{"id":1492528,"date":"2022-05-26T07:45:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T11:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1492528"},"modified":"2022-05-26T07:45:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T11:45:09","slug":"pa-teachers-union-donates-40000-to-school-board-candidates-who-now-plan-to-vote-on-new-teacher-pay-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pa-teachers-union-donates-40000-to-school-board-candidates-who-now-plan-to-vote-on-new-teacher-pay-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Teachers Union Donates $40,000 to School Board Candidates \u2013 Who Now Plan to Vote on New Teacher Pay Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpa-teachers-union-donates-40000-to-school-board-candidates-who-now-plan-to-vote-on-new-teacher-pay-contract%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1492528&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><em>By Adam Andrzejewski for RealClearPolicy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania entrepreneur Paul Martino donated $60,000 to school board candidates running in his local school district elections last November. He funded candidates\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openthebooks.substack.com\/p\/pennsylvania-entrepreneur-paul-martino?s=w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who promised to return schools to classroom instruction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania State Education Association saw this as an immediate threat and funneled at least $40,000 to back their preferred candidates in Martino\u2019s home school district, Central Bucks.<\/p>\n<p>In the local district, those union-funded, Democratic candidates raised $122,000, compared to the $95,000 raised by the outsider-candidates, and partially funded by Martino.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/report-national-school-board-association-wanted-military-deployed-at-school-board-meetings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report: National School Board Association Wanted Military Deployed At School Board Meetings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two of those union-backed candidates \u2013 Mariam Mahmud and Tabitha Dell\u2019Angleo \u2013 won. Now Martino has rightly asked those two board members to recuse themselves from the upcoming contract negotiations with\u2026 the teachers\u2019 union.<\/p>\n<p>The teacher\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsd.org\/site\/handlers\/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=78683&#038;dataid=141756&#038;FileName=CB%20Education%20Association%20Contract%202018-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">union contract expires<\/a> on June 30 and Martino argues that those candidates are conflicted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openthebooks.com\/members\/employer-detail\/?Id=21811&#038;tab=1&#038;Year_S=2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Review the 2021 Central Bucks School District payroll<\/a>\u00a0posted at OpenTheBooks.com. The district employs 1,654 people, for $147.7 million. Top-paid teachers include 367 who made the maximum salary of $112,863.<\/p>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Neither Mahmud and Dell\u2019Angleo, nor the teacher\u2019s union responded to our OpenTheBooks request for comment. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Syndicated with permission from Real Clear Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The #WasteOfTheDay is brought to you by the forensic auditors at OpenTheBooks.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">The opinions expressed by contributors and\/or content partners are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Political Insider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adam Andrzejewski for RealClearPolicy Pennsylvania entrepreneur Paul Martino donated $60,000 to school board candidates running in his local school district elections last November. 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