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Thursday, October 5, 2017
Friday, September 29, 2017
Governor McAuliffe Receives 2017 Virginia School Board Association’s Legislative Award of Excellence
CHARLOTTESVILLE – The Virginia School Board Association (VSBA) today honored Governor Terry McAuliffe with the 2017 Legislative Award of Excellence for his tireless advocacy for Virginia public education, through his work to help struggling school divisions, his continual commitment to funding for public schools, and his efforts to veto legislation which would have undermined the commonwealth’s public schools.
“Virginia’s economic prosperity is inextricably linked to our world-class public schools,” said Governor Terry McAuliffe. “I appreciate the Virginia School Boards Association’s continued partnership in improving student outcomes and investing in our future. Together, we are transforming the way we approach education in the 21st century and creating a foundation for long-term success.”
The annual VSBA Legislative Award of Excellence has recognized individuals’ work on behalf of public education and the VSBA since 1985.
“The VSBA is honored to present Governor McAuliffe with the VSBA Legislative Award of Excellence”, stated VSBA President Robert Hundley, Jr.“Governor McAuliffe has demonstrated his continued support of public education through legislative deference to Virginia’s local school divisions. His administration has partnered closely with VSBA creating innovative accountability measures, recognizing teaching excellence and providing an equitable allocation of resources allowing the students of the Commonwealth to receive a relevant and dynamic 21st Century public education.”
About the Virginia School Boards Association Virginia School Boards Association, a voluntary, nonpartisan organization of Virginia school boards, promotes excellence in public education through advocacy, training and services. The Association offers conferences, information, training, and counseling designed to meet the needs of the Commonwealth’s educational leaders.
Normally we stay away from Info Wars videos, but this one is an accurate presentation of our present educational system. Or, what is being called education. I have nothing against the teachers who have and continue to be brainwashed into furthering the nasty agenda of the collectivist mindset, nor do I have anything against the folks at the local school board. I am against what they are all forced to follow under and put forth . It is not a locally run system. It is a Federally run system and only has the guise of local control.
I highly advocate for pulling your children out of this system as fast as possible. No good is coming from it. It is not education but instead, full indoctrination. Sending your children to school is the full destruction of what remains of this nation now as we know it. Do not be a willing part of this destruction. Private schools are not a better choice nor is online education. Start from scratch. It's never to late to pull your children out.
Gloucester Board of Supervisors Increasing County Administrator’s and Attorney’s Pay and Benefits on the Sly
On Tuesday
night October 3rd, the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors will
vote on a resolution to increase County Administrator, Brent Fedors’ and County
Attorney, Ted Wilmot’s pay and benefits, effective July 1, 2017. That’s right
last July. Unfortunately, the vote will be held with no public discussion
because the matters are contained in the meeting’s consent agenda. For those
who do not know; a consent agenda is basically a list of public matters and
supporting documents that are voted on collectively, with no public discussion.
We can’t help but wonder if the County Administrator didn’t hide money in this
year’s budget to cover his and the County Attorney’s pay increase.
There are
other significant increases in paid time off, bonus paid days off, increases in
the amount of accrued paid time off, increases in the amount of accrued paid
time off that can be cashed in at the time of separation from employment with
the County and increases in the amount of healthcare expense payouts by the
county. Wonder how our blue-collar county employees will feel when they become
aware of this nonsense?
We have
provided the resolution documents in the Slideshare presentations below. We encourage
everyone to review the increases and let the Board of Supervisors know this is completely
unacceptable on many levels. Tell them the County Administrator and the County
Attorney need to use their paid vacation time or lose it.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Gloucester County Boards Check Another Box In The Page Middle School Property Deception
The
Gloucester County, Virginia Board of Supervisors and School Board are moving forward with "their"
value engineered consolidated transportation facility. I say “their” because “their”
facility is certainly not what is in the best interest of the community. Tens of
thousands of dollars was wasted on a study to determine the best, out of three
locations, to construct a new county garage, school bus garage and utility
yard. When the results of the study were presented to the boards, they completely
disregarded all recommendations and had the person doing the study make the
final results reflect what “they” wanted them to reflect.
There has
been an ongoing effort to vacate the old Page Middle School property that
started several years before the tornado “damaged” the school in 2010. We will
provide a more comprehensive story on those efforts very soon. Gloucester needs
these facilities and more, but we don’t need them piecemealed, value engineered
and scattered throughout the county. They need to last and need to be able to
be expanded when growth dictates. The land they intend to build the
transportation facility on was supposed to be a place for a future elementary school. When Harry Corr and Breckenridge Ingles develop all the land
they own in that area, a new elementary school will be needed there. But then
isn’t that why the school board bought the property to begin with. So certain developers
could obtain the Old Page properties avoid development proffers? That theory will be explored in a future story.
In the
meantime; take a look at the documents contained in the Slideshare presentation
below, especially the pictures and construction cost estimates. Pay close
attention to the utility department photos, these are the places our employees
who take care of our water and sewer systems work every day. A couple of things
the study left out: If utility employees are working in the storage yard behind
Southern States and need to use the restroom, they must travel all the way to the
employee trailer on Carriage Street near the court circle on Main Street. That certainly
isn’t within reasonable walking distance. The study also does not mention
anything about the black mold issues in the basement of Utilities’ main office,
which is also located on Carriage Street.
Tell the Board of Supervisors and School Board “their”
transportation facility is not what “We The People” of Gloucester County need
or want.Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Gloucester County At-Large School Board Damien Kelly's Campaign Flyer
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At-Large Supervisor Meyer's Campaign Page
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Link to Supervisor Meyer's campaign page: https://meyer4gloucester.nationbuilder.com/
Gloucester County Abingdon District BOS Candidate Kevin S. Farmer's Campaign Flyer
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Abingdon District Supervisor Bazzani's Campaign Flyer
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