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Affiliated with NEA and KEA ACTIONACTIONACTION JEFFERSON COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION 1941 Bishop Lane, Louisville, KY 40218 ‹ 454-3400 ‹ 452-2794 (fax) ‹ www.jcta.org ‹ November 7, 2008 CONGRATULATIONS! JCTA congratulates ALL of our endorsed candidates who won their elections! PRESIDENT STATE SENATE Barack Obama 19TH DISTRICT Tim Shaughnessy 33RD DISTRICT Gerald Neal US REPRESENTATIVE 35TH DISTRICT Denise Harper Angel John Yarmuth 37TH DISTRICT Perry Clark

KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT KENTUCKY STATE REPRESENTATIVE Justice Lisabeth Abramson 28TH DISTRICT Charlie Miller 29TH DISTRICT KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS 30TH DISTRICT Judge Denise Clayton 31ST DISTRICT 32ND DISTRICT Scott Brinkman JEFFERSON CIRCUIT JUDGE 33RD DISTRICT Ron Crimm Judge Charlie Cunningham 34TH DISTRICT 35TH DISTRICT JEFFERSON DISTRICT COURT 37TH DISTRICT Ron Weston Ann Bailey Smith 38TH DISTRICT Tim Firkins 40TH DISTRICT JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL 41ST DISTRICT Tom Riner BOARD 42ND DISTRICT Joe Hardesty 43RD DISTRICT Darryl Owens Larry Hujo 44TH DISTRICT Steve Imhoff 46TH DISTRICT Larry Clark

LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL 2ND DISTRICT Barbara Shanklin 14TH DISTRICT Bob Henderson 4TH DISTRICT David Tandy 18TH DISTRICT Jon Ackerson 6TH DISTRICT George Unseld 20TH DISTRICT Stuart Benson 8TH DISTRICT Tom Owen 22ND DISTRICT Robin Engel 10TH DISTRICT Jim King 24TH DISTRICT Madonna Flood 12TH DISTRICT Rick Blackwell 26TH DISTRICT Brent Ackerson President’s Message Back Page... PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Congratulations to our endorsed candidates that won their respective elections! It is so important to elect education-friendly politicians because they vote on so many education-related issues—pay, class size, assessments, school funding, the list is endless. If you worked as a poll worker or a yard sign blitzer, thank you. If you made calls supporting our endorsed candidates, thank you. If you allowed us to put a yard sign in your yard, thank you. If you put a bumper sticker on your car, thank you. There were so many ways to help our endorsed candidates this season, and so many of you stepped up to the plate—thank you. Many of these endorsed candidates owe their win directly the work of our members and we won’t let them forget that.

Thank you for all that you do and thank you for all that you have done in this election season.

WHAT’S HAPPENING All meetings are at the JCTA office unless otherwise specified. WED NOV 12: Sick Leave Bank: DElection results for KEA Delegate Assembly due in the JCTA office by 7:00PM THANK YOU! WED NOV 12: D Spotlight Committee meeting 4:30PM; Thank you to all our teachers who donated one of Buckhead’s on Bardstown Rd. their sick days to the JCTA Sick Leave Bank. The WED NOV 12: Bank is again stable, safe, and secure. The Sick Leave DEarly Childhood Teachers meeting 5:00PM Bank is a great opportunity for teachers to receive SAT NOV 22: days when one is unable to return to work due to a D New Professional Representative Training, serious illness or injury. Most of you probably think 8:30AM-3:30PM that you will never need to receive days from the THURS NOV 20: Sick Leave Bank, but you never know when you may DLibrary Caucus meeting 4:30PM need help. Again, thanks to all of you that donated a day and helped bring the JCTA Sick Leave Bank back to life!

On a different Sick Leave Bank note: We are still looking for an ethnic minority member for the JCTA Sick Leave Bank committee. We need this committee member to be either a middle or high school member. For more information about the JCTA Sick Leave Bank, please contact Jennifer Lawson (502) 454-3400 or [email protected].