Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Nixon - Obama.....What's the Difference you ask? Allow ME!
The Difference between Liberals and Conservatives
The Difference between Evil and Virtue
The Difference between Subject or Citizen
The Difference between Takers and Makers
The Difference between Whiners and Winners
The Difference between Deniability and Accountability
The Difference between Can and Should
The Difference between Image or Substance...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4559198273774&l=0b9f715ab6
What's the Difference you ask>?
as McCarthy ERROR showed us...the Media has been behind IT all....Nixon if a democrat would of never been convicted behind the court of public opinion prosecuted BY THE media
Saturday, October 11, 2014
.Letter from Stegmann 10/11/14 TUSD Governing Board elections...Grajalva must go..
Hello,
There will be more to write later on TUSD's budget problems, but enough has been said for now.
TUSD’s 2014 school grades (including some good news): Many
individual TUSD schools maintained high grades or showed big
improvements, but the overall picture was weak. Altogether 15 schools
earned higher grades than in 2013 while 26 earned lower grades. One high
point: Drachman and Soleng Tom outscored every elementary school in the
neighboring Tanque Verde and Catalina Foothills districts.
Conflicts of interest (update): The
board president’s mother-in-law, who was appointed to a principal
position in June, had failed to disclose the relationship in the space
on the job application meant for that purpose. Contrary to media reports
in July, the only applicant who outscored the mother-in-law in both
rounds of interviews had a complete set of administrator credentials.
Imminent calendar decision: Staff has presented three calendar options for 2015-16, and you can vote for your preference through October 24.
The main differences between the options are (1) whether to have a long
October break or a long Thanksgiving break (a shift of three days) and
(2) whether to start slightly later in August or have a longer Spring
break (a shift of two days).
Mythical loan to finance early learning centers: The
widely reported loan to finance creation of the early learning centers
never existed. The startup costs were financed entirely out of current
operating funds.
TUSD report: Octoiber 11, 2014
Dear supporters and correspondents,
Unfortunately, there is serious tension among district leadership since the revelation of the budget issues raised in the media and my last two memos. When insiders disagree it can be hard for outsiders to sort out the truth. One strategy for the outsider is to highlight the facts or concrete information in each side’s statements. Sometimes there is almost nothing to highlight.
It appears to me that district leadership, comprising three board members and the superintendent, are hunkering down into a mutually defensive posture instead of addressing the genuine issues. Every case is different, but the PCC and Sunnyside boards have gone through similar cycles.
This letter covers four topics:
TUSD’s 2014 school grades, including some good news
Conflicts of interest (update)
Imminent calendar decision
Mythical loan for early learning centers
As always, this letter expresses only my own views, not those of the district or the board as a whole.
TUSD’s 2014 school grades
Summary: Many individual TUSD schools maintained high grades or showed big improvements, but the overall picture was weak. Altogether 15 schools earned higher grades than in 2013 while 26 earned lower grades. One high point: Drachman and Soleng Tom outscored every elementary school in the neighboring
Tanque Verde and Catalina Foothills districts.
Each year I create and send a table showing each TUSD school’s letter grade, as computed by the Arizona Department of Education. Some other factors affect the grades, but AIMS scores (with all their flaws) dominate the formula. This year’s table is attached to the email.
Good news
Palo Verde High School, which had a “D” several years ago, completed its rapid ascent to “A” status.
The staff and students deserve huge credit. PVHS’s current enrollment exceeds projections and is over 1,000. This should increase the richness and sustainability of its programs.
Five TUSD elementary schools jumped two grades, which is rare and deserves recognition.
Drachman jumped two grades from C to A, and Marshall, Mission View and Tolson each jumped from D to B. Congratulations to the staff and parents of these schools. Banks nearly made the same jump, climbing from a C to a B and missing an A by only one point. Johnson recovered from years of poor performance, which had led to an F rating and substantial interventions, to earn a C.
Drachman and Soleng Tom outscored every elementary school in the neighboring Tanque Verde and
Catalina Foothills districts. Drachman also beat every elementary school in the neighboring Amphi district.
Catalina High School jumped from a D to a mid-C, closer to B than to D. Central’s decision earlier this year to appoint a new principal was controversial and generated a huge volume of email to the board.
I supported the superintendent’s recommendation to make the change (a 4-1 vote, with Foster dissenting), consistent with my policy of not interfering with a superintendent’s decision to release an administrator unless there is some significant process problem (such as evidence of retaliation).
Nonetheless, the AIMS results bolster the arguments of those who opposed the change.
Bad news
Despite those and some other significant successes, the overall picture is disappointing. TUSD had two years of big achievement gains under the Pedicone administration, but that trend has now ended abruptly. Among the district’s elementary and K-8 schools, 11 earned higher grades than last year but 19 earned lower grades.
Among middle schools, one earned a higher grade but six slipped to lower grades. The high schools were a bright spot, with three earning higher grades and only one declining. (I have omitted the alternative schools
from these tallies.)
You can see which schools rose and fell in the table attached to the email.
Given these results, I remain very concerned about the board’s recent decision to remove student achievement from the criteria used to evaluate the superintendent. Student achievement played no role in this year’s evaluation (which gave the superintendent 100%) and will play no role in next year’s evaluation.
The importance of a school’s principal Each year’s AIMS results underscore the importance of a school’s principal. Time after time, a leadership change produces a rapid rise or fall in a school’s performance. Enrollment often responds to those performance changes within 2-3 years.
