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"It’s clear that the Republican legislature is aiming to choke the life out of public education. I’m declaring this a state of emergency because you need to know what’s happening. If you care about public schools in North Carolina, it’s time to take immediate action and tell them to stop the damage that will set back our schools for a generation,” Cooper said.
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It never seems to be enough. give them a raise this year,they beg for more next year. and the next year.They work for tax dollars. You will never be wealthy working for the taxpayer. If you are a teacher just to make money you are in it for the wrong reason anyway. You are supposed to be a teacher to help kids LEARN a particular subject.
If you want be rich,you shoulda got a degree in engineering or something.
But, this shouldn’t be a reason to pay teachers a good wage.
Myriad reasons: low pay and morale, mounting political and academic pressures, health and safety concerns. A generation of teachers hitting or nearing retirement and another generation of prospective teachers deterred by the profession’s flailing reputation and the sacrifices it necessitates.
“We all know that our educators work very hard, and it’s not news to anyone that they often work beyond their required hours,” said NCES Commissioner Peggy Carr in a news briefing announcing results of a separate survey of teachers and principals. It showed teachers and principals work 52 hours and 58 hours a week on average, respectively.
According to that same survey, 17% of teachers work elsewhere at another job.
There are also hurdles to joining the workforce, like those Norman, the Washtenaw school district superintendent in Ann Arbor, Michigan, described.
The parents that do try,are demonized.
The whole system needs to back track at least 40 years.
Get schools back to teaching the basics, getting students ready for the real world instead of this fantasy thing they have going on in their virtual worlds while on the couch.
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Got to be careful where you drink. New definition of “A dive”
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Toilets, she says, are white because of white supremacy reasons. I think she should be forced to live in places where all toilets are brown. Let's see what happens.
Some people are mad.
I never really studied why toilets are white. I know we have a blue 1 and I have saw them in avocado.
I would think white would be for sanitation reasons? shit would show up better?
I mean, this woman really needs to do some research because her friend's are going to be shitting in holes in the yard next week following her lead right down the preverbal toilet.
Ah a quick googling proves this woman is a nut.ECONOMY is the reason!
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Oh my,don't show her this!
BLACK TOILET PAPER!
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So that one is forced to clean them properly.
With all the politics and maneuvering, how is life in Florida changing for its residents?
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Posted at 7:22 AM, May 22, 2023
and last updated 2023-05-22 07:22:39-04
This is an article in The Associated Press.
"Don't say gay." Regulation of books and classroom discussion. Teachers, parents and school librarians all navigating new and uncertain ground. LGBTQ+ rights under attack. A very public spat between state government and Disney. And at the center of it all is a governor who has emerged as a rival of former President Donald Trump and likely has his eyes set on the White House.
This is Florida at this moment in history, in mid-2023.
For many of those who live in Florida, recent months have brought some changes — many linked to Gov. Ron DeSantis. Here, longtime Florida-based Associated Press journalist Brendan Farrington, who has covered the state's politics since 1997, reflects on the changes for different groups and puts them into the context of the cultural and political landscape.
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HOW LIFE IS CHANGING FOR ...
YOUR AVERAGE FLORIDIAN:
For your average Floridian, cost of living concerns have become an issue and really are not being addressed as vocally as most folks would have hoped.
Rents are going sky-high. Property insurance, whether you live near the coast or not, is becoming less available and less affordable.
Inflation obviously has played a role, but a lot of the discussion has been steered away from those issues affecting everyday Floridians into more of an "us against them" on cultural issues or abortion and discussions of race.
Guns are another thing. Under a new law, anyone who can legally own a gun can also carry it concealed without a permit. Now you need a permit in order to carry a gun and go through training and a background check to carry a concealed weapon. That will no longer have to happen beginning July 1.
There also seems to be an uptick in hate-related incidents. Somebody projected anti-Semitic messages on the Jacksonville Jaguars' stadium last season and there have been self-proclaimed Nazis waving flags and signs at events.
And, again, abortion. In April 2022, Florida passed a law setting a ban on abortion after 15 weeks, two months before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and passed a stricter one enforcing that ban after six weeks this year. It's clear reproductive rights are taking a hit in Florida.
TEACHERS:
With the "Don't Say Gay" bill — opponents call it this because it bans discussion on sexuality in schools with students — the argument for the people who support the legislation say it doesn't mention the word gay, that it's simply to protect children from material that parents should have more of a say in.
But because of vague language, some people are wondering whether they can mention LGBTQ+ issues at all. A student may ask, "Why does so and so have two mommies?" Some teachers feel they can't even address the question without ramifications.
The bill also has left some teachers feeling they can't even represent who they are in the classroom. If they're gay, transgender or bisexual, they've been left to conclude they can't have or say anything indicating that. This includes hiding items such as photographs of partners and gay pride emblems.
