“Just doing some work here at the house, why?” I was curious about his tone. Before I even made it past the register at the little mom-and-pop store the guy looked at me with arms out by his side and said, “Tommy, what happened?” There it was. Full headline. Above the fold. UNION VOTES NO CONFIDENCE.
I was devastated. I wasn’t angry. Why did I deserve this from the people I was trying to help? WE were trying to make education better. I was called a genius by the local media for some of my innovations. I cashed a check from the union just 4 years prior. WHY?