'Ground Zero' mosque halted

Feisal Abdul Rauf and Daisy Khan

by Chad Groening

A New York City construction worker who witnessed the terrorist attacks on 9/11 is very pleased the proposed "Ground Zero Victory Mosque" project has been stopped dead in its tracks.

Recently The Associated Press reported that Daisy Khan, wife of Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf, said that they were "pursuing a new vision for the future." Khan and Rauf had a major role in founding the mosque that was to be built near "Ground Zero" in New York City, but were effectively fired from the organization in January by fellow founder Sharif El-Gamal.

Andy Sullivan is a lifelong New York City construction worker and founder of the 9/11 Hard Hat Pledge -- one of the groups working to prevent the construction of the mosque near where the World Trade Center once stood. He says despite El-Gamal's reported commitment to move forward with the project, it is going to be tough to do without Rauf.

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New York City schools get one teacher for the price of two

by Susan Edelman

In the city's funny math, you get only one teacher for the price of two.

The Department of Education pays about 1,500 teachers for time they spend on union activities -- and pays other teachers to replace them in the classroom.

It's a sweetheart deal that costs taxpayers an extra $9 million a year to pay fill-ins for instructors who are sprung -- at full pay -- to carry out responsibilities for the United Federation of Teachers.

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Union workers admit sabotage of NYC snow cleanup

by The Right Scoop

NYC Councilman Dan Halloran says his union constituents told him that their supervisors advised them to basically do a shoddy job cleaning up the snow as a means of protest against Bloomberg because of budget cuts that would affect the Unions. They were told to take their time and if they missed streets it would not be a problem, because they needed to send a message.

I’ve just one question. Considering that people died because these union supervisors needed to send a message, I just wonder if these supervisors have a freakin’ soul? This is corruption of the highest order, that they would allow the lives of people in their city to die just so they wouldn’t get a demotion or lose their jobs. This is an outrage!



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