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things we do and knows what is important in educating our c hi ldren. My chapter wi ll be doing a lot of community out- reach and getting information out to our community about how impor- tant this is.” Lewis Lester, Orange County Schools Education Association bar- gaining chair, said his chapter is starting a political action committee to organize members politically in his com- munity, which leans toward conservatism. “Education is sponsored Tax Fairness Act, which eliminates nearly $2 bil- lion in tax loopholes for corporations. Laura Williams, Lewis Lester Orange County Schools Education Association president of the Teachers Associa- tion of Norwalk, said that it would be an injustice to allow big money from corporations and billionaires to buy the election in California. “I believe spend- more important to- day and more at risk than it has been in the last 30 years,” said Lester. “Tax- payers need to do something differ- ent, and they haven’t done anything dif- ferent since Propo- sition 13. Proposi- tion 98 was supposed to be a floor, but it is now a ceiling.” It is imperative, he added, to pass Proposition 24, the CTA- ing all that money will backfire on Meg Whitman,” said Wil- liams. “The working-class peo- ple don’t appreciate being manipulated. I am going to organize phone banking and be very politically active to stop her.” Keith Law, presi- Laura Williams Teachers Association of Norwalk dent of the Merced College Faculty As- sociation, said he plans to combine tactics so that as- sociation members working to elect an education-friendly school board can also work on state- wide campaigns. SHERRY POSNICK-GOODWIN SEPTEMBER 2010 | www.cta.org 27