PLEASE READ TODAY!

I just sent this out as an email to a lot of you, but I'd thought I'd blog it so more people will have a chance to act upon this. Please copy this and email it to every mother and every teacher that is for proposition 8 TODAY!
As most of you probably already heard, the CTA (california teacher's association) has donated 1.25 million for the NO on prop 8 campaign. Here's a little overview on why this is of such great concern for us. In 28 states a teacher is practically forced to join a union in order to teach. So a teacher will pay $900 or so a year to their local union, which in turn sends two thirds of that money to the CTA. Millions of this then goes to political causes, whether a teacher agrees with it or not (the majority being democratic causes). In the case of Prop 8, the CTA (which represents over 300,000 teachers!) has donated 1.25 million to defeat the measure, without seeking input from its memebers. Of course many members are indeed against the measure, but there are still many many members who are in favor of it! Please refer to this Los Angeles Times article for more information:
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-sand18-2008oct18,0,7329834.story
WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT:
Many parents are choosing to fight back against CTA by taking their kids out of school tomorrow (October 21st). I know that is a tough thing to do for a lot of parents, but please consider it heavily. The campaign asks that if you feel it is appropriate, tell the school administrator that you will spend the day teaching your child about the political process, democracy and how citizens standing up together can make a substantial difference in our State's governance against organizations like the CTA. I think an even more important thing we can do is to tell EVERY teacher that you know who is for Proposition 8 to get a refund for their portion of the union dues. Here is the website which tells them how to do it:
http://www.nrtw.org/special-legal-notice-california-teachers-how-get-least-300-refund-cta-nonbargaining-expenses
All we need is 3,333 teachers to do this and the donation will be completely null and void!

So please try to think of every teacher in california that is for Prop 8 and get them to get their refund. It will send a clear message to the CTA!