LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE TWIN TIERS…IN MY LAST COMMENTARY I READ AN E-MAIL FROM A VIEWER WHO IS GRATEFUL FOR UNIONS AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT.
IN RESPONSE TO MY ANTI-UNION STAND HE OPINED THAT I SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF MYSELF. WELL… OTHER VIEWERS DISAGREE. FOR EXAMPLE, A VIEWER NAMED JOHN E-MAILED ME TO SAY THAT POLITICIANS DO NOT HAVE THE GUTS TO CRITICIZE UNIONS. JOHN ALSO SAID THAT HE HOPED THE DAYS OF UNIONS ARE NUMBERED.
MEANWHILE, JIM—A FORMER UNION MEMBER TURNED MANAGER—E-MAILED ME TO SAY…AND I QUOTE: “I WAS A MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE AND IT TOOK ME EIGHTEEN PLUS MONTHS TO ‘FIRE’ A WORTHLESS EMPLOYEE…WHO THE UNION STOOD UP FOR TIME AND TIME AGAIN. HE RUINED STATE VEHICLES, STOLE AND BROKE STATE EQUIPMENT, SHOWED UP DRUNK MANY TIMES AND FALSIFIED DOCUMENTS AND DOCTORS’ REPORTS FOR SICK LEAVE.” UNQUOTE.
WELL, I WANT TO THANK BOTH JOHN AND JIM FOR THEIR E-MAILS AND INVITE UNION SUPPORTERS WATCHING TONIGHT TO RESPOND. WITH COMMENTARY…I’M YOUR PH.D. OF POLITICS AND HOST OF “COLEMAN AND COMPANY”…DR. STEPHEN COLEMAN…THAT’S MY OPINION…WHAT’S YOURS?