WEAC PAC Dues

blue pac memo
"These are the funds your UniServ uses to financially support those Wisconsin Candidates"

"The only way to change these regressive types of legislation is to continue to elect..."

Sorry guys, but special interest groups (like WEAC) essentially buying puppets is part of what is killing this country in my opinion.

Campaign funding has gotten to out of control. The robbing from Peter to pay Paul just to fulfill campaign promises. You basically have to be a crook to be able win an election.

For a group of educators I'm not impressed. Talk about supporting the concept of publicly funded campaigning and then you can have my $5.

Till then, the best thing I've been able to come up with it just to Never re-elect anyone. Pay no attention to party lines, or promises.

WEAC tops lobbyist spending - Feb. 26, 2010

The Wisconsin Education Association Council spent nearly twice as much as any other organization to lobby lawmakers in 2009, according to the Government Accountability Board.

The state's largest teachers union reported spending more than $1.5 million and 7,239 hours lobbying, almost twice as much as the Wisconsin Insurance Alliance, which spent the second-highest amount on lobbying in the state.

One aspect of the union's lobbying effort was largely successful, with the state Legislature repealing the 16-year-old qualified economic offer law that restricted teachers' pay and benefits.

Other organizations that spent top dollar to lobby Madison included the Forest County Potawatomi Community; Altria Client Services Inc.; Wisconsin Hospital Association; Wisconsin Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association; and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, all of which spent more than $500,000.

- Amy Hetzner - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Ousted Treasurer Promoted

I noticed that Sue S**** is listed as the Blue Treasurer. Apparently she is replacing John S****** of Bonduel, who held the position last year.

I sincerely hope she can do a better job as treasurer of the regional assocation, than she did as treasurer of our local.

April 29th, 2006 marked the first annual Treasures report for the De Pere Educational Support Association in well over 5 years. Oddly enough, local treasurer Sue S**** was not present at this meeting, reportedly in Madison at a WEAC meeting.. In a notice a few days after the meeting from the Union president the discrepancies discussed at the meting were clarified.

"The 3 sheets that were included in the packet were not for our union. They were samples sent from WEAC from other teacher unions and intended only to be used as an example for us when setting up our reports. When I printed off the reports I inadvertently included these and they were included in the packet."

In the March 2010 De Pere Educational Support Association officer election, 23 year veteran treasurer Sue S***** was defeated, by a 57 to 44 vote.

At this same meeting a motion was made and approved to form an Audit committee, to ensure that the handoff to the new treasurer would be a smooth transition. It was noted that we had never performed an audit before.

At the October 2010 general membership meeting, the audit committee reported their findings. There was a lack of receipts for checks written.

I guess I should try and be more optimistic. After all she was chosen as ESP of the year for 2010.

"Sue once wondered what she could do to make a child’s day great, so she wore her clown shoes to recess. They were a big hit and the students ask when she’s going to wear them again. Even though the shoes gave her blisters I’m sure she’ll wear them again to make the kids happy and laugh," said Theder, who presented the Education Support Professional Award to her at WEAC’s annual Awards and Recognition Banquet held this past weekend in Green Bay.

I'm not knocking her at her job. Apparently she is very good with kids. But those clown shoes sure got noticed by association members.

You'd think all those trips to Madison for WEAC training would have taught her something. Apparently the Dilbert Principle has some logic?

"Leadership is nature's way of removing morons from the productive flow".