Letter: CTA spends millions to fight Prop. 8
Regarding Prop. 8, people are pretty much going to do what they want with their private lives, and mostly it’s none of my business. But it has been interesting to follow the Prop. 8 debate.
I’ve seen many articles and letters, and heard radio ads for and against, funded by various organizations.
Browsing online the list of “Yes on 8” backers, I didn’t see any surprises: the Knights of Columbus, Focus on the Family, etc.
On the “No on 8” side was an expected list of the celebrities, media personalities and corporate CEOs.
However, I was taken aback to see one of the single largest contributors to the No on 8 campaign is the California Teachers Union Issues Political Action Committee – $2 million.
I could certainly understand the CTUI PAC contributing to a school construction bond initiative, or a curriculum or testing initiative, or to defeat a voucher proposition – something that actually is related to education or to pay and benefits for their membership.
The “No on 8” radio ads claim that this issue has nothing to do with public education. They quote the superintendent of public instruction claiming this initiative will have no effect on California’s public school curriculum.
If that’s truly the case, then why is the teachers’ union spending a very large sum of its members’ dues on this issue?
Joe Caputo
Marysville
