time around.

Cain wasn't the only teacher there who isn't a huge Trump fan. This is at least the third convention for Jerome Hoynes, a high school social studies teacher from Illinois, who served as a delegate for former Sen. Bob Dole, who received the GOP nomination in 1996, and for Sen. John McCain, who was nominated in 2008.

Hoynes isn't sold on Trump. "I really believed in Dole and McCain. They shared my values. I'm just not as sure this time around," he said. But he thinks it's important even for undecided Republican educators—especially union activists—to make their voices heard here, and he's happy for the NEA outreach in Washington.

The party, he said, needs to be more "pro-union and pro-public education."
From the Education Week blog.

Knowledge is Power for PAC!

Register by June 19th!

LWV Sponsors Primary Election Forums 7-14-16

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
OF
COLUMBIA-BOONE COUNTY

Presents

Primary Election Forums
(Contested Races)

Thursday, July 14, 2016Columbia Public Library — Friends Room
6:30 p.m. (refreshments at 6:00 p.m.)

Moderator: David Lile, KFRU

13th Judicial Court
Democrats: Deborah Daniels and Jeff Harris

State House of Representatives, District 46
Democrats: Cathy Richards and Martha Stevens

Boone County Public Administrator
Democrats: Sonja Boone and Chimene Schwach

Ballot Issues

Prop. 1 – Proposed increase in Columbia Hotel Tax

Pro: Matt McCormick, Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Con: Glyn Laverick, Columbia Hotel Association

Prop. 2 – Continuation of Sales Tax on sales of out of state vehicle purchases
Mike Matthes, Columbia City Manager

The public is invited to these election forums, cosponsored by the Columbia Public Library. The date of the primary election is August 2, 2016

Canvass for Stephen Webber on July 23rd!

MNEA Endorsed Candidates for the General Election

MNEA Endorsed Candidates for 2016!

Missouri House of Representative Races:

District 44 - Tom Pauley - Dem
 *District 45 - Kip Kendrick - Dem
*District 46 - Martha Stevens - Dem
District 47 - Susan McClintic - Dem

Missouri Senate Race:

District 19 - Stephen Webber- Dem.

Missouri Gubernatorial Race:

Chris Koster

What does this mean for CMNEA members? This list means that after screening the candidates in June 2016 by CMNEA and CGWMNEA members and being voted upon by MNEA state PAC Committee members- ALL MNEA members may publically support these candidates, and we are recommending that you vote for these *candidates in the August Primary election or the General Election in November. If you decided to attend events sponsored by these candidates you may wear your MNEA/CMNEA paraphernalia. As an MNEA/CMNEA member you will be asked to volunteer to help campaign for the candidate.

As an individual, MNEA/CMNEA Knows that you have the right to vote for whomever you choose to elect and attend any political event that you decide to attend. We ask that you do NOT wear your MNEA/CMNEA paraphernalia to these events. It gives the appearance that MNEA supports this candidate and may cause confusion with MNEA and the candidate. Thank you for understanding.  

* - Indicates that the candidate IS in an August Primary race. * - Indicates that the candidate is NOT in a race in either the August or General election because they ran unopposed.