Mark Mix is President of the National Right to Work Committee, a 2.2 million member public policy organization. National He also serves as President of the Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.
Prior to joining the National Right to Work Committee in 1990, Mr. Mix worked for several state-level Right to Work groups. He joined the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation in 1999
Mr. Mix frequently appears on national television shows including Fox News Channel’s Your World: With Neil Cavuto and Fox & Friends, as well as CNBC’s Power Lunch. Mr. Mix also often serves as a guest on nationally syndicated radio shows such as the Michael Reagan Show and the Jim Bohannon Show.
Similarly, Mr. Mix’s writings have appeared in national outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times and National Review. His pieces have also been featured in widely-read regional publications across the country including the Detroit Free Press, the Orange County Register and the San Antonio Express-News.
Mr. Mix is also a sought after speaker on political technology and grass-roots lobbying tactics. He often travels across the country, speaking and training participants in the political process.
Dear Mr. Mix,
I am perplexed. On March 23, 2011, I sent you an e-mail in response to a visit that you recently made to Indiana, where you urged mitch daniels and brian bosma to show some backbone and to use their authority to force Indiana Democrats to return to work by imposing fines and levying liens on personal property. There must be something really exhilarating about standing in the bully pulpit. I then posed the following question to you:
Q: What —–mned business is it of yours?
A: None…unless you have a financial stake in the game.
Oddly, your website still posts my email and that particular query…but it’s been censored. Someone from your office has obviously noticed my missive, perhaps it was even you. If you…oops…someone recalls…I used a small case g instead of a capital G…just for effect…I’ve always been told that there’s a big difference between little g and BIG G in such cases. I’m sorry…I’m beginning to sound just like Glenn Beck…Cynicism from Glenn or Sean or Rush is okay…right? Then please indulge me. I do come from the same side of the aisle.
I watched Glenn faithfully until he embraced Scott Walker’s and Mitch Daniels’ shenanigans. I still do tune in to Glenn from time to time, but I’m a bit less “gulp-able” than I once was.
Bottom line is that I’ve still not received a reply from you. Just like I haven’t received one from brian bosma…Am I surprised? Not really. I know you’re both busy… I do pay his salary however.
I just wanted to update…err… remind you of the right to work situation in Indiana for teachers. It hasn’t changed much since 1995 really. Indiana educators are not forced to join any organization. We have been protected by state legislation, since then with the “right-to-work.” I didn’t join the union until 2005 when my wife and I bought a house and my principal at the time had the nasty habit of zeroing in on someone he didn’t like and just destroyed a career. A truly sad case of bad management run amuck…bad administrator…bad…bad…bad…
Teachers not only are not forced to join any organization in Indiana, but if one does choose to join and does not want dues to go to a specific PAC, this can be opted out as well. I’ve done this the last several years. I remind you that I am a registered Republican and voted against Obama-Biden in the last national election.
What I’m most curious about is the following: each time that I check your particular website, no one has responded to my unique style of pejorative email. My sort of verbiage is generally cannon fodder for all types of vitriol. What’s the deal? Is anyone in cyberspace really paying any attention to your organization on the national level…or are you just a money laundering portal for organizations with an agenda (The Koch Brothers, SAS, or Governor Daniels’ PAC)?
At least, take your own advice and man-up enough to respond to me. Nudge, nudge…wink, wink… And you don’t even have to censor me…I’m a good boy this time…
I’m waiting.
As always, have a nice day.
Demeter Jezioro
Mr. Mix,
I saw your name in an article by Maureen Hayden today and I felt compelled to communicate with you. I looked at your PAC’s website and I noticed that your organization is based in Springfield, Virginia. What is your interest in Indiana politics or should I ask, “How much did your organization contribute to mitch daniels’ PAC?” Is this the reason that you feel that you have a dog in OUR fight. It must have been pretty important to your PAC, that you to made a trip all the way out here to the cornfields of Indiana, far from the friendly confines of the beltway, to tell mitch and brian to use their authority to force Indiana Democrats to return by imposing fines and levying liens on personal property.
Q: What —–mned business is it of yours?
A: None…unless you have a financial stake in the game.
As a point of information, I am a registered Republican, college-educated with an advanced degree, AND a union member. There are more than a few of us out here and we too will remember the “up yours!” attitudes of Republican Indiana legislators, those of the same ilk in other states’ governments, and those who have supported them (bribed, money laundered, u-pick the appropriate term) when the next elections roll around. Much to my dismay, Republicans in the Midwest are behaving as arrogantly as the Democrats in Washington did when Obamacare was rammed through. Incidentally, I voted against Barack Obama.
Mr. Mix, I hate to tell you this, but I don’t quite hear the fat lady singing just yet. The Koch Brothers and SAS still don’t own everything. And the disaster in Japan and the crisis in Libya have moved the spotlight a bit.
In closing, I wish to thank you for indulging me with your time and to say that I look forward to a reply from you just as I did from brian bosma when I sent an e-mail to him.
Guess what? I’m still waiting for one after more than two weeks and I’m not holding my breath.
Have a nice day.
Demeter Jezioro