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Setting the record straight: TAA advocacy both legal, essential

As a member of the Executive Board of the Teaching Assistantsâ?? Association, I would like to address some misinformation from the office of state Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, which ran in the Sept. 8, 2008 article â??Baldwin, Democrats applaud teaching assistants.â? Nass spokesperson Mike Mikalsenâ??s assertions that the TAA has no business pushing for better working conditions for its members, that domestic partnership benefits are illegal and that such benefits are â??fiscally irresponsibleâ? arenâ??t simply misleading; they are blatantly incorrect.