Therefore, I still believe that Central’s most important single task is to recruit, retain, and support excellent principals. If TUSD had excellent principals at every school and focused on supporting them and their staffs, then it would do well (without $300,000 advertising campaigns).
At present, I think that Central wastes resources and unnecessarily burdens some principals by over-managing them. This has apparently contributed to several strong principals’ recent decisions to leave TUSD. If TUSD were running well, then Central would be less visible, both within TUSD and externally. Everyone would be focusing on the schools. Conflicts of interest (update).
Summary:
The board president’s mother-in-law, who was appointed to a principal position in June, had failed to disclose the relationship in the space on the job application meant for that purpose. Contrary to media reports in July, the only applicant who outscored the mother-in-law in both rounds of interviews had a complete set of administrator credentials.
My July 8 letter discussed the then-new revelation that on June 24 the TUSD board had appointed Grijalva’s mother-in-law (Olga Gomez) to be a school principal. The relationship had come to light several days later, after people started to ask questions. I described unusual aspects of that appointment on July 8 and do not repeat them here, but some facts that emerged later have hardly been reported. Two are significant:
(1) A story in the Star on July 21 said that “the second-place candidate [from the second round of interviews] did not receive further consideration because she was from out of state, and on a temporary certification that was going to expire in December.” Other media provided similar accounts.
That was inaccurate. Another candidate for the position did indeed have a temporary certification, but she was not the second-ranked candidate.
The second-ranked candidate from the second round of interviews, and the only candidate to outscore Gomez in both rounds, is currently a site administrator in Arizona with a complete set of credentials. After scoring extremely well through the first two rounds of interviews, that candidate was not even invited to the final interview process with the superintendent. Only Gomez received that invitation.
(2) Ms. Gomez left blank the space on the job application for providing “TUSD Relative Information”.
Imminent calendar decision
Summary. Staff has presented three calendar options for 2015-16, and you can vote for your preference through October 24. The main differences between the options are (1) whether to have a long October break or a long Thanksgiving break (a shift of three days) and (2) whether to start slightly later in August or have a longer Spring break (a shift of two days).At the September 23 board meeting, TUSD’s calendar committee presented three options for next year’s
(2015-16) calendar.
A link at the TUSD website (tusd.k12.az.us/contents/events_calendar survey.html) allows you to express your preference until October 24.
The board will get the results of that unscientific survey.
In 2012 the board voted unanimously to create a week-long Fall break by starting earlier in the summer. Many protested the abrupt change, and I later regretted that vote.
Among the current options, Option C has the latest start and would probably be the best for school attendance, but that is not the only issue and I am not committed to any of the three options.
Parents and employees in different situations naturally have different preferences. As part of the calendar process, I have been trying for years to end “early out” on Wednesdays and to offer professional development instead in longer blocks on occasional Fridays. These efforts have so far failed. (The board recently had two “workshop” style board meetings in which the board members rotated through tables that were well-supplied with staff coordinators, highlighters, and sticky notes. The purpose was to get board members’ input on staff-selected topics. I focused my efforts on just two points: preserving TUSD’saudit committee, which seems to be under chronic threat of elimination or marginalization, and ending “early out” on Wednesdays.
No one who has participated in similar activities will be surprised to hear that the staff summaries of the sessions omitted both points.)
There are basically two differences among the three calendar options (A, B, and C).Fall and Thanksgiving break. Some neighboring districts, including Amphitheater and Tanque Verde, have a weeklong Fall break from Oct.12-16 and the traditional two days off at Thanksgiving. Catalina Foothills follows the same pattern except that it has three days off at Thanksgiving, including the Wednesday before the holiday.
For TUSD, Option A matches Amphitheater’s breaks. Options B and C instead have only two days off for a Fall break, Oct. 9-12 (Friday through Monday), and a full week at Thanksgiving.
This would eliminate the annual attendance problem that occurs on the day before Thanksgiving. The calendar committee said that having only two days of class that week could create another attendance problem, so they proposed giving the whole week off.
Academic interventions and other optional activities could be scheduled for the early days of Thanksgiving week, just as for Fall break. Fall start date and Spring break Options A and B start classes on Thursday, August 6th in 2015, essentially continuing the current pattern. Under that pattern classes will start sometime between July 31 and August 6th every year.
Option C instead starts on Monday August 10, lengthening the summer by one weekend and eliminating another two-day week that has historically produced poor attendance.
Option C regains those two days in the Spring, by having a three-day Spring break (from the Thursday before Easter through Easter Monday) instead of a full week.
In short:
Option A: long October break early start and long Spring break
Option B: long Thanksgiving break early start and long Spring break
Option C: long Thanksgiving break later August start and short Spring break.
Mythical loan to finance early learning centers
A story in the Star on July 6 stated “While [TUSD superintendent] Sanchez originally hoped to use desegregation funds to pay for the early learning centers [at Brichta and Schumaker], the district instead took out a low-interest loan to cover start up costs. It will take four to five years to pay off the loan, unless enrollment picks up, allowing the district to pay it off sooner.”
This news has set off an ongoing string of questions about the loan and whether it was properly approved by the governing board. In fact: the loan never existed. The startup costs for the early learning centers were financed entirely out of current operating funds.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Immigration LINKS from "Arizona Laura.." LaRaza EXPERT
"IT'S NOT IMMIGRATION AND THEY'RE NOT IMMIGRANTS":
IF YOU ARE IN ARIZONA: SHERIFF JOE SUPPORTS THIS! (AZ) PROP. 122: CALL YOUR 2 U.S. SENATORS & 1 U.S. REP. AND DEMAND THEY SUPPORT THIS BILL WHICH WILL ALLOW ARIZONA TO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR BAD FEDERAL LAWS THAT LEAVE THE STATES THE TAB!
CONGRESS(TOLL-FREE CALLS): 1(888)978-3072; 1(800)833-6354
AFP-AZ Recommendations on 2014 General Election Ballot ...
americansforprosperity.org/... /afp-az-recommen...
Americans for Prosperity
October 04, 2014 JBudget & Spending,
Healthcare & entitlements ... Prop 122 will
provide Arizonans with a way to
protect themselves from overreaching ... but we are within our rights to refuse to expend our hard-earned tax dollars to fund bad ...
protect themselves from overreaching ... but we are within our rights to refuse to expend our hard-earned tax dollars to fund bad ...
HINT: (FOR ANYTHING BELOW THAT CALLS FOR CALLING YOUR U.S. SENATORS & U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THEIR NAMES, JUST CALL THE NUMBER FOR CONGRESS & JUST TELL HER YOUR STATE AND THE OPERATOR WHO ANSWERS WILL GIVE YOU "ALL THEIR NAMES" & CONNECT YOU, TOO!)
1. ACTION ALERT: FROM A READER: PARTIAL AMNESTY! CALL YOUR CONGRESSMEN/WOMEN ABOUT THIS AND DEMAND THEY STOP THIS!
(*3 minute video above)
(COMMENT FROM READER:) Usually refugees are given status due to
wars, but these illegals will actually be able to apply in their
home countries and invade our country and become citizens as
refugees. In other words, totally open borders. Anyone can come
here now and claim they are refugees from their countries where
there is no conflict. 2. ACTION ALERT: 2ND AMENDMENT: SEND THIS (OR CALL) TO YOUR LEGISLATORS AND DEMAND THEY VOTE AGAINST THIS (IF YOU AGREE)!
Democrats Renew Push for Gun Control Surgeon General ...
18 hours ago - Fellow
American,. Last year, President Obama nominated Vivek Murthy
to be America's next Surgeon General. Dr. Murthy
comes highly ...
3. ACTION ALERT: "AZTLÁN" (ALSO CALLED "LA
RECONQUISTA" = THE RECONQUEST) IS THE MEXICAN MOVEMENT THAT
WANTS TO TAKE OVER THE U.S. STARTING WITH THE 7 SW U.S. STATES!
(GOOGLE "AZTLAN" OR "LA RECONQUISTA".) THEY ARE TEACHING THIS
IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ALL 50 STATES TO THEIR KIDS! AN
ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN 3 YEARS AGO (AUG. 2011) SAYING MEXICANS
& THE RADICAL CHICANOS ARE GOING TO "WAGE A WAR AGAINST THE
UNITED STATES" TO TAKE "BACK" THEIR LAND (BASED ON LIES -
MEXICO ONLY OWNED WHAT IS THE SW TODAY FOR 24 YRS. (THE REST IS
ALL MYTHS), WE PAID THEM $28.2 MILLION IN THE 1800'S AND THE
LAST $10 MILLION OF THAT WAS SOLD TO US BY THEIR PRESIDENT SANTA
ANA WHO APPROACHED "US" TO SELL IT TO US!). OBAMA JUST GAVE
THIS "LA RAZA" AFFILIATE GROUP $30 MILLION!!!
CALL HIM AND TELL HIM ABOUT "LA RAZA'S PLAN"!!! ALSO, I READ THEY GIVE
MEXICO'S GOV'T. $300 MILLION OF OUR
MONEY EVERY YEAR! TELL HIM TO STOP THAT, ALSO!
(AND SEND THIS OUT TO EVERYONE
TO DO THE SAME!)
OBAMA COMMENTLINE: 1(202)456-1111 OR 1414
Obama gives $30Million to
LARaza Affiliate ... YPI = Youth Policy Institute
http://www.wnd.com/2014/04/ obama-gives-30-million-to-la- raza-affiliate/
http://www.wnd.com/2014/04/
4. ACTION ALERT: A LEGISLATOR, I BELIEVE, RECENTLY WROTE THAT NO ONE WHO WANTS "AMNESTY" SHOULD BE ATTORNEY GENERAL (I AGREE AND THOMAS PEREZ SUPPORTS "AMNESTY"!): IF YOU AGREE WRITE AND TELL THEM WHETHER YOU WANT(LABOR SECY. THOMAS) PEREZ TO BE A NOMINEE FOR AG!
OBAMA
COMMENTLINE: 1(202)456-1111 OR 1414
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said: “Based on the evidence, Tom Perez is more than just some left-wing ideologue. He’s a left-wing ideologue who appears perfectly willing to bend the rules to achieve his ends.”...
5. ACTION ALERT: HELP! OUR MARINE
STILL IMPRISONED IN MEXICO: SGT. ANDREW TAHMOORESSI CONTINUE TO
CALL THE MEXICAN CONSULATE HEADQUARTERS AND DEMAND THEY RELEASE
"OUR MARINE" WHO NEEDS HELP FOR HIS COMBAT PTSD (POST TRAUMATIC
STRESS SYNDROME) & IS BEING HELD WRONFULLY IN MEXICO. TELL
THEM WHETHER YOU WILL EVER GO TO MEXICO AGAIN AS A TOURIST IF
THEY DON'T RELEASE HIM IMMEDIATELY!
Mom of Marine held in Mexico pleads with lawmakers, as ...
http://www.foxnews.com/ politics/2014/10/01/mom- marine-held-in-mexico-pleads- with-lawmakers-as-attorney- says-release-could/
7 days ago - The
mother of the U.S. Marine imprisoned in Mexico
after mistakenly crossing the ... to push her case for
the U.S. to pressure Mexico to release him.
... his service, has deteriorated since he was locked up
March 31 on gun charges. ... when the
prosecution acknowledged that Tahmooressi's PTSD may
have ...
Fox News Channel
Lawmakers said it is outrageous for a U.S. ally to hold an ailing American on gun charges that clearly stem from an honest mistake. Tahmooressi was in the San Diego area to get PTSD treatment, and living out of his pickup truck when he mistakenly crossed the border at a poorly marked checkpoint. He immediately declared that the guns were among all of his possessions in the truck, according to Benitez.... ------------------------------
6. ACTION ALERT: MEXICO IS HELPING
ILLEGALS FIGHT AGAINST DEPORTATION:
1) TELL MEXICO TO STAY OUT OF OUR AFFAIRS!
1) TELL MEXICO TO STAY OUT OF OUR AFFAIRS!
ALSO, WE GIVE $300 MILLION TO THE MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT EVERY YEAR!!! SEND YOUR 2 U.S. SENATORS & 1 U.S.
REP. THIS ARTICLE AND DEMAND WE STOP GIVING MEXICO AIDE WHEN
THEY ARE INTERFERING IN OUR AFFAIRS AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!
MEXICAN CONSULATE HEADQUARTERS (D.C.): (YOU CAN FIND YOUR CLOSEST ONE TO YOU HERE:)
MEXICAN CONSULATE HEADQUARTERS (D.C.): (YOU CAN FIND YOUR CLOSEST ONE TO YOU HERE:)
Mexican Consulates in the United States and Canada ...
www.mexonline.com/consulate.AND HERE IS THE D.C. MEX. CONSULATE TEL. #: Tel: (202) 736-1000
Mexico is HELPING Illegals Fight Against Deportation ...
2 days ago -The
Mexican government has been caught red-handed actively helping
illegal aliens get into the United States and fight
against deportation once they’re here! Mexico is
supposed to be our allies and yet they continue to subvert our
immigration system and help illegal aliens gain entry into the
country and avoid deportation! When you combine this betrayal
with the fact that the Mexican government continues to
imprison Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, it is UNACCEPTABLE that U.S.
aid continues to trickle south!
The Mexican government is actively subverting our immigration laws and paying to fight against deportation! Only you can FORCE Congress to cut off all aid to Mexico immediately!
Now I know what you’re saying… “How does any of this trace back to me?” Well, I spent much of the last day trying to add up all of the money that the United States gives to Mexico. The grand total is more than $300 MILLION/year of taxpayer money…
Think about this for a second… The United States spends MILLIONS of dollars training Mexican police, border agents, and soldiers to better enforce the border. Why are we spending the time and money to train Mexican border agents when the government goes out of its way to help illegal aliens subvert our immigration laws?...
The Mexican government is actively subverting our immigration laws and paying to fight against deportation! Only you can FORCE Congress to cut off all aid to Mexico immediately!
Now I know what you’re saying… “How does any of this trace back to me?” Well, I spent much of the last day trying to add up all of the money that the United States gives to Mexico. The grand total is more than $300 MILLION/year of taxpayer money…
Think about this for a second… The United States spends MILLIONS of dollars training Mexican police, border agents, and soldiers to better enforce the border. Why are we spending the time and money to train Mexican border agents when the government goes out of its way to help illegal aliens subvert our immigration laws?...
7. ACTION ALERT: THE U.S. IS OFFICIALLY
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DEBT AND NOW WE'RE PAYING MILLIONS
PERHAPS BILLIONS FOR THESE NEWEST ILLEGALS. IF YOU AGREE,
DEMAND YOUR CONGRESSPERSONS STOP THIS!
Sep 30, 2014 - azcentral.com
U.S. government to help foot migrant kids'
legal bills azcentral.com
Some of the tens of thousands of undocumented children who illegally crossed into the United States while fleeing violence in Central America will get legal help from an unexpected source: the federal government. The Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that the agency plans to spend $9 million over the next two years to pay for legal representation for about 2,600 unaccompanied minors. The money will help support programs that provide legal services to children caught crossing the border illegally and who are applying for asylum or other forms of protection from deportation back to their home countries. Applicants will be eligible for the money on a first-come, first-served basis....
Some of the tens of thousands of undocumented children who illegally crossed into the United States while fleeing violence in Central America will get legal help from an unexpected source: the federal government. The Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that the agency plans to spend $9 million over the next two years to pay for legal representation for about 2,600 unaccompanied minors. The money will help support programs that provide legal services to children caught crossing the border illegally and who are applying for asylum or other forms of protection from deportation back to their home countries. Applicants will be eligible for the money on a first-come, first-served basis....
8. ACTION ALERT: THIS BIASED NEWSPAPER (AZ
REPUBLIC) SO OFTEN IS CRITICAL OF SHERIFF ARPAIO WHO IS IMHO THE
"BEST" SHERIFF PERHAPS IN THE COUNTRY. HE HAS DEEP VALUES ABOUT
FIGHTING FOR OUR NATION AND FOR AMERICANS' JOBS AND EVERYTIME HE
CATCHES AN EMPLOYER ILLEGALLY HIRING ILLEGAL ALIENS, TONS OF
JOBS BECOME AVAILABLE TO SO MANY UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS. IN
ESSENCE, HE DOES HIS JOB. NOW LOOK AT THEM ONCE MORE CRITICIZING
HIM! READ THIS AND THEN WRITE THE "AZ REPUBLIC" NEWSPAPER AND
TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK!
AZ REPUBLIC LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Send a Letter to the Editor - AZCentral.com
Review: 'The Joe Show,' 4 stars - AZCentral.com
http://www.azcentral.com/ story/entertainment/movies/ 2014/10/02/movie-review-the- joe-show-arpaio-stars/ 16550235/
6 days ago -The fundamental question raised
by "The Joe Show," Randy Murray's documentary about
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, is whether such a publicity-seeking
politician really needs the attention....
The Arizona Republic
9. ACTION ALERT: RASMUSSEN REPORTS - SEND
THIS OUT TO EVERYONE! THEY NEED TO KNOW THIS: VOTERS STRONGLY
OPPOSE LEGAL RIGHTS & GOV'T. BENEFITS FOR ILLEGALS!!!
(ALSO, OUR LEGISLATORS NEED TO KNOW THIS!)
The Obama administration
yesterday announced that it is spending
$9 million to provide lawyers for some of the
young illegal immigrants who flooded across
the border earlier this year, but voters strongly
believe these illegal immigrants do not have the
same legal rights U.S. citizens do. Read More
10. TEA PARTIES:
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Why Tea Party Voters in Kansas Are Livid about What Sarah Palin Did
11. CANDIDATES/POLITICS:
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(CANDIDATES FOR AZ. GOV.:) DuVal, Ducey differ on how to revive Arizona economy
(CANDIDATES FOR AZ. GOV.:) DuVal, Ducey differ on how to revive Arizona economy
18 hours ago - Ronald
J. Hansen, The Republic | azcentral.com 2:07 a.m.
MST October 5, ... candidates Doug Ducey and Fred
DuVal is their current view of ...
http://www.azcentral.com/ story/money/business/2014/10/ 05/arizona-economy-plans- competing/16759387/
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DIANE DOUGLAS FOR AZ SUP'T. OF SCHOOLS: (From Letters to the Editor of AZ Republic:):
.../douglas-education-...The
Arizona Republic:I'm confident that Republican Diane Douglas
is the best choice for Arizona superintendent of public
instruction. She plans to eliminate Common Core — a program
from Washington, D.C., that brings students into an identical
education throughout the country. I believe it's more
beneficial for the states to choose a curriculum, enabling
teachers and students the freedom to learn and develop
independence in education, rather than being subjected to the
rules sent from Washington.— Anne Cusick, Sun
City
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DARK MONEY IN CAMPAIGNS: PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT DOUG DUCEY'S CONNECTION WITH THE KOCH BROTHERS BUT WHEN YOU READ THIS, IT CHANGES EVERYTHING!
Republicans Are Overwhelmed By A Sea of Democratic Cash
http://www.azcentral.com/
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DIANE DOUGLAS FOR AZ SUP'T. OF SCHOOLS: (From Letters to the Editor of AZ Republic:):
Douglas will let state decide on education - AZCentral.com
www.azcentral.com/.../letters/------------------------------
DARK MONEY IN CAMPAIGNS: PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT DOUG DUCEY'S CONNECTION WITH THE KOCH BROTHERS BUT WHEN YOU READ THIS, IT CHANGES EVERYTHING!
Republicans Are Overwhelmed By A Sea of Democratic Cash
Dec 29, 2013 - In the last six
years, union contributions dominated donations
to state political action committees. State and
national unions spent $17 million in ...
A Star Tribune analysis of campaign finance records found that just three dozen individuals or entities have contributed more than $27 million to political action and independent expenditure committees over the past three election cycles. The analysis shows those donations heavily favored Democrats....
One union — the powerful Education Minnesota teachers union — poured $4.8 million into election efforts, nearly all of it benefiting Democrats. Alida Messinger, a longtime DFL contributor and former wife of Gov. Mark Dayton, donated at least $1.6 million to Democratic political action committees. …
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RE: HARRY REID'S LOBBYIST:
Court hears appeal of ex-lobbyist's conviction for illegally raising funds for Harry Reid
Last year, a federal jury convicted Whittemore of making excessive campaign contributions, making contributions in the name of another, and lying to federal agents....
A Star Tribune analysis of campaign finance records found that just three dozen individuals or entities have contributed more than $27 million to political action and independent expenditure committees over the past three election cycles. The analysis shows those donations heavily favored Democrats....
One union — the powerful Education Minnesota teachers union — poured $4.8 million into election efforts, nearly all of it benefiting Democrats. Alida Messinger, a longtime DFL contributor and former wife of Gov. Mark Dayton, donated at least $1.6 million to Democratic political action committees. …
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RE: HARRY REID'S LOBBYIST:
Court hears appeal of ex-lobbyist's conviction for illegally raising funds for Harry Reid
Fox Business - 23 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO – A former
Nevada lobbyist asked an appeals court Monday to toss
out his conviction for illegal campaign fundraising for
Sen. Harry Reid....Last year, a federal jury convicted Whittemore of making excessive campaign contributions, making contributions in the name of another, and lying to federal agents....
kjzz.org/KJZZ
Lawyer Arrested At SB1070
Protest Looks To Continue Lawsuit Against Maricopa County.
An attorney who came to ... Jude Joffe-Block. October
08, 2014 ...HERE'S THE AUDIO CLIP:
Lawyer Arrested At SB1070 Protest Looks To Continue Lawsuit Against Maricopa County
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13. ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIME:
| Illegal alien charged with repeatedly raping 9-year-old girl in New Jersey | |
| Dave Gibson | Immigration Reform Examiner | |
| October 8, 2014
On
Monday, Bergen County Prosecutor Marybel Mercado
Ramirez offered Luis Remache, 25, a plea deal in which
he would be sentenced to 20 years in prison on two
counts of child rape. The Ecuadorian national began
raping the victim in...
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14. GUN-RUNNING:
https://twitter.com/JudicialWa tch
Judicial Watch is a conservative,
non-partisan educational foundation, promoting transparency
... View more photos and videos ... No More Delay for
Obama's Fast & Furious Reckoning:
http://bit.ly/1uBJcjY
#tcot via @BreitbartNews .... Victory Against Obama's
#DOJ: Fed Court Orders Release of Fast
& Furious Documents to ...------------------------------
(On left side of page:)American-Rattlesnake | Immigration News, Analysis, and ...
October 6, 2014 .... As most
of you know, the investigation into the death of Agent Brian Terry
at the hands of Mexican narco-insurgents has gone
nowhere for ...
http://american-rattlesnake. org/
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15. 2ND AMENDMENT:
- Gun
Ristrictions Reversed for Legal Immigrants of Hawaii
- 2014-09-24 21:10:44-04
Fox news has released the story that a federal judge has overturned a Hawaii law barring legal immigrants from applying for a firearm permit, the latest in a wave of rulings against similar laws across the country. Judge J. Michael Seabright ruled last week in favor of plaintiff Steve Fotoudis, an Australian citizen who is Continue reading here...
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- Off
Duty Cop Shoots Serial Murderer At Work After Beheading
- 2014-09-26 11:20:59-04
An incident at a Moore food distribution center left one woman dead, and two people injured, Moore police reported Thursday. Officers found two women stabbed and a man shot inside Vaughan Foods, Inc., 216 NE 12, in what has been described as an incident of workplace violence. One of the women was pronounced dead. Alton Continue reading here...
http://gunsnfreedom.com/off- duty-cop-shoots-serial- murderer-at-work-after- beheading/
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16. NEWEST SURGE IN ILLEGAL ALIENS:
Video: Immigration
Enforcement Needed to Counter Criminal and Terrorist Threats
Immigration and National Security
Nexus
WASHINGTON, DC (October 8, 2014) — A new video
interview from the Center for Immigration Studies highlights the
value of robust and routine immigration enforcement to discover and
disrupt criminal or terrorist conspiracies involving non-citizens.
While some government officials may downplay the threat to the
United States from groups such as ISIS, a veteran of past national
security investigations involving foreign terrorists voices concern
about existing vulnerabilities in our immigration system....View the full interview at: http://cis.org/Videos/
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17. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? PEOPLE WHO OWE NO ALLEGIANCE TO OUR NATION ARE VOTING IN OUR ELECTIONS (FOR OUR DESTRUCTION?):
| Illegal aliens will help re-elect Democrat Kay Hagan in North Carolina | |
| Dave Gibson | Immigration Reform Examiner | |
| October 8, 2014
In 2013,
the state of North Carolina began issuing driver's
licenses to illegal aliens who qualified for President
Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
program (better known as 'executive order amnesty').
Officials had...
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| Read more http://www.examiner.com/ |
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18. CHARITY & OUR PORTS OF ENTRY:
Why Does Our Government Seek Charity for Our Ports of Entry?
By DAVID NORTH
WASHINGTON, DC (October 7, 2014) — Does a government ask for donations to maintain its parliamentary buildings? Its Air Force or FBI? No, a self-respecting nation, particularly a prosperous one like the United States, uses public funds for important public purposes....------------------------------
19. E-B5 PROGRAM:
Would You Buy a Used Car from This EB-5 Applicant?
By David North
CIS Blog, September 29, 2014
http://www.cis.org/north/
Excerpt: In EB-5 cases (with the initials standing for Employment-Based) the jobs created by the investment count only if they are genuine, non-family, non-alien jobs. But the papers filed by the lackluster lawyer indicated a total of 11 jobs, including UCD and his wife, one nonimmigrant worker (probably an H-2B) and four contract workers (i.e., people who had to pay their own Social Security and Medicare taxes). That left four actual jobs created by the EB-5 investment....
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S.D. & EB5: In South Dakota EB-5 Case, More Thought to the Frills than the Turkey in the Oven
By David North CIS Blog, October 3, 2014
http://www.cis.org/north/
Excerpt: If the long-simmering EB-5 scandal in South Dakota were a Thanksgiving dinner, you would notice lots of activity regarding the table settings, the cranberry sauce, and the gravy, but no one would be paying much attention to the big turkey in the oven. The kitchen, to continue the metaphor a bit, is heating up, however, as the sometimes sleepy Democratic Party in the state is trying to make a major public issue of the repeated, convoluted, and often clever local misuse of the immigrant investor program. The GOP governor when the multiple EB-5 disasters began was Michael Rounds and he is running this fall for the U.S. Senate, so he is the target for much of the criticism....
20. OBAMACARE:
| Economists’
Arguments against Obamacare Lawsuits Backfire
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| On Its
One-Year Anniversary, ObamaCare Gets an ‘F’
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21. Responding
to the President's Immigration Fiat, Pt. 5
By Stanley Renshon
CIS Blog, September 30, 2014
http://www.cis.org/renshon/ responding-presidents- immigration-fiat-pt-5
Excerpt: The president's forthcoming executive amnesty and enforcement actions are likely to be an immigration Rubicon for the Republican Party for its supporters, its elected officials, and its 2016 presidential candidates. Let me start with Republican supporters and their elected officials....
By Stanley Renshon
CIS Blog, September 30, 2014
http://www.cis.org/renshon/
Excerpt: The president's forthcoming executive amnesty and enforcement actions are likely to be an immigration Rubicon for the Republican Party for its supporters, its elected officials, and its 2016 presidential candidates. Let me start with Republican supporters and their elected officials....
22. Immigration
Lame-Duck Fantasies Redux, Pt. 1
By Stanley Renshon
CIS Blog, October 2, 2014
http://www.cis.org/renshon/ immigration-lame-duck- fantasies-redux-pt-1
Excerpt: It's lame-duck immigration amnesty fantasy time at the White House again, though this year's version starts with a threat. The threat came from Vice President Joe Biden who, "challenged Republicans to 'see the Lord' or the 'lightning' in regard to immigration reform during a speech he made at a reception for Hispanic Heritage month."...
By Stanley Renshon
CIS Blog, October 2, 2014
http://www.cis.org/renshon/
Excerpt: It's lame-duck immigration amnesty fantasy time at the White House again, though this year's version starts with a threat. The threat came from Vice President Joe Biden who, "challenged Republicans to 'see the Lord' or the 'lightning' in regard to immigration reform during a speech he made at a reception for Hispanic Heritage month."...
23. "THE MEXICANIZATION OF WISCONSIN":
http://www.vdare.com/posts/ the-mexicanization-of- wisconsin-a-non-southwestern- state
http://www.vdare.com/posts/
By Allan Wall on October 8, 2014: In
Wisconsin, “America’s
Dairyland“, the Hispanic population is growing and the
Mexican government is moving in to increase its influence. The
Badger Herald ran a report on the situation, with the title Mexican
Consulate comes to Wisconsin, ensures the Hispanic vote
matters by Marigrace Carney, The Badger Herald,
Oct. 2, 2014 Let’s examine that title. If you’re talking about
the “Hispanic vote” you’re presumably referring to Hispanic
voters in the United States. If so, why is the Mexican
diplmoatic corps getting involved? Well, as I’ve been trying to
inform Americans for years, Mexico is meddling in the United
States, but there aren’t too many people who are interested.
Certainly not Republican party officials. Here’s what the
article says...
24. MARK ZUCKERBERG EXPLOITING FACEBOOK
USERS???
Could There Finally Be an Alternative to the Pro-Illegal Alien Facebook?
By Ronald W. Mortensen CIS Blog, October 3, 2014
http://www.cis.org/mortensen/ could-there-finally-be- alternative-pro-illegal-alien- facebook
Excerpt: Mark Zuckerberg is funding his anti-American escapades in Mexico, his attack on the middle-class through demands for more visas for foreign workers, and his pro-illegal alien and employer amnesty campaign with funds generated by exploiting Facebook users. According to the manifesto of a new social network, Ello, today's social media magnates are buying and selling people through the data that they collect on users and then sell to advertisers. Ello believes that "collecting and selling your personal data, reading your posts to your friends, and mapping your social connections for profit is both creepy and unethical" since, under the guise of offering a "free" service, users pay a high price in intrusive advertising and lack of privacy....
Could There Finally Be an Alternative to the Pro-Illegal Alien Facebook?
By Ronald W. Mortensen CIS Blog, October 3, 2014
http://www.cis.org/mortensen/
Excerpt: Mark Zuckerberg is funding his anti-American escapades in Mexico, his attack on the middle-class through demands for more visas for foreign workers, and his pro-illegal alien and employer amnesty campaign with funds generated by exploiting Facebook users. According to the manifesto of a new social network, Ello, today's social media magnates are buying and selling people through the data that they collect on users and then sell to advertisers. Ello believes that "collecting and selling your personal data, reading your posts to your friends, and mapping your social connections for profit is both creepy and unethical" since, under the guise of offering a "free" service, users pay a high price in intrusive advertising and lack of privacy....
25. AZ REDISTRICTING (VOTING/ELECTIONS):
U.S. Supreme Court could toss out Arizona voting boundaries
6 days ago -The
U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Arizona
Legislature's argument that only state lawmakers have the
authority to draw congressional boundaries. The court also
wants to hear arguments on why the Legislature believes it has
the legal standing to get involved in the case. Arguments
could happen early in the new year.At issue is the ongoing
dispute over the nine congressional districts the Arizona
Independent Redistricting Commission drew in 2011. Arizona
lawmakers argue that the U.S. Constitution gives only the
legislature the power to draw those boundaries....
26. MORE
ON TERRORISM:
The ISIS MANIFESTO: What Every American Needs To Know About ISIS Plan To Kill ‘Ten Million Americans’
By Shoebat
Foundation on September 22, 2014
If the .pdf file of the article is not
attached then you can read the article at the link below.
http://shoebat.com/2014/09/22/------------------------------
(WE SPEND $7 MILLION - $10 MILLION PER DAY FIGHTING ISIS I HAVE READ:)
We've Spent $800 Million Fighting ISIS in Iraq. How Much ...
http://www.fool.com/investing/ general/2014/10/05/weve-spent- 800-million-fighting-isis-in- iraq-how-m.aspx
The Motley Fool: 3 days ago - And it could cost
twice as much as the White House thinks. ... It's been
nearly a week since U.S. bombs bega
raining down on ISIS (aka "Islamic State," aka "ISIL," ... costing the U.S. about $7.5 million per day, or less than half the cost of air
... airstrikes over Iraq and Syria could easily top $10 billion per year....
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American fighter joins Kurds in battle against ISIL
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(SEE THIS VIDEO:)Frightening Details From Beheader's Oklahoma Mosque ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=a1yQbJ-O1kw&list=UUtfcqf7cq_ W3d2tO6uqeYfg
raining down on ISIS (aka "Islamic State," aka "ISIL," ... costing the U.S. about $7.5 million per day, or less than half the cost of air
... airstrikes over Iraq and Syria could easily top $10 billion per year....
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American fighter joins Kurds in battle against ISIL
22 hours ago - American
fighter joins Kurds in battle
against ISIL. ... Wilson, who looked
middle aged and had his head shaved,
said he met YPG fighters ...
(SEE THIS VIDEO:)Frightening Details From Beheader's Oklahoma Mosque ...
5 days ago - Uploaded by
act4america
Only an idiot would accept the notion
that people are radicalized via the internet! The
killer was taught the ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?
27. DRUGS (AZ:)
6 arrested in drug busts at Prescott motels - CBS 5 - KPHO
Sep 21, 2014 - Four
women and two men are facing various drug-related
charges after a ... are six people who
were arrested at Prescott motels for
illegal drug ...
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Suspects in Sky Harbor Airport lockdown plead not guilty
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Suspects in Sky Harbor Airport lockdown plead not guilty
2 days ago - A
suspect in the shooting that put Sky
Harbor International Airport's ... 18 after
being linked to a shooting that injured a
man after a drug deal ... Tempe police
pursued the three to Sky Harbor where Clark
and ... Dejarnette and Salazar also have been arrested
in a second drug-related shooting that
occurred ...
http://www.azcentral.com/ story/news/local/phoenix/2014/ 10/06/sky-harbor-suspect- pleas-not-guilty/16809267/
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http://www.azcentral.com/
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28. DRUG CARTELS (MEXICO:)
Mexican drug cartel boss Hector Beltran Leyva seized by ...
6 days ago - Mexican
special forces have seized alleged cartel
leader Hector ... The purported head of the
Beltran Levya drug gang was captured in
a ...
http://www.theguardian.com/ world/2014/oct/02/mexican- drug-cartel-boss-hector- beltran-leyva-seized-by- special-forces
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http://www.theguardian.com/
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29. MEXICAN PRESIDENT PEÑA NIETO IN NYC:
http://www.vdare.com/posts/ mexican-president-pena-nieto- spends-four-days-in-new-york- city-speaks-at-un-meets- leaders-receives-prizes-and- talks-with-nyc-mayor-about- mexican-community
http://www.vdare.com/posts/
Mexican President Pena Nieto Spends Four Days in New York City; Speaks at UN, Meets Leaders, Receives Prizes and Talks with NYC Mayor About “Mexican Community”
By Allan Wall on October 4, 2014: Mexican
President Enrique Pena Nieto was recently in California (August
25th and 26th), where he hobnobbed with Governor Moonbeam and
called the U.S. “The Other Mexico”. See my article on the
visit here.
I never read of any prominent Republican, by the way, who
criticized the Mexican President’s characterization of the U.S.
as “The Other Mexico”. Less than a month later, Pena Nieto was
back on U.S. soil, this time in New York City, for the 69th
General Assembly of the United Nations. It’s always a good idea
to keep tabs of a Mexican presidente while he’s
visiting the United States. Therefore I present below a summary
of Pena Nieto’s four days in the Big Apple:...
30. LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
Push for requiring civics to graduate a solid idea
www.azcentral.com/.../push-Hooray for state Rep. Steve Montenegro, R-Litchfield Park, on his proposal that all high-school students pass a basic citizenship exam before graduating ("Legislator: Teens should pass citizen test for diploma," Republic, Thursday). It is appalling that 33 percent of non-immigrant citizens do not know the three branches of government. This should be a bipartisan issue. I would recommend one modification: that the test is administered and passed during a student's junior or senior year, which is closer to when he or she is eligible to vote. Former Arizona Sens. Dennis DeConcini and Jon Kyl should be lauded for their support of the Civics Education Initiative to correct this problem. Knowledgeable and informed voters are the bedrock of our democracy. —Richard Ward, Phoenix
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"In the beginning of a change,
the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his
cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs
nothing to be a Patriot." - Mark Twain
FOR
EVERY ILLEGAL THAT IS WORKING IN OUR COUNTRY, THERE IS AN
AMERICAN UNEMPLOYED!
FOR EVERY ILLEGAL ALIEN STUDENT THAT IS IN OUR COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES, THERE IS AN AMERICAN STUDENT THAT HAS LOST AN EDUCATION!
(There is just a limited amount of jobs and a limited amount of places in our higher education, NOT AN INFINITE AMOUNT!!!)
FOR EVERY ILLEGAL ALIEN STUDENT THAT IS IN OUR COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES, THERE IS AN AMERICAN STUDENT THAT HAS LOST AN EDUCATION!
(There is just a limited amount of jobs and a limited amount of places in our higher education, NOT AN INFINITE AMOUNT!!!)
(Bold,
color, underline have been added for emphasis)
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