Some people say it's better not to say anything than to risk violating the mandates coming down from the state Department of Education.
PARENTS:
It empowers parents who agree with DeSantis' philosophy and ideology on education. But parents who welcome this discussion feel like, "What about us? What happened to our right to have our children taught about these things?" Parents with LGBTQ+ children feel they're being denied access to health care, and subsequently their children will be put at risk for depression or suicide.
It's almost symbolic of a lot of what DeSantis has put forward. It divides people of different ideologies and empowers people who agree with him to speak out more. It empowers parents who — for religious or moral or whatever reasons — do not want their kids to be told about sexuality, particularly gender transition or about other gay students.
And those parents who welcome these policies with open arms are becoming more engaged in school boards. DeSantis, more so than any other governor, has promoted school board races, encouraged people to run, helped candidates who share his ideology, and encouraged parents to complain to school boards. It's put a lot more tension on the schools. And it's dividing people among ideologies. A Sarasota school board member recently walked out of a meeting after the Republican chairwoman allowed a parent to personally attack him for being gay.
SCHOOL LIBRARIANS:
School books must be approved by school librarians. And that's raised questions about schools that don't currently have a "media specialist" — someone trained to work with staff on approving library and classroom material. It allows investigations of books to happen more easily, which forces people to justify why the books should be in schools over the complaints of people who want them banned.
There are still a lot of questions about the vague language used, such as whether a book can include an LGBTQ+ character even if there is no sexual content. It's causing schools to be a bit more cautious, perhaps even more than needed, in an effort to conform to the governor's wishes.
LGBTQ+ RESIDENTS:
It's caused some steps back in LGBTQ+ rights. I think people feel more endangered — that they can be the subject of hate attacks — and by having the government get involved in these issues, people who are homophobic may feel like they can act out more often.
I've talked to a lot of LGBTQ+ lawmakers and activists who feel they are not being treated like whole people, and that the government is trying to suppress who they really are. In some cases, it reminds people of the anti-gay movement in the 1970s. But now, instead of fighting for rights, they are defending rights.
THE THOUSANDS OF DISNEY EMPLOYEES IN CENTRAL FLORIDA:
I don't know how it affects Disney employees' day-to-day rights. I'm sure they're taking a keen interest in the feud going on between DeSantis and their employer right now.
I don't think Disney is going anywhere. North Carolina has floated the idea of trying to lure them. Some people have discussed that and wondered, "What if Disney moves?" But it is a huge company with such a huge footprint in central Florida, that it's highly unlikely you'll see this get to the point where Disney says, "No, we don't want to be in Florida."
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS:
Democrats once dominated politics in the state of Florida.
For decades, their party was in control. They controlled the Legislature and the governor's office most years. Even when the Republicans were elected to the governor's office, they had a Democratic Legislature to deal with until Jeb Bush seemed to bring new life to the state Republican Party, despite losing his first election in 1994. By the time he won in 1998, Republicans had a legislative majority and built on that year after year after year.
Republicans now have a supermajority in the Legislature. They now hold all statewide offices and have more registered voters than Democrats. And the power of the party is playing to its strengths and voter engagement and messaging.
Democrats seem to be frustrated in Tallahassee because they have no power to stop legislation without the numbers to prevent bills from moving forward. They're now relegated mostly to messaging, trying to work with colleagues on the other side of the aisle to tweak legislation and make what they call bad bills a little bit better.
But generally, they know they can't do anything. Republicans are having a field day and, basically, doing whatever they want. DeSantis has exerted more control over the Legislature than any governor I've seen.
DESANTIS HIMSELF:
Gov. DeSantis won by a larger margin than any Republican has won the state of Florida. And he's used that as a mandate that the state supports him and his policy and ideology.
So it's made him more powerful in Florida. It's made him more emboldened. And the agenda that he has passed fits very well for a GOP presidential primary.
A lot of the issues that he's taken on, he's doing so to play just as much in places like Iowa and South Carolina as he is in Florida. He's used the word woke more times in the past year than probably the four years previous. That's been a big change for him.
He's been doing his book tour and traveling. His name recognition has skyrocketed nationally outside of Florida. But with that, he's increasingly coming under fire from fellow Republicans, especially Trump.
Other candidates and potential hopefuls such as Mike Pence and Nikki Haley have criticized him for attacking Disney, which they say is attacking businesses and isn't the Republican thing to do. In turn, DeSantis has had to defend himself more. While he isn't a candidate yet — that's expected very soon — he's essentially campaigning while traveling to Iowa, New Hampshire and other key primary states.
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Everyone I talk to that has been there loves the people,the way things are run,they complain about the high cost of everything at the disney place.
