Telemarketing and Presidential Hopefuls

I received my first "telemarketing" call from a Presidential candidate yesterday. Hillary Clinton called and left a pre-recorded message informing me that she would be speaking in front of a group of teachers in Las Vegas on 2/22. Besides the fact that I generally don't care for Hillary or her politics, I was more perturbed by the fact that she was able to get a hold of my cell phone number, even after I had it registered with the no-call list (see below for more). What bothers me the most, however, is that my union decided for me it would be OK to give out my info. I don't typically care for unions, and I don't think mine even does me much good in the long run. However teaching Special Education increases the chance I will have of have legal action taken against me, so I find it necessary to be in it for the legal representation that it offers. I plan on informing them of my displeasure of this, but I doubt it will do any good.

(Cell phone numbers were recently released to telemarketers! If you want to be removed from the list, call 1-888-382-1222 or go to www.donotcall.gov If you call, you must do so from the number you wish to register.)