 not teaching on the taxpayer s dime in michigan there are currently 39 school districts that have paid teachers to work on union activities twentyfive of those districts paying for full release time the cost to the taxpayers for these 39 districts was at least 2700000 million with the mea being so flush with cash that they can pay for targeting legislators for recall maybe it rsquo s time that they foot the bill for their union members on union business instead of putting the cost on the back of the taxpayer for an article on the issue click on the following story link  http wwwmichigancapitolconfidentialcom 12876 