tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post1399520327082481125..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Christie's Letter to Teachers: Gone, But Not ForgottenDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-85460858561018840742011-02-23T21:39:29.523-08:002011-02-23T21:39:29.523-08:00Thanks for publishing this. I searched for it mon...Thanks for publishing this. I searched for it months ago after the governor took it down. What a load of hooey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-37455654566576121022010-08-20T11:04:13.581-07:002010-08-20T11:04:13.581-07:00Hey Jazzman, I saved this letter and the link to C...Hey Jazzman, I saved this letter and the link to Christie's web site months ago because I knew he was lying. He's broken every promise he made to teachers, public workers, students, taxpayers, and seniors. The only promise he's kept is the tax break he promised his millionaire buddies. <br /><br />I tried the link I saved and the web site is down. I guess Christie decided it's better not to have broken promises where everyone can see them. I searched online and found a link to your blog. Thanks for posting this. I hope you don't mind if I share the link as people bring this up. <br /><br />Best to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-23367254565519632912010-08-12T13:25:43.291-07:002010-08-12T13:25:43.291-07:00Don't give up - we need people in this field w...Don't give up - we need people in this field who are committed and love the job. You are going to have to sit tight for a bit, but market economics dictates that when you decrease the salaries/benefits of teachers, fewer people will be willing to do the job.<br /><br />Unless, lord help us, they decide to lower standards. There are yahoos out there who probably are for teachers not needing a degree if it saves them a few bucks.<br /><br />I am convinced that people are angry because the middle class in this state and in this country are getting screwed. They see public employees as people who have retained what they used to have: decent health care, reasonable retirements.<br /><br />There are two reactions to this: be angry at the people who have what you want, or be angry with the people who are denying you what you want.<br /><br />Christie's genius is that he's made folks think that public employees not only have what taxpayers want; they are the ones DENYING them what they want. But that can only work so long. Taking away teacher health care won't get anyone else their health care, and I do believe people are going to figure that out soon enough.<br /><br />If not... well, then we're all doomed. I'm a snarky bastard, but I do retain my faith in people. We'll see how naive I am soon enough.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-54246646074888245062010-08-12T11:23:31.536-07:002010-08-12T11:23:31.536-07:00Thanks anon, will keep that in mind. I had tried ...Thanks anon, will keep that in mind. I had tried to google it (not using wayback) and was unsuccessful. <br /><br />Duke, I wish I felt as optimistic as you do about this letter haunting him. All I see and hear are people who don't seem to care that the man is a liar; nonetheless, I still like to have the proof in hand to confront them with.<br /><br />I have a feeling that people are going to need to see and feel how bad things can get before they open their eyes. I'm sure I will have given up on finding a teaching position by then :(thinkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-70304789502007119802010-08-11T21:08:07.663-07:002010-08-11T21:08:07.663-07:00THINKER: You can always do a search on the Wayback...THINKER: You can always do a search on the Wayback Machine (Google it) to find cached versions of web pages. This is one page that I'm sure is cached.<br /><br />Now what I'd like to see is people post this all over the internet. Don't let him get away with this. He's a liar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-50795940581741924492010-08-11T20:25:57.112-07:002010-08-11T20:25:57.112-07:00You're welcome. I think several others have sa...You're welcome. I think several others have saved it as well; I will try to find the original in .pdf format and post that.<br /><br />If the rumors we're hearing from the Christie camp are even partially true, this letter will come back to haunt him worse than Scrooge.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-45344582206345274752010-08-11T20:21:28.029-07:002010-08-11T20:21:28.029-07:00Thank you for posting this. I have been trying to...Thank you for posting this. I have been trying to find it for a few weeks now as I was going to show it to some republican friends. Unfortunately, I could not locate it and the original site it was on was down. Bravo, now I will always know where to find it!thinkernoreply@blogger.com