If you think vouchers are stupid, Patrick Byrne thinks you have a low IQ.
Rich guy, Patrick Byrne, thinks you’re stupid.
Patrick Byrne, owner of Overstock.com and major financial backer of the Utah voucher plan which was rejected overwhelmingly by the voters, thinks you’re stupid for being against vouchers.
Would I buy from a guy who thinks I’m stupid. Not me. I’m not THAT stupid.
Read about it here and here. And more about the Utah voucher millionaires here at my brother’s Small Talk blog.
Elgin teachers stand tough.
Teachers in Elgin’s school district U-46 rejected a contract deal last October. Unwilling to cave in now, they’re heading for a mediator.
The Daily Herald reports:
After 15 hours at the bargaining table Tuesday, Elgin Area School District U-46 officials and union leaders failed to reach a tentative contract deal for teachers, union officials said today.
Both sides now are scheduled to meet with a federal mediator on Dec. 6 to try to resolve the issue.
The district’s 2,400 teachers have been working without a contract since the beginning of the school year.
Initially, the groups said they would bring in a mediator if they did not reach a deal last Monday.
They then scheduled the Tuesday meeting as a last-ditch effort to resolve the dispute without outside help.
Union officials declined to comment until meeting with leadership groups.
Mediation is different than binding arbitration. A mediator works to help find common ground but cannot impose a settlement. Binding arbitration could lead to a forced settlement. Generally, unions try to avoid third party enforced settlements.
