NYC Teacher/Union Activist Running for LT. Gov on Green Party Line.
I'm liking this idea a *lot*. A great way to highlight Quid Pro Cuomo's charter school sellout and generalized sleaziness. Jones is likable, honest, a certified brainiac and uber -articulate. Yer' in for a treat, NYers.
>>> I am excited to let you know that Brian Jones has stepped up to run as the Green Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
Brian would not just balance the Green Party ticket. He will multiply it.
To be sure, balance is good. He's downstate; I'm upstate. He's a Teacher; I'm a Teamster. He's black; I'm white. He's younger; I'm older.
Brian brings a record of effective and significant organizing, speaking, and acting on the issue that I am hearing the most about from voters as I campaign around the state: public education.
Governor Cuomo's education policies are openly advancing the privatization of public education sought by the hedge funders and corporate contractors who seek to profit from education spending. Cuomo is doing what the hedge funders who invest in charter schools are paying him to do with their over $1 million in campaign contributions to Governor 1%.
But the people who want to fight back and vote for an alternative are growing every day. Students are being denied a sound basic education by the corporate privatization agenda. Parents are angry at the high-stakes testing linked to Common Core-poratization, which is really about privatization and profits, not quality education. Teachers are up in arms at the attacks on their wages, benefits, working conditions, unions, and very standing as professional educators.
Taxpayers all across the state want an alternative to the Cuomo's rich man's budgets that lavish tax breaks on the rich while so many school districts face fiscal distress. Dozens of districts are headed for outright insolvency and takeover by a state-appointed control board even as their property taxes still go up and school funding, staffing, and programs still go down
Brian is a leader in the movement for quality >>>> the rest at: http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2014/05/moreista-brian-jones-to-run-for-lt-gov.html
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