Monday, July 17, 2006
So, you want access, ehh.....
As we all know, access to debates for non-corporate parties is difficult from time to time. Even so, often times we are able to have access to various groups, from newspaper editorial boards to labor union committees. This access is what helps make endorsements possible, and when our candidates are denied access to those groups, they are denied access to those group's members, and they are denied assess to us.
Jill Bussiere is running for the state senate from Wisconsin's First District, and the state teacher's union has refused to even hear from her. Her press release is behind the "Read more!" link, and remember, if you want to help folks like Jill, or influence the Green Party internally to keep us on course with the Ten Key Values, join the Green News and Opinion Yahoo Group by signing up in the yellow box at the bottom of the page.
Remember, the press release is behind the link...
For Immediate Release July 16th, 2006
Contact:
Jill Bussiere, candidate for Wisconsin State Senate, District 1
920 388-0529, 920 255-2175, jdt@itol.com
Bussiere asks WEAC for equal access to endorsement process
(Kewaunee) On Friday a candidate for Wisconsin State Senate District 1 learned that she would be excluded from endorsement interviews for Wisconsin Education association Council (WEAC), while the other two candidates, the Republican incumbent and the Democratic candidate will be included.
"It feels pretty bad to be excluded from this process," said Jill Bussiere, Wisconsin Green Party candidate for Wisconsin State Senate District 1. "WEAC will be recommending a candidate for Senate District 1 to its members as the best advocate for education without having interviewed all of us. I am asking WEAC to reconsider."
"Like WEAC,"Â said Bussiere, "Greens advocate for equal access for all to the educational system. We also advocate for equal access for all to the political system. Both are necessary to fulfill the promise of a democratic society. I invite WEAC to work with us for such equal access. Our democratic society will be stronger if all voices are heard."
WEAC states on their website: âÂÂTo fulfill the promise of a democratic society, the mission of the Wisconsin Education Association Council is to promote respect and support for quality public education and to provide for the professional and personal growth and economic welfare of members.
"I have a strong background in education, and am well qualified to address state educational issues," said Bussiere.
Bussiere, former Co-Chair of the Wisconsin Green Party, holds a BS degree in Elementary Education from Penn State University, and an MS in Educational
Policy Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In graduate school, she studied child-rearing and educational systems across different cultures, including fieldwork in schools in Otovalo, Ecuador. For her master's thesis, she examined Maine's Even Start program, a federal pilot program designed to help poor elementary students and parents be successful in school.
Employed over the years in public and private schools, in both rural and urban settings, Bussiere's direct work experience in education includes the following positions: school librarian, assistant teacher, first/second grade teacher, and enrichment math teacher.
She has also served as a nursery school board member in Waterville, Maine, and home schooled her children when her family moved to Kewaunee County in 1992. She now works as a line therapist, in her fourth year of working with autistic children in their homes.
A WEAC official told Bussiere that she would be excluded because "at the present time the WEAC practice is to invite candidates in the major parties to participate in the WEAC PAC recommendation process. The major parties are defined as those who have received enough votes to have a seat on the state elections board. At the present time the Green Party does not have a seat atthe state elections board."Â
She was also told that WEAC would "take her request under consideration."
"Often Greens are excluded from the political process by the established entities in the political system because we are not members of the major parties,"Â said Bussiere. "It is good to be reminded of how bad it feels to be excluded, just as those students that are not members of the majority culture are excluded from full participation in society. Just as we fight for their inclusion, we fight for our own. I hope that WEAC will change their minds, and be inclusive."
WEAC did interview Rae Vogeler, Wisconsin Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, this election cycle.
WEAC goals: http://www.weac.org/GreatSchools/gssap.htm
* A revised
system of school funding that ensures that every child has access to an adequately funded public education.
* A fair collective bargaining law for teachers and education support professionals.
Green Party Platform: http://www.gp.org/platform/2004/
"We call for equitable state and national funding for education and the creation of schools controlled by parent-teacher governing bodies."
