Read the email on the jump page which has been circulating through inboxes since yesterday. In a shocking turn of events, public sector unions in Connecticut are facing off with their detractors, but this time it's not budget balancing politicians or concerned taxpayers, but a conservative think tank. The unions have called on the state's Attorney General to investigate the Yankee Institute, claiming, among other things that "As part of its political agenda, the Yankee Institute has sought, and continues to seek to attack and degrade public employees, advocate moving their work to private employers, and to delegitimize and destabilize state government." It's one of those stories that you have to read to believe. Yet another example of Public Sector Inc. hard at work...
From: Fergus Cullen [info@yankeeinstitute.org]
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 1:51 PM
Subject: Yankee challenges public unions: Prove it or apologize
One Sure Sign of Effectiveness: State Government Unions make desperate attack on Yankee Institute
Dear Friend,
There are two groups of people in Connecticut: Those who enjoy the security, high pay, and generous benefits of government jobs - and the rest of us who pay for them.
The unions think state employees deserve permanent jobs, automatic raises, and guaranteed health and pension benefits worth well over a million dollars per state employee. The Yankee Institute disagrees.
The unions allege that the Yankee Institute is breaking the law by opposing sweetheart labor union deals. We categorically deny all of the union's accusations made in SEBAC's desperate and paranoid June 17 letter <http://email.geniusmailer.com/ct/6173568:9084417464:m:1:240527933:364669ED2F1A7FB0348D925D3F24371C> to Attorney General Jepsen. If the unions can't provide any evidence to support their charges, they should withdraw them and apologize to the Yankee Institute before their credibility is further damaged. Without such evidence, the Attorney General has no basis for an investigation and he should say so immediately.
We understand the government unions are frustrated to have as effective a critic as the Yankee Institute. But that does not excuse the union's delusional behavior or the union's desperate attempt to use the power of the state to silence us.
We suggest SEBAC cool off with a tall glass of lemonade and some time in the shade.
Sincerely,
Fergus Cullen, Executive Director
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