COUNTDOWN: Full election results have now been at the Chicago Teachers Union for eight hours, but none are published on the CTU website
Chicago, May 25, 2010. It has now been 152 hours since the voting ended in Chicago's public schools for the first round of the 2010 Chicago Teachers Union election and eight hours since union financial secretary Mark Ochoa left the office of the American Arbitration Association with the complete results of the voting on May 21, 2010. At the time the AAA provided the CTU with the complete record of all the voting (and the school by school count), union officials refused to provide that information, in digital form, to this reporter (who worked as an observer during the count) or to the members of the union's "canvassing committee."
Chicago Teachers Union financial secretary Mark Ochoa (above, from a UPC photo) took exclusive possession of the complete report on the May 21, 2010 CTU election at 9:00 p.m. on May 24, 2010 after supporting a decision by a slim majority vote of the union's "canvassing committee" to not provide each member of the canvassing committee with an electronic copy of the full results report via e-mail. Ochoa was present at the offices of the American Arbitration Association throughout both nights of counting the ballots (May 21 - 22; May 24). Ochoa is the candidate for CTU vice president on the United Progressive Caucus slate in the current election.This notice will be updated every 12 hours until every member of the Chicago Teachers Union has every bit of information they should have had by noon Saturday (May 22) regarding all of the votes taken in the May 21 election, as well as the school-by-school breakdown.
[Full disclosure. This reporter, who also serves as editor in chief of Substance, was an observer for the Caucus Of Rank and file Educators (CORE) throughout the 22 hours of vote counting held on May 21, May 22, and May 24, 2010 at the offices of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in Chicago].
Comments:
By: Margaret Wilson
retired teacher/parent
There are so many firsts since Marilyn was elected and this is another one (not a good first either). The Union belongs to the members not a particular caucus so this is inexcusable and I do fault AAA for their part in this denial of rights to the members.
By: Margaret Wilson
As of 9:51, results have not been posted.
I just checked the Union site and there is no update. Also, the time stamp is an hour off on the above posts and I don't know why there is a duplicate posting because I only clicked once.
By: Theresa D. Daniels
Marilyn Stewart's Outrageous Tricks
This outrageous turn of election events-- where Marilyn Stewart is being seriously challenged with 65% of the voters as of the May 22nd announcements voting against her--is not surprising. That her financial secretary Mark Ochoa would take possession of the final count of the votes as of May 24th, 9:00 pm, and still have no annoucement as of 10:00 am the next morning, May 25th, is just another brazen piece of skullduggery in the long train of machinations that the United Progressive Caucus (UPC) under the misleadership of Marilyn Stewart has been guilty of. For more of the tricks and shenanigans read my other comment about Walter Jacobson following the Substance newspaper story about Marilyn's secret fund-raising with the high and mighty--a fundraising that wasn't even advertised on the union website for the union members to know about.
So when will we know about the final count of this election? Why is Marilyn, both head of the union and UPC caucus as well as a candidate, hiding the results of this election. She has done outrageous stuff before, and now it's more of the same from her. Let's hope she hasn't compromised this election in the hopes that a re-do will keep her from losing to CORE.
By: sickandtiredofpolitics
How did........................
UPC get almost 7000 votes?
By: Linda Porter
CSDU
There is absoutely no excuse for the results not eing posted. My people who have been on the canvassing committee for several years tell me that AAA gives CTU a degital copy of everything on an Excel file and all they have to do is post it, as had always been donein the past.It takes 2 seconds. They just don't want us to have the Excel file. CORE should call them out on this. It was obvious to the people present for the final count that the Rules and Elections Committee Chair, Karen Kreinik, who is a UPC Member and on the slate as a CTU Trustee candidate, did not want any of the other caucuses to have them. In the past, we were always given copies of the results within 24 hours and the Excel file was posted within 24 hours. It's not brain science, but, who knows, maybe for them it is?
By: Linda Porter
CSDU
There is absoutely no excuse for the results not eing posted. My people who have been on the canvassing committee for several years tell me that AAA gives CTU a degital copy of everything on an Excel file and all they have to do is post it, as had always been donein the past.It takes 2 seconds. They just don't want us to have the Excel file. CORE should call them out on this. It was obvious to the people present for the final count that the Rules and Elections Committee Chair, Karen Kreinik, who is a UPC Member and on the slate as a CTU Trustee candidate, did not want any of the other caucuses to have them. In the past, we were always given copies of the results within 24 hours and the Excel file was posted within 24 hours. It's not brain science, but, who knows, maybe for them it is?
