With Vaughn and Reece now deceased, some observers noted that Stewart was still able to get away with what was called the “Blame everything on Debbie” strategy. Stewart utilized that strategy between 2004 and her May 2007 re-election. Stewart has also blamed some of the people who put her into power from what is now being called “The Old UPC” (United Progressive Caucus). Current scapegoats include current Vice President Ted Dallas (not in photograph above), former coordinator Diana Sheffer (above, center), and Treasurer Linda Porter. Sheffer, who was one of the handful of people who kept the UPC together during the first years of the Lynch administration, was abruptly fired from her union job by Stewart in December 2007. Stewart had Sheffer escorted out of the CTU offices by security. The only living president whom Stewart blames is Deborah Lynch, who served as CTU President from July 2001 through July 2004. Stewart was unwilling to take responsibility herself for the financial debacle that her administration has created since 2004. The only person in the photograph above who is still with Stewart is Legislative Coordinator Pam Massarsky (above far left), who reportedly negotiated the disastrous contract that Stewart forced through last August and September. Substance photograph by Theresa D. Daniels. " width=733>
In her May report on the precarious financial situation of the Chicago Teachers Union, CTU President Marilyn Stewart (partly obscured, above right behind former CTU research chief Tom Feeley, far right) spared no blame in reviewing the history of the union.
According to Stewart, her three predecessors (Jacqueline Vaughn, who died in 1994; Tom Reece (above, center), who served from 1994 to 2001; and Deborah Lynch, who served from 2001 until August 2004) were mainly to blame. According to Stewart, the three previous presidents of the CTU caused a deficit that required that the union borrow $3 million in the past seven months. In addition to blaming the venerated CTU President Jacqueline Vaughn (1984 - 1994), who died in 1994, Stewart also blamed Vaughn’s successor Tom Reece (above, second from left), and, of course, Deborah Lynch, whom she had blamed for just about everything during her first term in office.
Stewart’s version of reality is that Vaughn and Reece initiated "policies" that resulted in the long-term financial problems of the CTU, and that those policies were made worse under Stewart’s immediate predecessor, Lynch.
With Vaughn and Reece now deceased, some observers noted that Stewart was still able to get away with what was called the “Blame everything on Debbie” strategy. Stewart utilized that strategy between 2004 and her May 2007 re-election. Stewart has also blamed some of the people who put her into power from what is now being called “The Old UPC” (United Progressive Caucus). Current scapegoats include current Vice President Ted Dallas (not in photograph above), former coordinator Diana Sheffer (above, center), and Treasurer Linda Porter. Sheffer, who was one of the handful of people who kept the UPC together during the first years of the Lynch administration, was abruptly fired from her union job by Stewart in December 2007. Stewart had Sheffer escorted out of the CTU offices by security.
The only living president whom Stewart blames is Deborah Lynch, who served as CTU President from July 2001 through July 2004. Stewart was unwilling to take responsibility herself for the financial debacle that her administration has created since 2004. The only person in the photograph above who is still with Stewart is Legislative Coordinator Pam Massarsky (above far left), who reportedly negotiated the disastrous contract that Stewart forced through last August and September. Substance photograph by Theresa D. Daniels.
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