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NJ Teacher Union Boss Making $300k Tells Poor ‘Life’s Not Fair’

With all due respect to the job New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is doing, perhaps his popularity in haranguing the excesses of liberal spending is made easier by Dickensian villains like Vincent Giordano.  Giordano, the Director of the New Jersey Education Association (i.e. teacher’s union), had this exchange with a news anchor over the injustice of denying poor families vouchers to escape failing schools.

During the interview, he was challenged by the host on why low-income families should not have the same options as other families when their child is in a failing school.

"Those parents should have exactly the same options and they do. We don't say that you can't take your kid out of the public school. We would argue not and we would say 'let's work more closely and more harmoniously…[more]

February 08, 2012 • 03:00 pm
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Friday, February 22 2008

A North Carolina lawyer has been held in criminal contempt for reading a magazine during a court session. District Court Judge Kevin Eddinger issued the contempt order against attorney Todd Paris after witnessing him reading Maxim, a men's magazine, while seated on a bench in court reserved for lawyers. The cover of the magazine prominently featured a female topless model.

According to the court's order, Mr. Paris apologized and "stated in his view the magazine was not pornography, was available at local stores and that he didn't intend contempt." Judge Eddinger found Mr. Paris' conduct to be "grossly inappropriate" and "patently offensive" and "impaired the respect due" the court. Mr. Paris was issued a $300 fine and a 15-day suspended prison sentence.

According to news reports, Maxim is sending both Judge Eddinger and Mr. Paris a one-year complimentary subscription.

—Source: The Wall Street Journal

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