By: Danielle from CORE
CTUNet
They put up just a number for each caucus, not each position. And they say all ballot positions will be re-run for the run off. That doesn't include the IFT/AFT delegates, does it? Are those "ballot positions"?
By: kugler
Count manipulation part deux
just as in the Nov 20 referendum vote now we are having the vote counts manipulated. The vote counts are in and since they are not being released they are therefore being manipulated.
All the caucuses should be provide with the excel files from AAA. Anything less is election fraud.
By: Linda Porter
CSDU
No, there is no run-off for the AFT Convention Delegates. They are elected by whoever gets the most votes. The CTU Constitution mandates that the officers must get 50% plus 1.
They are just being purposely recalcitrant about posting the Excel file.
By: Pat Morrison
Former Webmaster, CTU
When I was the webmaster for the CTU (2004-08), I felt it was my responsibilty to publish the verified results for any and all elections the moment they were available. I very much remember one 3AM call and the results were posted no later than 3:15AM. As Linda Porter stated, it is not brain surgery to post the school by school breakdown.
Sadly, this is an obvious political maneuver by the current administration to prevent the opposition caucuses from obtaining pertinent information for planning the next phase of their campaign. And it blatantly shows what lengths they will go to to thwart transparency to the Membership and anyone who opposes them.
By: Sarah Loftus
results posted
1:53pm
the results are posted, but not in an excel doc. SO it will take time to convert.
If I'm reading this correctly, it looks like CORE won AFt delegates.
By: kugler
Looks like UPC lost AFT delegate Vote
just a quick glance looks like CORE AFT candidates got more votes than UPC AFT candidates.
so the victory press release was a lie.
Looks like CORE candidates for AFT delegates got more votes than some of the UPC officer candidates. lowest CORE delegate vote count is 5025
MARILYN STEWART UPC 5659
TENILLE EVANS UPC 5630
MARY M. ORR UPC 5629
KEITH VANDERMEULEN UPC 5628
ISALY ACEVEDO UPC 5627
MARK A. OCHOA UPC 5626
GLORIANNA ESTELA CORE 5640
JAMES CAVALLERO CORE 5639
JEFFERY BLACKWELL CORE 5638
SEAN BARRETT CORE 5637
DANIELLE CIESIELSKI CORE 5637
SARA ECHEVARRIA CORE 5637
JAMILLAH ALI CORE 5636
KENNETH BUDZ CORE 5636
LAURA CARAVELLO CORE 5636
NICK CEH CORE 5636
GARBRIELA CHONG HINOJOSA CORE 5636
CAROL CAREF CORE 5635
JOSEPH MCDERMOTT CORE 5635
LOIS ASHFORD CORE 5634
MICHAEL BRUNSON CORE 5634
AMY CLARK CORE 5634
VALERIE COLLINS CORE 5634
JASON EVANS CORE 5634
CHERYL FILIPEK CORE 5634
RHONDA GRIFFITH CORE 5634
KAREN LEWIS CORE 5634
KRISTINE MAYLE CORE 5633
DANIEL MORALES-DOYLE CORE 5633
CIELO MUNOZ CORE 5633
JONATHAN COHLER CORE 5632
MATTHEW CRYE CORE 5632
