Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Maybe 1-2 hours of the school day can be used for instruction. The rest is DAYCARE. We don't need more public daycare facilities. Anyone who has spent time around kids knows it's a struggle to keep them confined for any length of time. It takes a Disneyland to keep most kids engaged (even with sugary snacks and loud distractions) until they're physically unable to stand any longer. CCSD imprisons kids for 6+ hours per day, and expects them to learn ... what?
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Minor League Baseball. Major League RIPOFF!
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Reno [Aces play in a] new $50 million downtown facility with skyboxes and lavish suites and beautiful picnic areas
I wouldn't go see those corporate welfare queens. As the article points out, that new Reno stadium is being paid for by a special tax on auto rentals. The team is owned by a bunch of rich NY bankers. Why don't those Wall St thugs pay for it with their own money? Likewise, the article points out that LV's car rental tax is going toward construction of that new performing arts center downtown. BOYCOTT THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC.
My favorite local team is the Wranglers. They don't cost taxpayers a cent. They play in a private arena. They pay market rent. They don't have to award taxpayer-funded scholarships to get young men to play for them. They pay attractive salaries. Fans have to pay entertainment tax on the price of admission. The Wranglers are tax PRODUCERS.
The 51's are typical of major league baseball teams: tax CONSUMERS. Boycott them. Let them move to NYC where the lumpen taxpayers are forced to cough up BILLIONS to prevent super rich professional sports teams from moving to NJ.
Reno [Aces play in a] new $50 million downtown facility with skyboxes and lavish suites and beautiful picnic areas
I wouldn't go see those corporate welfare queens. As the article points out, that new Reno stadium is being paid for by a special tax on auto rentals. The team is owned by a bunch of rich NY bankers. Why don't those Wall St thugs pay for it with their own money? Likewise, the article points out that LV's car rental tax is going toward construction of that new performing arts center downtown. BOYCOTT THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC.
My favorite local team is the Wranglers. They don't cost taxpayers a cent. They play in a private arena. They pay market rent. They don't have to award taxpayer-funded scholarships to get young men to play for them. They pay attractive salaries. Fans have to pay entertainment tax on the price of admission. The Wranglers are tax PRODUCERS.
The 51's are typical of major league baseball teams: tax CONSUMERS. Boycott them. Let them move to NYC where the lumpen taxpayers are forced to cough up BILLIONS to prevent super rich professional sports teams from moving to NJ.
Rulffes Wins Superintendent of the Year
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
.. according to the Nevada Association of School Administrators.
The award recognizes failure.
.. according to the Nevada Association of School Administrators.
The award recognizes failure.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Rulffes Named Best Superintendent in Nevada
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
According to the Nevada Association of School Administrators.
The best superintendent should be the operator of the private school with the largest market share. Rulffes's *competitive* share would consistently rank near the bottom, along side Dugan. Time to expose the frauds.
According to the Nevada Association of School Administrators.
The best superintendent should be the operator of the private school with the largest market share. Rulffes's *competitive* share would consistently rank near the bottom, along side Dugan. Time to expose the frauds.
Friday, June 26, 2009
NV Government Grows Fat In Its Sleep
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
The lawmakers' Interim Finance Committee supported the new Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Authority, along with a $117,030-a-year salary for a commissioner and a $56,265-a-year salary for an executive assistant.
First of all, I don't understand how law(sausage)makers can vote on ANYTHING at this time. We're sine die and Gibbons hasn't called a special session. Secondly, this new bureaucracy is completely unnecessary. If there is a market for renewable energy, some bright fellow will figure out how to make an honest buck on it. I see the crooked politicians have already staked their claim.
The lawmakers' Interim Finance Committee supported the new Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Authority, along with a $117,030-a-year salary for a commissioner and a $56,265-a-year salary for an executive assistant.
First of all, I don't understand how law(sausage)makers can vote on ANYTHING at this time. We're sine die and Gibbons hasn't called a special session. Secondly, this new bureaucracy is completely unnecessary. If there is a market for renewable energy, some bright fellow will figure out how to make an honest buck on it. I see the crooked politicians have already staked their claim.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
CCSD Mission Creep
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
CCSD was never meant to be all (no) things to all people. The Nevada Constitution set up public education (ie CCSD) as a safety net, to provide primary skills to poor kids who would otherwise have no access. Few kids really fall into that category. For the most severely retarded the Constitution established state institutions. CCSD was NEVER meant to provide special this or that.
Public education has already made this state a magnet for parents who shirk their responsibility to educate their own children. If Nevada ever starts contracting with private schools to provide special ed, it will turn this state into a learning disabled magnet.
CCSD was never meant to be all (no) things to all people. The Nevada Constitution set up public education (ie CCSD) as a safety net, to provide primary skills to poor kids who would otherwise have no access. Few kids really fall into that category. For the most severely retarded the Constitution established state institutions. CCSD was NEVER meant to provide special this or that.
Public education has already made this state a magnet for parents who shirk their responsibility to educate their own children. If Nevada ever starts contracting with private schools to provide special ed, it will turn this state into a learning disabled magnet.
Public School Labels
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
That autism stuff is such crap. A friend of mine has a young son who was "labeled" by a private school. She was so pissed that she pulled him out, issued a "stop pay" on her tuition installment check, and began homeschooling. The kid is doing just FINE now.
I know another family. The son was being very difficult in public school. After all the usual conferences, memos, evals, diagnoses blah blah blah they finally put the boy on Ritilin. No one ever bothered to examine the *family* system. Both parents are VERY permissive. Their kids rule the roost.
That autism stuff is such crap. A friend of mine has a young son who was "labeled" by a private school. She was so pissed that she pulled him out, issued a "stop pay" on her tuition installment check, and began homeschooling. The kid is doing just FINE now.
I know another family. The son was being very difficult in public school. After all the usual conferences, memos, evals, diagnoses blah blah blah they finally put the boy on Ritilin. No one ever bothered to examine the *family* system. Both parents are VERY permissive. Their kids rule the roost.
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