The state's largest teachers union -- the folks who
protested their innocence and blamed others for their campaign problems -- isn't quite so
pugnacious today.
Last Friday, union leaders agreed to a $430,000
settlement to end a lawsuit brought against the Washington Education Association by state
attorneys...
The union is quite contrite now...
There are a couple of lessons to be learned here.
First, union leaders discredited themselves and the
hard working teachers of this state through their steadfast denials of wrongdoing and
their attempts to shift blame and villify others...
Second, it's important for candidates and lobbying
organizations to know and understand campaign laws and follow them to the letter...