CATHERINE CUNNINGHAM-YEE CORE 5632
THERESA D. DANIELS CORE 5632
MUSHA DRUMMOND CORE 5632
JAMES ENGLISH CORE 5632
FRANCISCA ESQUILLIANO CORE 5632
DAVID HERNANDEZ CORE 5632
KURT HILGENDORF CORE 5632
MARK LIPSCOMB CORE 5632
JESSE SHARKEY CORE 5632
WENDY BOATMAN CORE 5631
BRENDA CHANDLER CORE 5631
CRISTEN CHAPMAN CORE 5631
SUSANNE DUNN CORE 5631
ALLISON EPSTEIN- MIRANDA CORE 5631
ADAM HEENAN CORE 5631
MICHAEL JOHNSON CORE 5631
JENNIFER JOHNSON CORE 5631
LOIS JONES CORE 5631
JONI A. JONES CORE 5631
CARMEN B. MARTINEZ CORE 5631
KEILAN BONNER CORE 5630
PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE CORE 5630
JO-ANNE CAIRO CORE 5630
LISA CHAPPELL CORE 5630
CLAIRE DAVIS CORE 5630
MARGARET FIRAK CORE 5630
JEANNE FREED CORE 5630
NATHAN GOLDBAUM CORE 5630
ALEXANDRA GONZALEZ CORE 5630
FRANCINE GREENBERG-REIZEN CORE 5630
SARAH HANLY CORE 5630
CARO HAYSE CORE 5630
KEVIN HILLER CORE 5630
RIVANNA JAIRAM JIHAN CORE 5630
LISA LEVY CORE 5630
JOHN LEWIS CORE 5630
THERESA MATHIS CORE 5630
SHELLEY NATION CORE 5630
BEVERLY ALLEBACH CORE 5629
BRIAN GALAVIZ CORE 5629
CHRISTINE GERTNER CORE 5629
BURMA S. GREEN CORE 5629
NORINE GUTEKANST CORE 5629
KIRSTEN HANSON CORE 5629
HOWARD HEATH CORE 5629
MAUREEN HOLMBERG CORE 5629
WILLIAM LAMME CORE 5629
CARRIE MAXWELL CORE 5629
ADRIA MTICHELL CORE 5629
ERNESTINA PADILLA CORE 5629
JACKSON POTTER CORE 5629
GLORIA PRINCE CORE 5629
CELIA RIVERO-PEREZ CORE 5629
DAVID ROBBINS CORE 5629
MIRIAM SOCOLOFF CORE 5629
KEVIN TRIPLETT CORE 5629
SUSAN ZUPAN CORE 5629
ZEIDRE FOSTER CORE 5628
EDWARD GALLAGHER CORE 5628
TAMARA GOLDSMITH CORE 5628
KATHERINE HOGAN CORE 5628
KIMBERLY HUDSON CORE 5628
KELLY JIROUS CORE 5628
NOELLE JONES CORE 5628
LARA KREJCA CORE 5628
DAWN KULICH CORE 5628
GARTH LIEBHABER CORE 5628
JOSEPH LINEHAN CORE 5628
GANAE MCALPIN-TONEY CORE 5628
JOANN MCCRISTON CORE 5628
GLORIA MHOON CORE 5628
ZULMA ORTIZ CORE 5628
ALEXANDRA PEREZ CORE 5628
DEBORAH POPE CORE 5628
ALBERT RAMIREZ CORE 5628
JAY REHAK CORE 5628
ANNETTE RIZZO CORE 5628
ORLANDO RODRIGUEZ CORE 5628
YAMALI RODRIGUEZ CORE 5628
JOSEPH SCOTESE CORE 5628
CRAIG SEGAL CORE 5628
KENZO SHIBATA CORE 5628
VALERIE D. STEWART CORE 5628
DAVID R. STONE CORE 5628
JAMES VAIL CORE 5628
CASSANDRA VAUGHN CORE 5628
JUNE WEBB CORE 5628
ANDREW HEISERMAN CORE 5627
CHRISTOPHER OLDS CORE 5627
MARK PAYE CORE 5627
LORA SANCHEZ CORE 5627
ELIZABETH SAUERS CORE 5627
JOSHUA SHERIDAN CORE 5627
JOYCE SIA CORE 5627
JOHN SILVA CORE 5627
BETTY J. SMITH CORE 5627
WADE TILLETT CORE 5627
ROLANDO VAZQUEZ CORE 5627
KATHRYN L. WEGNER CORE 5627
LEANDRES WHITE CORE 5627
LARRY WILLIAMS CORE 5627
TYASHAMEL HEMPHILL CORE 5626
ROBERT MASLANKA CORE 5626
PAMELA SEATON CORE 5626
SUSAN SEBESTYEN CORE 5626
DAISY SHARP CORE 5626
ERIC SKALINDER CORE 5626
SALVADOR VENEGAS CORE 5626
THOMAS WALSH CORE 5626
TERRI WILFORD CORE 5626
BEVERLY WILSON CORE 5626
ERIK YOUNG CORE 5626
