Texas city councilman calls teachers 'leeches'

[dalton99a]

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/cedar-park-councilman-draws-ire-for-social-media-post-calling-teachers-leeches

Cedar Park councilman draws ire for social media post calling teachers 'leeches'
by Brittany Ford
Friday, July 24th 2020

A recent social media post by Cedar Park councilman Tim Kelly is not sitting well with local educators.

The post calls teachers "leeches" and says to "fire" those looking to hold off on in-person learning due to COVID-19

The Facebook post, from a page attributed to Place One councilman Tim Kelly, features a link to an opinion piece from the Washington Examiner titled "Can’t get out of lockdown? Blame extortion by teachers unions."

In the original caption on the post, Kelly wrote "Stop catering to the leaches [sic]. Fire them and rehire new teachers."

Labor unions for teachers are not prominent in Texas. As a right to work state, teachers in Texas cannot be forced to join unions.

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https://www.cedarparktexas.gov/government/mayor-and-city-council/mayor-and-city-council-members/place-1-tim-kelly
Mayor and City Council Members

Tim Kelly
Contact:
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512-568-1667

[panader0]

1. "leaches"?

This guy needs a teacher.

[Leghorn21]

2. Ha ha ha, "leaches"!! Who needs a teacher NOW, muthafukkah??!

[malaise]

8. Was probably home schooled

I heard Betsy Devos says childs before she corrected herself

[LakeArenal]

3. He's fighting leeches with scabs.

Really working hard for the women’s votes.

[CrispyQ]

4. Why does the right love to hate on teachers?

When my once-democratic mother went right wing, one of the first groups she started bashing was teachers.

[OregonBlue]

7. I think they hate education period. Anything that teaches women and minorities to question their

"betters" is abhorrant to them.

[Midnight Writer]

5. Tim Kelly is a "Contact Service Representative for the Department of the Treasury".

I don't know what the hell that job is, but I bet it's not as valuable to our society as teaching.

Probably pays more, though.

[raccoon]

6. Somebody ought to kick that man's ass! NT

[NickB79]

9. I'm sure he's willing to volunteer in a few classrooms, right?

RIGHT????

[area51]

10. F him.