Cabrera Attacks Union Boss After Spat with Fenenbock

Cartoon by Steve Hern, https://www.facebook.com/steve.hern

So, what are we all just going to pretend that EPISD Superintendent Juan Cabrera's little live-streamed taxpayer-funded temper tantrum wasn't about defending Dori Fenenbock?

Let me get this straight, week before last there ends up being a big hub-bub about the AFT Union Boss Ross Moore coming out to clarify that despite alleged suggestion to the contrary, Dori Fenenbock did not have the support of the American Federation of Teachers in EPISD yet, and this week Juan Cabrera goes on the attack against Moore?

And we are all supposed to believe that is just some sort of coincidence? Seriously that is one of the most blatantly obvious political moves to support the candidate that he allegedly was trying to help campaign, but then said he wasn't but now looks like he is...

So now this has really gotta put the establishment Democrats into a bad spot. You have Cabrera attacking a union - and labor rights is a central part of the Democratic Party platform. Cabrera goes after the union that wouldn't endorse Fenenbock, but most of the establishment Democrats that still haven't gotten over Reyes losing to Beto, are supporting Fenenbock.

Well thats awkward because its been hard for people to call themselves Chicano and back Fenenbock with a straight face with her track record as a Republican but now that you have her chief political ally launch an attack on unions because Fenenbock didn't get an endorsement.

Because lets be real...if Fenenbock had received the AFT endorsement, there is no way in blue hell that Cabrera would be attacking Ross Moore.

Seriously, if she wasn't such a Republican, would David K be endlessly kissing her ass? No, because David K doesn't like Democrats. Remember how the balance of the blogosphere force works - he's the Republican and I am the Democrat. Who's he been carrying water for? The Republican.

Make no mistake about this though, Cabrera's attack on Moore wasn't just an attack on Ross Moore, or even just an attack on the AFT.

It was an assault on labor.

Remember the words he used like "bullying" and "intimidation". That is what management calls it when workers unite to protect their rights and participate in the same market principles that business does. And so shocker...administration doesn't like unions. Also, the sky is blue and water is wet.

There is no nice way to put it, Cabrera's attack was on the working man and woman of this community. Real Democrats should stand with unions at a time like this and unions should show solidarity and stand with each other.

Thats what it means when we say "Solidarity Forever".

This is clearly Cabrera engaging in political payback. The school board shouldn't continue to stand for his antics. Remember what happened the last time they stood idly by and let an administrator run amok? Yeah, me too.