Day: February 26, 2016

Irish Music Night At Post 667

Irish Music Night at Post 667 — American Legion Manoa Post 667 is having a night of Irish Music, tomorrow evening, Feb. 27, at the post, 1112 Steel Road, Havertown, Pa. 19083.

Tickets are $20 and, along with the music — which will be provided by Johnny “Lefty” Kelly and Robbie Furlong — gets one roast pork sandwiches, chicken tenders, salad, snacks, beer, wine and soft drinks.

There is also a cash bar.Irish Music Night At Post 667

Start Saint Patrick’s Day early.

Call 610-446-9986 for information.

Irish Music Night at Post 667

 

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-26-16

Red Sparowes — Mao Tse Tung once had the people of China kill a billion sparrows. Famine was the result as there was nothing left to eat the locusts. Hipster environmentalists for some unfathomable reason admire Mao and communists in general. Red Sparowes created an opus concerning the event that condemned Mao. It featured movements with titles such as Millions Starved And We Became Skinnier And Skinnier, While Our Leaders Became Fatter And Fatter.

In fairness, the rock group Red Sparowes created an opus concerning the event called Every Red Hearts Shines Toward the Red Sun. It was a condemnation of Mao and it featured movements with titles such as  Millions Starved And We Became Skinnier And Skinnier, While Our Leaders Became Fatter And Fatter.

You can see it below:

 

Red Sparowes — Every Red Hearts Shines Toward the Red Sun — William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-26-16

Ghost Teachers Cost Millions

Ghost Teachers Cost Millions By Leo Knepper

The Fairness Center filed another lawsuit, Feb. 24, on behalf of taxpayers against ghost teachers. Officially known as “release time,” ghost teachers are being paid by taxpayers to conduct union business. The most recent lawsuit addresses the Allentown School District where the union president has collected more than $1.3 million in salary and benefits since the year 2000. When you add in the state portion of her pension, the cost goes up even further. According to a news report on the lawsuit, teachers’ union presidents haven’t had to step foot in a classroom since 1990. Ghost Teachers Cost Millions

The cost to the Allentown School District, while substantial, pales in comparison to the $1.7 million ghost teachers collected from the Philadelphia School District in 2014. The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers also enjoys a rent-free office provided by the school district. An article published by Watchdog.org details some of the political work undertaken by union bosses at taxpayer expense:

“Hillary Linardopoulos, who has not taught in a classroom since 2009, ‘coordinates much of our political activism and legislative involvement,’ according to an op-ed penned by union members that endorses its current leadership team going into an upcoming internal election. Since leaving the classroom, her taxpayer-funded salary has almost doubled to $91,156.”

Legislation to eliminate ghost teachers was introduced last August. The General Assembly should shift the cost of union operatives from taxpayers to the unions. Furthermore, given the blatantly political nature of the work, there is no excuse for forcing taxpayers to subsidize the activity.

Leo Knepper is executive director Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania.

Ghost Teachers Cost Millions