Jason Levin holds up a shirt he was going to wear to blend in with Tea Party members during the movement's protest on Tax Day, but after his face was posted on the Internet he had to shelve his planned appearance.
Posted on 04/15/2010 1:35:40 PM PDT by icwhatudo
PORTLAND -- A state board will investigate whether a Beaverton teacher was on his own time or using state resources while he organized liberals to crash Oregon tea parties.
On Thursday, Jason Levin was put on paid leave by the Beaverton School District.
Levin has gotten national attention for a "Crash the Tea Party" Web site that called for opponents to infiltrate the events and behave outlandishly. That raised suspicion he was doing political work during schools hours.
Beaverton School District spokeswoman Maureen Wheeler confirmed Levin was placed on paid administrative leave as of Thursday while they conduct an internal investigation into his actions during work time.
When asked for what reasons, she said “we all know what it is."
The Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission opened an investigation Wednesday.
Jason Levin holds up a shirt he was going to wear to blend in with Tea Party members during the movement's protest on Tax Day, but after his face was posted on the Internet he had to shelve his planned appearance.
BTTT
IWANTPIE 2012
Little Jason Boy is lucky he still has a face. Good thing he didn;t actually show up! But, then... Liberals NEVER show up. They just send their Jasons...
iwantpie 2012
More like fear sweat....:)
What are the odds that the whole thing was a scam to begin with?
A one man anti-tea party?
(okay maybe a few - but you get my drift right?)
Works for me.
> With teachers like these...
...homeschool.
I did see that and I’m not sure how much investigation it really takes to get fired for the kind of vile stuff he’s been posting and stirring up. Of course, he’s a liberal teacher so he may be a protected class. He doesn’t need paid leave, he just needs to leave period!
He’s now trying to make money off it by selling “tea” shirts.
[That is interesting. Do you have any evidence for that? TIA.]
I’m just speculating. From what is known about Levin’s background—”technology educator”—I’d guess he teaches computers. He’d monitor different computer blogs where money generating ideas are discussed. We’re back into our mid-term political season when billions in contributions are flowing via the web. It’s scam season. If this is what he’s doing it may be legal if he’s crossed his i’s and dotted his t’s.
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