Major Bust in LA (Teachers)

"Heigh ho, heigh ho. It's off to jail I go"
Teachers Union (LA) Kingpin A.J. Duffy on his way to a special classroom at LA County Jail. Wait till he meets his teacher.




"Down with Fousesquawk!!"





"Long live Fousesquawk!"



Yesterday, LAPD arrested dozens of demonstrators who were blocking traffic in front of the offices of the LA Unified School District. And who were these mangy, anarchistic troublemakers, you ask?

Teachers.

Last I noticed, Friday was a school day, but the teacher's union-the most powerful in the state- was out protesting the decision by the school board to lay off as many as 2,400 teachers as well as 2,000 other workers in the face of a $596 million budget shortfall for the coming school year. The protest came on a day the teachers had decided too hold a one-day strike, which was blocked by a court order. As it was, hundreds of teachers called in sick, and hundreds of students walked out of class. Just another day in LA.

Of course, I am very biased when it comes to unions (I don't like them), and I feel that certain professions, such as law enforcement, fire-fighters and teachers should not strike. At any rate, the incident yesterday was emblematic of the budget mess that our political leaders in Sacramento have put us in, spending money with no purpose and taking care of their core constituent groups-such as the teachers union.

Now this same union is fighting to protect its perks, both for their own salaries and to pour more money into a school district in LA that boasts a drop-out rate of over 50%! Of course, to be fair, it's a vicious circle. The LA schools are overloaded with street gangs, drugs and kids that don't speak English-the latter courtesy of our federal government's failure to control illegal immigration and the complicity of city governments (like LA) that give sanctuary status to illegal aliens-even gang members. Yet, one of the gripes of the teachers union is that class size should not be raised. At the same time, does that union and its leaders ever mention that increased class size could be alleviated by controlling our border?

The only thing you are ever going to hear from the teachers union and the politicians is---more$$$$$$$$.