When thousands of peaceful, Tea Party protestors came to Harry Reid’s hometown of Searchlight, Nev. last Saturday, you would have thought that the favorite son of this hardscrabble, mining town would garner tons of local support. Not so. Members of IBEW Local 357 were called to action to agitate the crowd and, as we’ve previously shown, to hurl eggs at the busses carrying them.
Around 0:18 into the video released last night showing the exploding shell and yolk that came inches from Andrew Breitbart’s face, a loud protestor taunts Breitbart, smiling and mocking his condemnation of the egg-throwing. “Glad you approve!” he sneers, “Thanks, man!”.
This guy really gets around. Here he is at a Las Vegas healthcare townhall meeting back in August.
He’s holding a megaphone and rallying the crowd with chants of “Health Care for All!” What a tireless advocate for taking other people’s money.
No longer just a face in the crowd… ladies and gentleman this proud Harry Reid supporter is Edward “Eddie” Gering. And like his sister in the struggle Alvivon “Bon Bon” Hurd, he is not just a random loudmouth with a picket sign. No, he’s actually the Vice President of Local 357. He’s one heartbeat away from the Presidency of Harry Reid’s favorite union.
Here he is being sworn in as an officer of his local:
According to UnionFacts.com, Gering makes over $111,000 a year to look after his brothers. Not bad, Eddie. Is standing on the side of a desert road screaming support for Harry Reid and disdain for your fellow Americans who are exercising their constitutional rights in a peaceful and orderly way part of your job description, or were you “going the extra mile” last Saturday?
Your incredibly handsome salary paid for by the hard-earned dues of your brothers and sisters is especially remarkable considering the average annual salary in the state of Nevada is under $33,000.
I bet the public would also find it interesting to find out that the Local 357 Pension Fund is in deep trouble. As of 2007 (before the recession) they were under-funded by 35%! Per Federal law they were required to notify their members of the problem and the fund is now in a ten-year “Funding Improvement” period. Hope that goes well for your sake, Eddie. With the salary you are currently hauling in, you are due for a nice, fat pension. Good thing your health plan isn’t in line for one of those “Cadillac Taxes” that your favorite Senator voted for. Nope, that tax is only going to the non-union folks in your state. Whew, dodged that bullet, didn’t you?
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