Governor Chris Christie Versus Obnoxious Teacher. . . .

An update from last night's post about Chris Christie at a townhall in Rutherford, NJ.

According to Claire Heininger nj.com:

. . . .at the microphone by Rita Wilson, an English teacher who lives in Kearny. Wilson told the governor she was one of the educators he criticized as having a "me, first" attitude, but she’s making a smaller salary than she would as a baby-sitter.

"I’m not a rabble-rouser. I’m a simple English teacher," whose students perform well, Wilson said. "I work really hard."

Wilson said she used the babysitter example to make a point, as Christie has pressured teachers to take a one-year wage freeze and contribute at least 1.5 percent of their salary toward health benefits to help the state through its fiscal crisis. She and Christie then testily talked over each other for several questions and answers.

"You know what, you don’t have to do it," Christie said.

"Teachers do it because they love it," Wilson told him.

"Teachers go into it knowing what the pay scale is," Christie said.

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What a breathe of fresh air. . . .Finally a politician with some cojones. . . . Governor Christie is only requesting a pay freeze and teachers to pay a portion of their benefits. . . .This Rita bit*ch needs to STFU and worry about keeping her job or she'll be in the unemployment line with the other 9.7% of Americans.

People like this make me SICK especially in these tough economic times. . . .After I was laid off in 2008 I had to take a job earning $5.00 an hour less in pay and no benefits.  So my sympathy meter for Rita is ZERO. . . .

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw0aBkt8CPA&feature=player_embedded

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/gov_christie_argues_with_nj_re.html