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Thanks to everyone who made an effort to help Maj. Stephen Godin

By: Christopher Renner (Diary)  |  June 17th, 2010 at 06:11 PM  | 

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Good job LaborUnionReport and civil_truth especially, for bringing Maj. Godin’s case to the attention of RedState readers. The ending’s about as happy as could be. From the Daily Caller:

The Massachusetts Governor signed a bill on Wednesday afternoon that saves the job of a retired Marine and public high school ROTC instructor who refused to pay teachers union fees.

Gov. Deval Patrick signed a supplemental bill that included language added as an amendment by state senator Richard R. Tisei that exempts Junior ROTC instructors at public high school across the state from having to pay union fees. Juan Martinez, Patrick’s press secretary, confirmed that the ROTC provision was signed.

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    There was a clear conflict of interests in the situation. I’m very glad that it has been resolved this way.

  • http://andrightlyso.com/ civil_truth

    And it really is an encouragement is such discouraging times to hear that I helped make some difference in someone’s life.

    This is really an astonishing and unexpected result to have the legislature intervene and so quickly. I suppose even is blue Massachusetts that Maj. Gordin’s plight somehow touched a lot of hearts and in turn reached the ears of the state’s leaders, magically escaping the usual partisan divide.

    We need to treasure such all-too-rare instances where common decency prevails against the animus of the powerful.