Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:42:02 -0400
From: Muddylaces
Subject: Democrats cap Chatham County Substitute teachers hours
The democrats would have you believe that they were for everyone having affordable health care access during the Affordable Healthcare Act debate. How affordable is healthcare when your work hours are capped? How hard did Karen Howard and Del Turner fight for healthcare for Chatham County substitute teachers?
September 8th, 2014, School board committee member Del Turner, “motion that the district cap substitute teacher hours at the number of hours necessary in order to ensure that the district is not required under the Affordable Healthcare Act to extend health insurance to the substitutes or be subject to fines, with the district to have the flexibility necessary under extraordinary circumstances to allow extended hours consistent with law.†It passed 4-0. Mia Munn is running to unseat Del Turner. Mia has tirelessly been taking notes at the school board meetings for the last four years; you can bet she will stand by her convictions. Give her your vote, she’s worked hard for it.
This is not really surprising. The School Board just learned what businesses across the country learned. The ACA blows chunks and is costing American workers hours so that they will remain ineligible for employer sponsored healthcare. So now Chatham County Substitutes not only will not be able to get employer healthcare, they now get to take less money home because of less hours. Well I guess they will be just as happy to make up the hours in fast food restaurants where their hours will also be capped. Why was Mrs. Howard unable to foresee this problem?
By her own words, the County has funded everything the school board has asked. Education is a core priority for the conservative commissioners. Why did she not see these county employees as a priority and bring this issue to the County Board?
Here is the situation voters face. Democrat Karen Howard will be on the County Board next year. She is running unopposed. County voters must return Brian Bock and Pam Stewart to the board; both must win otherwise Mrs. Howard will likely become the BOC chair. If you are a county employee, do you feel comfortable that a Howard led board will not cap your hours too and send you into the Obamacare website purgatory to fend for yourself?
Brian Bock, Pam Stewart, Walter Petty, have a track record on enabling Chatham County employees to do their job and will continue to support them. They have done a good job and should be re-elected.
-mud