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==SEIU Thugs==
==SEIU Thugs==
On August 7th 2009 three SEIU members were seen attacking a black conservative protester outside a Saint Louis Townhall meeting.<ref>[http://www.tcotreport.com/eyewitness.html Eyewitness Account of Union Thugs Beating Tea Party Attendee in St. Louis], [[The TCOT Report]], August 7, 2009.</ref> The forum on aging called by Rep. Russ Carnahan, Democrat, drew an overflow crowd in a school gym in south St. Louis County, Missouri. Dozens of people, some with signs about the health care debate, were kept out. Kenneth Gladney, 38, a conservative activist, was attacked as he handed out yellow flags with "Don’t tread on me" on them. He spoke to the Post-Dispatch from the emergency room at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, where he said he was awaiting treatment for injuries to his knee, back, elbow, shoulder and face. Gladney, who is black, said one of his attackers, also a black man, used a racial slur against him. Mr. Gladney was attacked by people wearing dark blue SEIU t-shirts as the video that surfaced shows. <ref>[http://sweetness-light.com/archive/seiu-thugs-beat-up-town-hall-protester SEIU Thugs Beat Up Town Hall Protester], ''Sweetness & Light'', August 07, 2009.</ref>
On August 7th 2009 three SEIU members were seen attacking a black conservative protester outside a Saint Louis Townhall meeting.<ref>[http://www.tcotreport.com/eyewitness.html Eyewitness Account of Union Thugs Beating Tea Party Attendee in St. Louis], [[The TCOT Report]], August 7, 2009.</ref> The forum on aging called by Rep. Russ Carnahan, Democrat, drew an overflow crowd in a school gym in south St. Louis County, Missouri. Dozens of people, some with signs about the health care debate, were kept out. Kenneth Gladney, 38, a conservative activist, was attacked as he handed out yellow flags with "Don’t tread on me" on them. He spoke to the Post-Dispatch from the emergency room at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, where he said he was awaiting treatment for injuries to his knee, back, elbow, shoulder and face. Gladney, who is black, said one of his attackers, also a black man, used a racial slur against him. Mr. Gladney was attacked by people wearing dark blue SEIU t-shirts as the video that surfaced shows. <ref>[http://sweetness-light.com/archive/seiu-thugs-beat-up-town-hall-protester SEIU Thugs Beat Up Town Hall Protester], ''Sweetness & Light'', August 07, 2009.</ref>
==Barack Obama's Aide==
Patrick Gaspard, who served as the political director for the Service Employees International Union local 1199 and is [[Obama|Barack Obama's]] current political director, received $37,071.46 in “carried over leave and vacation” from the union in 2009, but he did not disclose the agreement to receive the payment on his financial disclosure forms filed with the White House.<ref>Jake Sherman. [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/39110.html White House aide failed to disclose $40K payout], ''Politico'', June 28, 2010.</ref> In a section on his financial disclosure where agreements or arrangements for payment by a former employer must be disclosed, Gaspard checked a box indicating that he had nothing to report. Such financial disclosures are governed by federal law. Gaspard spent nine years at 1199 SEIU, a major labor union in New York. Gaspard also worked for Obama’s campaign, and later worked for the transition team, where he earned $11,500, according to the financial disclosure form he filed this year. He was pulling a salary from SEIU until Jan. 16, 2009, shortly before Obama was inaugurated.
==Further reading==
==Further reading==