Who is stalking CTU's Karen Lewis?

[Hannah Bell]

…EGADS! Karen Lewis has a stalker or two! One of the most interesting things about covering news events is that you get to pay attention to the people in the back row who are trying to avoid your camera.

Sometimes they’re the biggest story, as Substance learned decades ago when we noticed a frumpy Chicago teacher at every anti-war event, supposedly on “our” side against the war but actually reporting for the Chicago Police Red Squad (which once upon a time shared Navy Pier offices with the Midwest branch of the CIA — Yes, Virginia, there is no Santa Claus, but the CIA did do domestic work, especially in Chicago, for which the ruling class always had a particular concern.)

Anyway, now, in 2011, this: For the past couple of months, it’s been clear that officials of the Chicago Public Schools have been stalking Karen Lewis, CTU President, sort of.

As the two photos accompanying this brief note show, CPS intergovernmental affairs chief Eduardo Garza keeps popping up (and taking photographs) when the CTU organizers and event.



On December 16, he was back benching at the Aurora hearings on Performance Counts. By December 29, he was standing in the cold making photographs on his camera phone at the CTU elected school board press conference. Maybe one day we can give him the Dick Elrod or Sheli Lulkin award. Those who remember that much history will get out point….

[Mimosa]

1. Oh my God.

Hannah, you keep finding the most interesting and oddly interconnected stories. Is this one missing a link?

[Hannah Bell]

2. i don't quite know what it means, but i thought it was interesting.

elrod was a daley-affiliated cook county sheriff notable for his corruption (operation greylord):

Dick Elrod – Cook County Sheriff (1970-1986)

Where is he now? Retired

Between 1981 and 1986, 47 office employees were convicted of criminal offenses, including four deputy sheriffs in the "Operation Greylord" court corruption probe and two vice unit cops for taking bribes from pimps and bookies in the "Operation Safe Bet" probe.

http://americanfraud.com/wherearetheynow.aspx


Sheli Lufkin was the red squad spy, still in the game:

How does a nice anti-Communist spy working for the U.S. Government get to hang out with socialists and communists like Joe Moore, Larry Suffredin, Harry Osterman and Jan Schakowsky? Is she still a spy?

Lulkin, soon to be the former Executive Director of the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce in Chicago, infiltrated more than 80 left-wing organizations over the years.

Yet there she is, at last Sunday's Obama Rally, yucking it up with people applauding anti-American speeches and supporting the Marxist Obama.

http://rogersparkbench.blogspot.com/2008/07/sheli-lulkin-red-squad-spy.html

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. Bloomberg's been spying on ed activists for some time.

http://gothamist.com/2010/01/25/video_nypd_photographs_protestors_i.php

This was in and out in one news cycle. The Bloomberg-allied media ( meaning virtually ALL of the media) didn't touch it at all.

No one cares.

Now Obama wants to make an internet WHAT number so that he can WHAT? ( DU home page)

[Reader Rabbit]

4. What is he hoping to accomplish?

Are TPTB really expecting to get dirt on Ms. Lewis, or is it an attempt to intimidate? If the latter, I think they're barking up the wrong tree. From what I've seen, the lady does not scare easily.

The spying should not come as a surprise, though. There is certainly ample evidence here at DU that teachers' posts are monitored!

[Starry Messenger]

5. He looks like a smug little pr1ck.

Hope he's reading this. :hi: