Happily married pater familias of 5; Constitutional localist; VP, California Policy Center; 2022 CA Supe of Public Instruction nominee; Jacob 6:12
Somewhere in the Golden State
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“And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.”
-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, Book 2, Chapter 3
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PSA:
No one in my network owes anyone answers about their relationship or lack thereof with @Alphaschool.
Just Say No to Witch Hunts.
It's unfortunate that some are treating Alpha as some kind of existential threat and harassing employees. Harassing everyone I ever worked with is worse, of course, but some Alpha naysayers appear to lack awareness of the boundaries of appropriateness.
I hope everyone opts out of engagement with such behaviors.
Also, I'm going to fiercely defend the right of people to contribute at Alpha behind the scenes, precisely because of the bullying and harassment.
I developed a thick skin during the pandemic, when I was repeatedly bullied for wanting American schools to reopen (as they had in Europe, Florida, the US sun belt, many smart suburbs of NYC like Scarsdale and Bronxville, I-could-go-on). Many tried to cancel me then, and while it was immensely stressful, it prepared me to ignore the trolls and haters when I was on the right side of an issue.
I don't expect everyone to have a similar tolerance for online abuse, hence my protectiveness of my brilliant colleagues (the ones at Alpha and the ones not at Alpha; obviously, most are in the latter camp).
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“If you are in this country illegally, it is virtually impossible for you to live in this country and not commit additional legal violations—working without authorization, identity theft. There’s a lot of illegality that goes on when you are breaking the law.” @DHSGenCounsel
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NEW: The Registrar in Shasta County, CA disputes LA County's Claim that it can not temporarily segregate mail-in ballots to determine citizenship.
Clinton Curtis, the Shasta County Registar, also a licensed attorney in New York, writes under penalty of perjury:
"Electronic information management systems that are used for voting in California can flag the ballots of likely noncitizens identified by the United States, and the sorting machines can segregate those electronically flagged ballots while determining citizenship under state and federal law. Manual procedures also exist to segregate ballots cast by individuals believed to be noncitizens."
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There are at least 20,000 non-citizens on the California voter rolls.
Congressman Duarte lost by 187 votes.
Congresswoman Michelle Steel lost by 653 votes.
This is a constitutional crisis.
I was reliably told this never happens in California.
It's an anomaly.
Plus, can these ballots be in a more secure space than Skid Row?
Hardly.
Nevertheless, I'm sure that the Secretary of State and LA Registrar are all over it.
(Just don't tell Sheriff Bianco...we don't want to give him any more ammo, know what I'm sayin?)
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Also note that LAUSD is spending more on employees, but these additional dollars are increasingly spent outside the classroom.
Between 2013 and 2023, inflation-adjusted expenditure on employee compensation grew by about $1.7 billion or 27% (despite losing 35% of their students).
Total dollars going to teachers rose by $85.4 million, as their share of employee compensation fell from 52% to 42%.
The problem isn't just that LAUSD is spending more than they take in, its priorities are also out of whack.
reason.org/commentary/losing…
Math is hard for the LAUSD.
"Enrollment declined from 440,365 to 369,830 students, a decrease of about 16%. Over the same period, the total of 'full-time-equivalent' jobs increased from 60,344 to 64,148, or about 6.3%"
latimes.com/california/story…
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Apropos timing for this, and an interesting (as a former Legislative staffer, accurate) read.
Since it's voting time, I thought that I would re-up this piece on what people actually vote for:
Misconceptions About California’s Legislature
theepochtimes.com/opinion/mi… via @epochtimes
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I've uncovered why LADWP water rates are skyrocketing.
LADWP's supplier said water conservation was too successful, leading water use/revenue to collapse— justifying a 40% rate hike.
They asked us to save water, so we did. But we saved too much, so they're spiking our rates.
An independent, non-city-affiliated audit of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power rates has been ordered by Mayor Karen Bass, her office says. ktla.com/news/local-news/ind…
Since it's voting time, I thought that I would re-up this piece on what people actually vote for:
Misconceptions About California’s Legislature
theepochtimes.com/opinion/mi… via @epochtimes
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A friend of mine who is a high level professional and long time volunteer fire fighter tells me he believes that the fire unions are trying to squeeze out volunteers by continually increasing training requirements to make it too onerous for volunteers to stay in.
Commonplace: Matter of Survival - How the nation’s largest volunteer fire department endures mag.commonplace.org/p/a-matt…
Planned obsolescence is a choice.
Math is hard for the LAUSD.
"Enrollment declined from 440,365 to 369,830 students, a decrease of about 16%. Over the same period, the total of 'full-time-equivalent' jobs increased from 60,344 to 64,148, or about 6.3%"
latimes.com/california/story…
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IMPORTANT: We are proud to announce the first ever Fight for the Family Student Essay Contest!
Open to all Utah high school and college students between now and December 18th. First place winner gets $1,000 and the chance to read their essay at the Utah March for Life!
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Far from frivolous -- the problem is practical and lack of jurisdiction because didn't give Dist. Ct. time to act. Part of that is on the Dist Ct for taking 4 days to settle assignment issue.
Bennett focused on State expert saying "This can't be done as envisioned by Feds".
SCOTUS would say "We have less than perfect election processes all over the country every year. Problems identified in Calif are up to political branches to fix."
BUT -- Calif has now admitted there is NO MECHANISM to challenge a mail-in ballot.
The challenge mechanism involving sequestration and cancellation of a vote is at the precinct for in-person voting. There is no provision in California law for challenging mail-in votes.
So the Calif system is rigged by requiring attestation only, and then having no process where that attestation can be challenged such that an illegal vote won't be counted.
Once the ballots are mailed, the illegal votes are baked in.
DOJ has other option now -- prosecute all who return ballots. Issue GJ subs to the State of California for voting records of every person they suspect.
Don't need PC for a GJ subpoena.
This is how California wants to play it,.
100% odds 9th Cir. DENIES Trump's sequestration of ballots request and, as @shipwreckedcrew notes, SCOTUS won't touch it. Another frivolous, sanctionable, attempt by Trump to sow distrust in fair elections. Dude is desperate. But he will definitely get more desperate.
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Four years ago today. This was the most important move for free and uninhibited speech in the 21st century. The ripple effect is still cascading around the world.