"We support the irreducible right of the working people, without hindrance,to form a union and to bargain collectively with their employer."
For more information, visit Bussiere for State Senate www.votejill.org
Delete Reply
Jill Bussiere is running for the state senate from Wisconsin's First District, and the state teacher's union has refused to even hear from her. Her press release is behind the "Read more!" link, and remember, if you want to help folks like Jill, or influence the Green Party internally to keep us on course with the Ten Key Values, join the Green News and Opinion Yahoo Group by signing up in the yellow box at the bottom of the page.
Remember, the press release is behind the link...
For Immediate Release July 16th, 2006
Contact:
Jill Bussiere, candidate for Wisconsin State Senate, District 1
920 388-0529, 920 255-2175, jdt@itol.com
Bussiere asks WEAC for equal access to endorsement process
(Kewaunee) On Friday a candidate for Wisconsin State Senate District 1 learned that she would be excluded from endorsement interviews for Wisconsin Education association Council (WEAC), while the other two candidates, the Republican incumbent and the Democratic candidate will be included.
"It feels pretty bad to be excluded from this process," said Jill Bussiere, Wisconsin Green Party candidate for Wisconsin State Senate District 1. "WEAC will be recommending a candidate for Senate District 1 to its members as the best advocate for education without having interviewed all of us. I am asking WEAC to reconsider."
"Like WEAC,"Â said Bussiere, "Greens advocate for equal access for all to the educational system. We also advocate for equal access for all to the political system. Both are necessary to fulfill the promise of a democratic society. I invite WEAC to work with us for such equal access. Our democratic society will be stronger if all voices are heard."
WEAC states on their website: âÂÂTo fulfill the promise of a democratic society, the mission of the Wisconsin Education Association Council is to promote respect and support for quality public education and to provide for the professional and personal growth and economic welfare of members.
"I have a strong background in education, and am well qualified to address state educational issues," said Bussiere.
Bussiere, former Co-Chair of the Wisconsin Green Party, holds a BS degree in Elementary Education from Penn State University, and an MS in Educational
Policy Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In graduate school, she studied child-rearing and educational systems across different cultures, including fieldwork in schools in Otovalo, Ecuador. For her master's thesis, she examined Maine's Even Start program, a federal pilot program designed to help poor elementary students and parents be successful in school.
Employed over the years in public and private schools, in both rural and urban settings, Bussiere's direct work experience in education includes the following positions: school librarian, assistant teacher, first/second grade teacher, and enrichment math teacher.
She has also served as a nursery school board member in Waterville, Maine, and home schooled her children when her family moved to Kewaunee County in 1992. She now works as a line therapist, in her fourth year of working with autistic children in their homes.
A WEAC official told Bussiere that she would be excluded because "at the present time the WEAC practice is to invite candidates in the major parties to participate in the WEAC PAC recommendation process. The major parties are defined as those who have received enough votes to have a seat on the state elections board. At the present time the Green Party does not have a seat atthe state elections board."Â
She was also told that WEAC would "take her request under consideration."
"Often Greens are excluded from the political process by the established entities in the political system because we are not members of the major parties,"Â said Bussiere. "It is good to be reminded of how bad it feels to be excluded, just as those students that are not members of the majority culture are excluded from full participation in society. Just as we fight for their inclusion, we fight for our own. I hope that WEAC will change their minds, and be inclusive."
WEAC did interview Rae Vogeler, Wisconsin Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, this election cycle.
WEAC goals: http://www.weac.org/GreatSchools/gssap.htm
* A revised
system of school funding that ensures that every child has access to an adequately funded public education.
* A fair collective bargaining law for teachers and education support professionals.
Green Party Platform: http://www.gp.org/platform/2004/
"We call for equitable state and national funding for education and the creation of schools controlled by parent-teacher governing bodies."
"We support the irreducible right of the working people, without hindrance,to form a union and to bargain collectively with their employer."
For more information, visit Bussiere for State Senate www.votejill.org
Delete Reply
// posted by Gregg Jocoy @ 12:01 PM 
