Who represents the single mom who receives ZERO child support and is the only adult family member around for her learning-disabled son? It's sure as hell not you, and you don't give a shit about the moms who used gig work so they could be there for kids with IEP's.
I learned #AB5 would result in the loss of my primary freelance contract around 4 PM Fri 12/27/19, when I was in NC driving from my mom's house to my middle son's wedding reception. No time to strategize. So I decided I'd move to NC while my youngest... 🧵redstate.com/jenvanlaar/201…
...finished his 11th grade yr then we'd re-evaluate, hoping there'd be a repeal or something. I spent most of Jan & Feb and part of Mar back east but came to CA for 2 wks after CPAC and got corona quarantine. Then, I found out on Easter that I was gonna be a grandma! I decided to
find a way to stay here and work after I could travel freely again so I could be close to my grandchild. Then on 5/5/20 my daughter-in-law miscarried, forced to learn the sad news alone b/c coronavirus restrictions wouldn't let my son attend her OB appts. It's not easy, but I'm
with my family and my youngest son's distance learning partner as he starts his senior year. Since he has an IEP and is unable to receive the therapies and transition services he's federally entitled to b/c of distance learning my place is here. But until Friday I had zero
freedom to pursue my freelance writing career or support my family b/c Lorena Gonzalez has refused to listen to my voice or many others. I was specifically targeted in a CNET article and falsely accused of being paid by Uber & Lyft to oppose AB5 and support Prop 22 by Lorena and
Veena Dubal, when I haven't written one piece cheerleading Prop 22 and only started writing about AB5 when it personally affected me. I explained in tweet threads and articles how heartbreaking it was for my son to see me leaving yet again when he needed me there, and there was
no logical reason for me to have to leave. I did nothing wrong; just woke up one day to find that Lorena Gonzalez, the Teamsters, SEIU, Veena Dubal, and their entire group simply decided my job and my son's childhood was an acceptable loss to forward their authoritarian goals.
What was the response? Either silence, or a tweet snarkily asking if I was the reporter who broke the story about Katie Hill - a way for LG to try to aim troll armies at me. (Ironic, no?)
So don't come at me with this "I'm for working moms" thing. Unlike you, I didn't receive
So don't come at me with this "I'm for working moms" thing. Unlike you, I didn't receive
a bunch of child support or a car or a house from my kids' dad. I left a man I had supported financially for years and got out with my freedom, my children, and what fit in the back of my Ford Flex when I drove home. And I thrived. AB5 set me back, but I'll thrive again. /end
