The fact that the Contra Costa Building and Construction Trades Council went to the effort to plan and execute Friday’s street demonstration suggests a high level of sensitivity and defensiveness — esp. since the protest signs, etc. had nothing to do with the taxpayer group’s program.

Greater public awareness of these issues is a good thing and is likely to continue, no matter how much the Council might prefer to intimidate taxpayer and other citizen groups into silent submission.

Methinks they do protest too much.

The fact is that non-union shops employ more minorities than union shops. 80% of all construction shops are non-union. To exclude these shops from bidding government work is not only wrong, but bad policy. Greg Freere’s arguments are wrong and built on lies. Organized labor is not entitled to tax dollars.

Thank you to the ABC and Contra Costa Tax Payer Association for standing strong and not being deterred by these slurs.

Boy, we’d better take a closer look at the budget for county vector control:

http://www.contracostamosquito.com/rats_mice.htm