CAT Tracks Editor's Note:

Let me be perfectly clear...

As has been stated in several previous editions of CAT Tracks, the opinions expressed below are MINE. They were offered without any consultation with the CAT, the IEA, or the NEA and do not represent the official policy of any or all of those organizations.

As always, you are free to agree or disagree.

Ron Newell

PS: Vote for Pat Quinn for Governor of Illinois...the lesser of evils!

It is with heavy heart that this CAT eats crow...

However, better to eat crow than receive "the bird"!

If you are a regular reader of CAT Tracks, you know that I am no fan of IL Governor Pat Quinn. I have said - E-M-P-H-A-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y - on more than one occasion that I would NOT cast a vote for Pat Quinn come election day...EVER!

Then...

The mailperson cometh. She didn't ring twice, not even once. She simply, quietly deposited a tale worthy of Edgar Allan Poe into my mailbox.

O-H M-Y G-O-D!!!

Republican Candidate for IL Governor...Senator Bill Brady!!!

When teachers see his name on the ballot, they should think...The Anti-Christ!!!

With that said, I shall leave the rest to you!

Read IEA President Ken Swanson's "Commentary" and, then...take a look at the "Gubernatorial Candidate Comparison"