KATHERINE KURISCH CORE 5625
LINDA NEWSOME CORE 5625
CAROL REYNOLDS CORE 5625
SCOT JEFFREY SAFFRO CORE 5625
ANGELA SANGHA-GADSDEN CORE 5625
DRUNITA STEWARD CORE 5625
CHRISTOPHER A. SWIGGUM CORE 5625
RAYMOND WOHL CORE 5625
MARILYN STEWART UPC 5659
TENILLE EVANS UPC 5630
MARY M. ORR UPC 5629
KEITH VANDERMEULEN UPC 5628
ISALY ACEVEDO UPC 5627
MARK A. OCHOA UPC 5626
BETTY ARNIERI UPC 5624
JACKIE CANNELLA UPC 5624
NICK CANNELLA UPC 5624
PATRICK CLANCY UPC 5624
THOMAS M. FEELEY UPC 5624
ANTONIA GARCIA UPC 5624
GAIL KOFFMAN UPC 5624
ADRIENNE ANGLIN UPC 5623
VICTOR CIUMMO UPC 5623
SHARON D. DAVIS UPC 5623
TODD A. FRANTZ UPC 5623
QUEEN ESTHER JACKSON UPC 5623
SILVIA LOPEZ UPC 5623
HEIDE BURKE UPC 5622
AMANDA DAVIS UPC 5622
MARY ECTOR UPC 5622
LORRAINE EUBANKS UPC 5622
EILEEN LYNCH UPC 5622
THOMAS MCCANN UPC 5622
SHIRLEY J. ANDERSON UPC 5621
DIANE BLASZCZYK UPC 5621
CARYN BLOCK UPC 5621
EUGENE BOYD UPC 5621
MICHELLE BRUMFIELD UPC 5621
SEAN M. CLANCY UPC 5621
STEPHANIE DAVIS-WILLIAMS UPC 5621
KATHERINE DONOVAN UPC 5621
ROBERT FAULKNER UPC 5621
BRIGID GERACE UPC 5621
GENOVEVA GUERRERO UPC 5621
KENNETH T. JAMISON UPC 5621
MICHAEL KANE UPC 5621
BOBBI JO KING-DONELSON UPC 5621
SARAH LANDEROS UPC 5621
PAMELYN MASSARSKY UPC 5621
JACQUELYN MCQUEEN UPC 5621
LESLIE BARRON UPC 5620
DEBRA BLACKMON-PARRISH UPC 5620
ANN BOOR UPC 5620
CHARLES COTTON UPC 5620
ERIN M. DOUBLEDAY UPC 5620
GLORIA FINLEY-STEWART UPC 5620
MARY B. FITZPATRICK UPC 5620
DAVID FRIEDMAN UPC 5620
LINDA GOFF UPC 5620
KATHLEEN HAWKINS UPC 5620
JAMES A. HEARRIN UPC 5620
GLORIA E. HIGGINS UPC 5620
TIFFANY HUMPHREY UPC 5620
KAREN L. KREINIK UPC 5620
PHYLLIS MAGEE UPC 5620
RICHARD MARTIN UPC 5620
AUDREY PARSLEY UPC 5620
KELLI PFEIFFER UPC 5620
TOM ARNIERI UPC 5619
BRENDA ASAJU UPC 5619
STAUNTON BROOKS, JR. UPC 5619
ANN CATA UPC 5619
JOHN CUSICK UPC 5619
DOROTHY FELTUS UPC 5619
JANE HEARRIN UPC 5619
GLORIA HENLLAN-JONES UPC 5619
DELPHINE HILL UPC 5619
BRENDA L. HUMPHREY UPC 5619
DONYIELLE JOSEPHS UPC 5619
JOHN KEATING UPC 5619
LAURENCE LAUGHLIN UPC 5619
DONNA LAW UPC 5619
MARCIA LOPATKA UPC 5619
ANNETTE LUCAS UPC 5619
JOHN F. O’BRILL UPC 5619
STACEY BOYD-HILL UPC 5618
JUDITH GIDDEN UPC 5618
KITTY GILBERT UPC 5618
MARY HANSON UPC 5618
MICHELLE HINKAMP UPC 5618
MARGARET LEBRECHT UPC 5618
LAURITA LOCKHEART UPC 5618
C. DIANE MYRON UPC 5618
DEANNA MYRON UPC 5618
THELMA PERKINS UPC 5618
RICHARD PERROTTE UPC 5618
HELEN RAMIREZ-ODELL UPC 5618
JANICE ROSENBERGER UPC 5618
TOM STARNICKY UPC 5618
PATTI A. WALSH UPC 5618
ERIKA WOZNIAK UPC 5618
BARBARA J. GIBSON UPC 5617
EUGENIA B. HARDAWAY UPC 5617
VIVIAN HARLAN UPC 5617
MIGUEL HERRAN UPC 5617
CARVEL JENNINGS UPC 5617
BONNIE R. JOHNSON UPC 5617
MYRA D. JOHNSON UPC 5617
EILEEN KAHANA UPC 5617
ERIC MAZA UPC 5617
MARY MCGUIRE UPC 5617
RONALD J. MINOR UPC 5617
VICTOR OCHOA UPC 5617
KRISTEN O’MALLEY UPC 5617
