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Groups are meeting every weekend, plotting the takeover and imposition of their version of religion onto our public schools. On 4/1/2023, it was “Calling the Watchmen of Collin County” with sitting trustees Chad Green of McKinney and Marvin Lowe of Frisco. (1/3) #txlege#txed
Groups are meeting every weekend, plotting the takeover and imposition of their version of religion onto our public schools. On 4/1/2023, it was “Calling the Watchmen of Collin County” with sitting trustees Chad Green of McKinney and Marvin Lowe of Frisco. (2/3) #txlege#txed
At the “Calling the Watchmen of Collin County” “education” event on 4/1/2023, Frisco ISD parent Alison Darrell spelled out exactly what the plan is.
- Get your kids out
- Win 2 board seats
- Fire district leadership
(3/3) #txlege#txed
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When they talk about wanting to return to “traditional values”, they are talking about an idealized time (for those like them), when white men held all the power and women knew their place. It’s patriarchy.
The imagery of the time drives that point home. Painfully. (1/6) 🧵
“Traditional values”
“If your husband ever finds out”
“Most husbands, nowadays, have stopped beating their wives”
“Is it always illegal to kill a woman”
“She was ready to have him walk all over her”
(2/6)
“Traditional values”
“Think of all the planning that goes into meals to make him contented!”
“Get out of the kitchen sooner”
“That’s what wives are for”
“It’s a wifesaver!”
(3/6)
👏 Wow. Just wow. This op-Ed from Amarillo teacher Cecily Riesenberg should be the final word on vouchers and “school choice” in Texas. It won’t be, but it should be. It’s that good. 👏 #txed#txlege
The analogy in the article above, about country clubs and swimming pools, immediately reminded me of this piece about community pools and desegregation. Vouchers bring strong parallels. #txed#txlege marketplace.org/2021/02/15/pub…
Don’t forget, it’s 💰 and ⛪️ driving the voucher push. Not kids. This 👇 is what they are running from, and who they want to hurt. Any damage to rural schools that fit their desired demographic, well, that’s just collateral damage, an acceptable loss. #txed#txlege
Texas Voucher Plan = $8,000 per student
Average Texas Home value = $290,000
Average Property Tax rate = 1.80%
Average Taxes Paid = $5,220
So even with one kid, it’s not really “my taxes”. It’s “our taxes”. A family with 2 or more… #txlege#txed
The Texas Voucher Math (2/4)
Texas Voucher Plan = $8,000 per student
Average cost of K-8 Private school = $10,000
Average cost of 9-12 Private school = $13,000
So even with a voucher, it doesn’t cover tuition, meaning it’s not for low income families. #txlege#txed
The Texas Voucher Math (3/4)
Texas Voucher Plan = $8,000 per student
Texas Public School Basic Allotment = $6,160 per student
So the state is acknowledging it is more expensive to educate kids, but won’t fully support public schools with a higher basic allotment #txlege#txed
"Get married, stay married, and be fruitful and multiply" is the tag line for Texas HB2889.
Stay married - 10% tax reduction
Have 2 kids - 40% tax reduction
Have 10 kids - 100% reduction
This is handmaids tale, where women are pushed to be broodmares. They want more white kids.
Correction!
To get the 40% tax reduction, you have to have 4 kids. 1, 2, or 3 kids and you don't get any additional tax relief. You've got to get to 4 to make the money roll in.
We need more white kids!
🧒of 👨🦰👩 = ✅ (🧒must be born after married, because of sin)
Adopted 🧒of 👨🦰👩 = ✅
Adopted 🧒of one parent, who is married to someone who is a widow or widower = ✅
So if you were married and had kids, got divorced, and then remarried, you are SOL. Because divorce is a sin.
The difference between what the Tarrant County Judge lists as legislative priorities vs the National Association of Counties couldn't be more stark.
NACo is focused on making life better for citizens. O'Hare's is nothing but a Christian nationalist's wish list.
Transformative Property Tax Relief - seek to eliminate M&O property taxes, putting future public school funding at risk.
Culture of Life - control and impose patriarchy
Protect Texas Children - demonizing transgender kids and their parents, and drag shows, plus more guns.
Secure the border - Build the wall
Empowering Parents in education - Taxpayer money to pay for religious indoctrination
Strengthen election integrity - Because fraud is rampant
Protecting Religious Liberty - to impose beliefs on others
Safeguard Business - F*ck public safety
That’s a real American
He loves Jesus, hates his wife
Golfs on the weekends
He loves a tax break
But it’s hand outs he can’t stand
He worked hard for his dad’s Homestead Act land
Hobbies include:
Picketing Abortion clinics
Praying his gay daughter might meet a good man
Debating his grandkids coming to visit
Thanking God that he’s American
Thank God I was born and raised in
The land of cancer trains
Getting rich buying out lunch debts at the middle school
The land of qualified immunity
And equal opportunity, for rich folks and the chosen few