Apparently David Ige (D) supporters can't get legitimate dirt on Duke Aiona (R), so they're saddling Duke with Furlough Fridays (no school on designated Fridays), which Democrats at the time pinned on then-governor Linda Lingle (R), which she in turn said was forced on her by the Democratic-dominated legislature and the state teacher's association, which they denied, and round it went. But it looks like it was the teachers themselves, along with the Hawaii Department of Education, who decided on Furlough Fridays, taking days off when classes were scheduled rather than on teacher days when there were no classes scheduled. David Ige himself was among the Democrats who approved Furlough Fridays. Duke was lieutenant governor at the time.
The anti-Aiona ad is being paid for with Mainland dollars from the Democratic-party-friendly National Education Association Advocacy Fund. The NEA is the largest labor union in the U.S. It represents public school teachers and others in the education field. The Advocacy Fund is its super PAC.
Links:
Democratic Lies about Furlough Fridays [Honolulu Magazine] Sep 21, 2012
Hawaii teacher furloughs will cut class time, not preparation days [Honolulu Advertiser] Sep 25, 2009