WENDY PATTIS UPC 5617
BEATRICE PEREZ UPC 5617
ANDRE POELLINETZ UPC 5617
DENISE RACKY UPC 5617
MARY SHARON REILLY UPC 5617
LEORA RINK UPC 5617
ARLENE WILLIAMS UPC 5617
REKA JAMISON UPC 5616
SYMANTHA LANCASTER UPC 5616
RANDI MCMANUS UPC 5616
CHRIS MEENAGHAN UPC 5616
LOIS NELSON UPC 5616
ORQUIDEA B. OLIVO UPC 5616
REINA OTERO UPC 5616
BERNICE S. ROBERTS UPC 5616
KIRKLAND ROBERTSON UPC 5616
JOSHUA E. STRAND UPC 5616
EARL STEWART UPC 5616
JOSEPH WALKER UPC 5616
OINESSA MCCANN-MOSS UPC 5615
CHRISTIAN NZE UPC 5615
EDNA OTERO UPC 5615
JOSEFINA OTERO UPC 5615
IDERIA PAGE UPC 5615
WILLIE RICHARD III UPC 5615
MONICA SIMS UPC 5615
DOROTHY J. THOMPSON UPC 5615
KAREN VIATER UPC 5615
LASHAWN WALLACE UPC 5615
MARIA WEBER UPC 5615
CHRISTEL WILLIAMS-PIERCE UPC 5615
LINDA WILLIAMS UPC 5615
NANCY WILLIAMS UPC 5615
ROBERTA WILSON UPC 5615
ELSA ORTIZ-KENNY UPC 5614
CECILIA D. SCOTT UPC 5614
EDIE MARIE SMITH UPC 5614
SANDRA A. SMITH UPC 5614
KATHY THREATT UPC 5614
SHEILA TOWNSEND UPC 5614
KAREN D. WILLIAMS UPC 5614
SANDRA L. SCHULTZ UPC 5613
ROBERT F. SCHWARTZ UPC 5613
WILLIAM G. SHERWIN UPC 5613
By: Linda Porter
CSDU
Of course, they didn't post an Excel file and the PSRP Functionals are not listed. When you click on the link the high school functionals come up again. Can't they get anything right the first time?
By: Margaret Wilson
retired teacher/parent
I do think that there is a strong indication that games have been played with the results or there would have no problem with each caucus having their own file copy. How do we know that the results are the same as the ones given to the Union? The Union couldn't hide how well CORE did in the election so it looks like the AFT delegates will be a mixed CORE and UPC (but the majority will be UPC). Marilyn will still hold her position in the AFT so some things won't change no matter what the election results are.
By: Matt Farmer
This is starting to look like . . .
This is starting to look like the type of election that former President Jimmy Carter would typically monitor in some banana republic.
By: chgotchr
Luckily CORE has no problem using lawyers
If all else fails, I'm sure a lawsuit will be on its way.
By: Danielle from CORE
CTUnet
Boy, there sure was a quick turnaround on the report of the rally, unlike the election results which were prepared already for the union. Had to get a picture of Marilyn smiling next to a police officer while being cited -- for the good of the union, of course!
One of those Officer Friendlys was mad about my students waiting for a bus on the corner and asked, "Where's your bus?" My student replied, "I don't know," and he snapped back, "What do you know? Save our schools?" Typical of the respect my kids have come to endure at 125 S. Clark, I guess.
By: Sharon Schmidt
No news from CTU at 9:00
Still no information from the CTU at 9:00.