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“Severe weather, low wages, and the loss of the 'vacation feel' have discouraged some newcomers
Fifty-one-year-old Kimberly Lovelace previously told Insider she left Florida only five months after moving there in May 2021 because of high housing costs and the stifling heat, among other factors. As of November, the median home value in Florida had risen 22% over the prior year, per Zillow data, compared to an 12% nationwide increase over the same period.
"At first, it still felt like that vacation feel," she said. "But as reality sinks in that you're actually living there, that wears off. Living there is just such a completely different planet."
The Miami real-estate agent Michael Bordenaro told Insider in 2021 that 40% to 50% of his clients who are new to the state move out within a few years.
“So many people come for a week or two on vacation, and they think their life is going to be like that every day," he said. A nearly 14,000-member Facebook group for people moving out of Florida has cited severe weather, low wages, crowded beaches, changing politics, and steep housing prices as reasons people left.
Nicole Panesso lived in Florida her whole life until moving to Tennessee earlier this year, she previously told Insider, citing low wages and high expenses as reasons why.
"There's just no way for people living here to afford it — the salaries that they pay here don't add up to the cost of rent," she said.
Just a link referencing something we hashed over awhile back.
Tell me, Phart, what, exactly, do you think teachers do? Fuck in front of children to show them how it’s done? Suppose you are a 10 grade teacher and a girl comes to you and says, “Mr Phart, I’m bleeding.” What would you do? What if a 8th grade boy comes to you and asks you what is a pussy? I’m interested
IF they respond they can't or don't feel comfortable, then I would send them to the school nurse.
Animal husbandry is taught in ag-mechanics class,along with how to grow vegi's and basic shop practices.
Human body is taught in Anatomy and physiology classes.
This is a problem with not having a mother and father in the house, not the teachers problem. And why can't a nurse tell them? That is a nurse's job to treat or explain is it not?
Better that a nurse explain female bleeding than a man?
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'The numbers are the numbers': Chuck Todd thumps GOP rep. over damage from Trump tax cuts
NBC host Chuck Todd pushed back on Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) after the Florida Republicans tried to minimize the damage done to the federal government's coffers by President Donald Trump's tax cuts for the wealthy.
"We can't litigate the tax cuts because of what happened with COVID," Todd told Donalds during a Sunday interview. "We don't know how much this ate into everything, but it certainly looks like there were going to be fewer revenues coming into the government."
"That is not true, Chuck," Donald argued. "In 2019, we took in more revenue than we ever have in the history of our nation."
"You realize that President Trump has added more to the deficit than Joe Biden?" Todd asked.
"Most of it is COVID," Donalds claimed.
"Half of it's COVID, half of it's the tax cut," Todd noted.
"That is not true because we raised more revenue," Donalds asserted.
"The numbers are the numbers," Todd remarked. "If somehow you keep cutting taxes, but more revenue comes into the government, that math doesn't work over time. You can have it in the first year due to some various accounting tricks, but it doesn't work over time."
“ That's not all true nor both sides of the story. But I don't have the time to argue with you.”
In reference to the Disney/DeSantis feud. Sometimes you come across as curt or impatient. My theory is that this is Mrs CC54 posting. I think she doesn’t like me. 🤣 No matter. This is a post in Vox,
Why Disney pulled out of a $1 billion investment…
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, reportedly on the precipice of announcing his 2024 presidential campaign, has achieved what he may not have thought possible: He’s driving Disney’s business out of the state.
The company announced Thursday that it was scrapping plans for a $1 billion development in Orlando near Lake Nona Town Center that would have involved the creation of a new office complex, importing a division from California, and generating 2,000 new jobs. The move comes after DeSantis signed legislation that voided agreements allowing Disney to continue to develop its properties in Florida with relative independence, a law the company is now battling in court.
It’s part of a long-running culture war feud that started last year when Disney publicly opposed DeSantis’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, which prevents teachers from talking about LGBTQ+ issues or people. Disney has claimed that DeSantis and his Republican allies have orchestrated a campaign of political retaliation, while the governor maintains that he’s merely ending the company’s long reign of operating in Florida with special privileges.
Disney parks chief Josh D’Amaro said in a statement Thursday that “changing business conditions” motivated the decision to cancel the development, under which Disney intended to relocate its famed Imagineering department over the protests of its employees to take advantage of Florida tax incentives. Though D’Amaro didn’t specify whether the fight with DeSantis was part of those changing conditions, Disney CEO Bob Iger was explicit in a call with investors last week: “Does the state want us to invest more, employ more people and pay more taxes, or not?”
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Republicans BUSTED in BIGGEST Scam Yet
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Hm, perhaps he'll say that they didn't have guns and, since having guns means that you respect democracy, the absence of guns meant that they're undemocratic communist spies.
Or perhaps that they were seen to have illegal immigrants as friends.
Or maybe that they were openly against the United States because they didn't shout USA USA, on the streets?
He'll surely find an "argument".
As a citizen all we can do is read and listen.
