Koch Industries Fires Kansas Teachers

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/08/1290403/-Koch-Industries-Fires-Kansas-Teachers?detail=email

First off, let me give a standing ovation to Kossack, tireless hero of progressive activism in KS & MO, tmservo433, for his excellent reporting on Twitter and here on our very own Daily Kos, where he on Saturday night alerted us to Republican shenanigans in the Koch IndustriesAmericans for Prosperity ALEC Tea Party HQ Kansas Legislature, and, after remaining at the Capitol into the wee hours of Sunday morning, continued updating from the building the entire next day, until the Bircher Society spawn had finally carried out their dastardly plan to union-bust one of the last remaining unionized professions we have in this right-to-work-with-no-benefits-no-security-no-justice-for-meagerly-wages state: teachers, while setting in motion their age-old dream of defunding public education and privatizing it to the highest bidder.

Conservatives in the Kansas Legislature this weekend took advantage of a serious problem — inequities in public school funding — to attack teachers and create new problems.

In a deplorable sneak attack, Senate leadership and allies in the House tied the elimination of due process for teachers to crucial elements of school funding. That issue hadn’t been dealt with in the normal committee process. Conservatives rammed it through...

Due process hearings — used about 10 times a year in Kansas — protect teachers from arbitrary firings if, say, they run into a conflict with a parent or administrator. It is a condition of teachers contracts throughout the state. To deny it represents a major change for the worse in teacher-school relations.

Yes, a deplorable sneak attack:

Some parts of the bill were added at 4 a.m. Sunday in a meeting whose legality is still being questioned.

 reports Butler County Times-Gazette publisher, Kent Bush, in a scathing takedown of Koch Bros/AFP/ALEC and their legislative minions:

That is the problem with the Americans for Prosperity and the Koch brothers. They buy their way into offices so that they don’t have to participate in actual politics. You will never hear AFP or the Koch brothers in a direct debate. [...]

Hundreds of teachers filled the state capitol this weekend trying to lobby for legislators to take their side. There was no similar response from AFP. No one from that group stood in the chambers or held signs asking for legislators to take away teachers’ due process.
They don’t have to.
They write checks, send secret emails and support groups like ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council, which has two Kansas legislators on the board of directors) that create legislation like that passed this weekend.

this is a story of money corrupting the country they buy the politicians involved that can do their bidding that gives that absolute control and we know power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.  the right wing media can try all they want and the right wing scotus to justify the millions spent to purchase control ultimately over you and me, i heard on fox a guy claim Koch's and the prosperity racket spent 100 mil last election, but Karl Rove spent 300 mil by himself  misleading does not change the image on the etch a sketch.  this is the shot across our bow to privatizing schools that will teach their curriculum not educate for tomorrow,.

this is for real my friends they are not spending money to lose although they have the last two times but for as reprehensible persons as they are third time can be a charm, we need to vote and drag everyone we can with us. those unable contact your local board of elections and get an absentee ballot, they will send it to your house and you mail it back but please don't let this opportunity to nip them in the bud pre 2016 get away it is the last chance before 2016 act like it.