John Danielson This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. The Nugget -- Letters to the Editor

   www.nuggetnews.com/archives/96 - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/9/1996   Last Visited: 7/23/2001

   When John Danielson , the OEA campaign director was reminded that $64 , 000 for one candidate and over $40 , 000 for four violated the spirit of the law placing a $40 , 000 limit on expenditures by a House candidate , he was unrepentant and arrogantly commented I've never thought that the law was a very good law.. So much for a law passed by the people.
   
   Back of the hand , too , from a spokesperson for teachers to the very people ( taxpayers ) who supply all the money to build and operate public schools in Oregon. Teachers in Oregon must pay their fair share to the teachers' union ( s ) in order to hold a paid teaching position.
   
   We have believed that control of local public schools was local , and that we elected our state representatives to represent us and our children -- not a special interest.

2. 2. Seven Principles of State Budget Reform

   www.cascadepolicy.org/pdf/fisc - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/1/1993   Last Visited: 7/11/2006

   In March 1993, the OEA and its political allies waged a concerted political pressure campaign against legislators who considered cutting back runaway school spending.[13] John Danielson, the OEA's chief lobbyist, succinctly described their expectations of the Legislature: "You can't go through Chinese torture forever."[14]
   
   Add to the OEA more than 115,000[15] other state and local government employees, their families, and hundreds of thousands of direct beneficiaries of specific programs, and the total dwarfs any other organized political group in the state.
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   John Danielson, chief lobbyist for the Oregon Education Association, quoted in The Oregonian, March 9, 1993, page A-1 as saying "You can't go through Chinese torture forever." 9.
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   John Danielson, chief lobbyist for the Oregon Education Association, quoted in The Oregonian, March 9, 1993, page A-1, as saying "You can't go through Chinese torture forever." 15.