I guess i could call the places and ask, but I am sure by now I would get a canned response.This was even on my local news.
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Governor Ron DeSantis is a job killing moron who cares more about his own political ambitions and culture wars than Florida and our future,” said state Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, in a statement. “According to him, ‘woke makes you go broke’ but this is another example of how it’s actually the complete opposite. DeSantis is not who you want for President — ever.”
And there goes 2000 jobs too
And all that would happen is they they would jump ship for .145 a hour and a ticket to a play park once a year.Stuff such as this only shifts workers from 1 job to another,it is not "adding" anything
GOP senators unsettled by DeSantis’s escalating fight with Disney
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Ok, read this,
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In this peice,it says and I qoute,
"On March 1, as the result of a deal Democrats struck with Republicans in December (when they could have raised or abolished the debt ceiling but didn’t), the federal government shut off enhanced food aid for 32 states, aggressively constricting benefits and leading to a massive spike in hunger."
And then the truth,
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"Emergency allotments allowed all SNAP households to receive an additional $95 in benefits or an additional benefit valued up to the maximum benefit for their household size, whichever value is greater. When emergency allotments end, you will return to your normal SNAP benefit amount which, depending on your household income, may be less than the maximum benefit for your household size. More information on how SNAP benefits are calculated can be found on our SNAP Eligibility webpage under “How much could I receive in SNAP benefits?”.
In other words, folks that were getting the extra 95 dollars are simply going to be getting the same amount they were getting BEFORE the pandemic. No cut in benefits as claimed in the first article
A cut in benefits would be if they were to get LESS than what they were getting before the plandemic. It is all in the twisting of words by liberals.
We are talking about the extra SNAP benefits paid out to food stamp recipients during the Covid epidemic?
The extra benefits approved to start on March 2020?
The 2020 year that Mr Trump was President?
The extra help Mr Trump was hoping would warrantee the “poor” vote?
Now that the epidemic is considered over the recipients of SNAP will get $95 less? They are GOING BACK to March 2020 levels? Interesting.
So, let’s see. Since 2020, inflation made buying 17.21% more expensive?
Does this seem right? Recipients will get the equivalent of less than 2020 $’s?
Does anyone find it wrong that people are more worried about a man made debt ceiling than the welfare (hungry) of our citizens? I do.
A homeless man, taking the time to clean up abandoned propertys just to improve the neighborhood.He showed people what he could do and now over a 100 responses to this post and he is doing better.
"copy past"
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There’s a houseless fella named Ron who enjoys yardwork and often cleans up empty lots and abandoned houses. I met him when he was mowing the backyard of the abandoned house next to ours. We chatted a few times and eventually one day I found him mowing my lawn. He said it was free of charge and get just liked improving the community around him. Since then, I've been having lunch with him and paying him to mow my lawns and he's done an excellent job. He does like the idea of turning this hobby into a way to get back on his feet. If you live within walking distance of P------t and C--ly and would like his services, feel free to message me and I'll reach out to him. Also I might help him set up nextdoor next time I see him. He is a relentlessly positive person in an unkind situation. He understands how his journey has led him here and what he wants to do next. Solid dude all around. Pictures are from today.
You see, this man is making a change, on his own,without government hand outs. It does work,it is not a theory,it is a fact, if you make a effort,you can change your situation for the better.
Is he married?
Does he have a family that needs shelter, food, and clothing?
Does he have a home?
How much does he make doing odd jobs?
Is his income enough to buy food, shelter, car, phone?
The man that sponsored him, is he willing to do the same to all others there?
This man made a successful effort. Is this result guaranteed for everyone?
Does this man get any government help?
If not, why not? I can’t believe a needy person turning down help.
There’s many more questions, but, I think these are enough to get an idea of what you are trying to bring to our endless discussions. Good show, Phart.
2 if he has a family they must have shunned him as an outcast
3 if he had a home he wouldn’t be homeless
4 with all this Biden inflation I doubt he makes enough
5 so now you are expecting his sponsor to single handedly support all the homeless
6 how many homeless people will jump through hoops trying to get government help
7 are these answers to your dumb questions good enough
Around 11% of the homeless are in their situation due to family issues. When someone gets married, they do not go into the situation thinking that they will end up divorced.
Using “He” is wrong or, not necessarily true. There’s plenty of homeless women.
In the above story there was no mention if the man is homeless. That’s the reason for the question.
If inflation makes it impossible for him to get by, what does he do? Steal?
I don’t expect his sponsor to single handedly support all the homeless. Do you expect all homeless to have a sponsor?
Frankly, Mountain Man, your dumb answers ARE NOT good enough.
If the homeless man does not have a house, that is why he is homeless.
If he has a family, they have failed him or they may be in care of relatives while he trys to make it on his own.
He is doing SOMETHING. Which is more than most in his situation .As for the man sponsoring him, hell 1 is enough.
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