Pray for Texas..

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Trump is on top of the hurricane in Texas..Of course, the Texas governor was smart enough to ask ahead for Trump to use the full force of America's resources to help. Compare that to 2005 when the Governor of Louisiana failed to ask Bush43 in advance. It's against the Constitution for the President to "but in" on such issues until a state's Governor requests federal help.

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From the "doing the right thing.. because it was the right thing to do" department - Online story: "U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday granted a pardon to former Arizona lawman and political ally Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America," less than a month after he was convicted of criminal contempt in a case involving his department's racial profiling policy." -- Good grief.. Sheriff Arpaio was set up by Obama policies that cut-off the hands of enforcing our existing immigration laws, and Sheriff Arpaio was doing the job he was sworn to do.. protect the citizens of Maricopa County , Arizona.. and America as a whole. Trump.. who this country NEEDED 25 years ago as well!

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Maybe Democrats should look at "Climate Change" a little closer.. if it's happening, it's probably God telling Democrats they need to develop their moral backbones.

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Online story: "Atlanta City Councilman Andre Dickens wants to force multifamily developers throughout the
Dickens is working on a plan to revise zoning ordinances that would cover the 22-mile path of the Atlanta BeltLine and require developers to set aside portions of multifamily projects as affordable units. While short on specifics, the ordinance would require any project of more than 10 units to set aside a percentage of its units as affordable. The ordinances would restrict the deeds on those developments to hold those affordable units for 20 years, he said. In exchange, developers would have access to incentives that would reduce property taxes, reduce parking requirements and allow for more density,"  --  "Councilman..Dickens want to force"? "Ordinances would restrict the deeds... to hold those affordable units for 20 years"? "developers would have access to incentives that would reduce property taxes, reduce parking requirements and allow for more density"? Good grief.. a planned community of FUTURE SLUMS! There would be no incentive for developers to maintain their properties; no incentive to tie up their money for 20 years; and "reduced parking requirements" would cut the desirability for non-supplemented renters to consider living there. Councilman Dickens need to go to real estate school and take a basic Economics class.

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Looking forward to working with the Citizens 2015 SPLOST Committee...Like I said earlier, I am against SPLOSTs because I don't think we should ask our Valley friends to pay for our school wants..their counties and towns should get their tax dollars., but..it is an existing tool, so we just need to apply it wisely. One thing I learned was that more projects than can possibly be completed are put into the referendum requests intentionally. Doing so create projects that may sway personal votes, but the primary reasons is to make sure the MCSD can max out as many dollars as possible for the 60 month time frame. There appears there is a "Priority List" about when and what projects start, but it concerns me that when there is a known SPLOST revenue shortgage (and there is, currently) too many projects can be underfunded anticipating voters will vote for a new SPLOST to finish them...but if voters revolt, we could end up with too many projects started yet there won't be enough to finish them. . And if the voters decide not to pass a new SPLOST following the present one , the MCSD could end up with a lot of unfinished buildings tying up tons if money.

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From the "..maybe 'the WALL' should be on our Southern border with Mexico.. AND the eastern borders of California and Oregon" department --Online story: "In a disturbing move that reeks of tyranny, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed a Democrat bill into law that permits the Oregon government to steal guns without notice. * The law, based off of Oregon Senate Bill 719, has faced massive resistance from Republicans and Oregon citizens alike. Despite this, the local governments managed to sign it into law—Oregon is no longer a free state. * This new anti-second amendment law allows all officials in the state of Oregon to order the removal of guns from the possession of free individuals. There is no evidence that is needed to perform the confiscation. The gun owner isn’t given a hearing until after." -- This is  not America.. and since it's a word liberals throw out a lot, what the Oregon laws does is align Oregon with Hitler's NAZI Germany.

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From the "beyond absolution" department - Online story: " A California Catholic school is facing a backlash from parents after officials took down some religious statues -- including one of Mary and baby Jesus -- over concerns that they were “alienating” prospective students. * The head of the San Domenico School in San Anselmo said parents of some prospective students who visited the campus – which was founded in 1850 and serves 671 students grades K-12 -- expressed concern about the religious figures"  * “If you walk on the campus and the first thing you confront is three or four statues of St. Dominic or St. Francis, it could be alienating for that other religion, and we didn’t want to further that feeling,” Amy Skewes-Cox, who chairs the school's board of trustees. * Cecily Stock, who is head of the school, said most students are not Catholic.-- "most students are not Catholic"? "it could be alienating for that other religion"? Good grief.. it appears the trustees of the San Domenico School  have sold their moral compass for "30 coins of silver".. and from what I read about him, Poop Francis probably agrees with the decision..Oh, in typical mainscream media reporting style, no one asked what "the other religion" is she was talking about.

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Back to the mess the Board of Tax Assessors is making.. Chester Randolph points out that such&such percent of properties went down.. Now, since the Tax Freeze was overwhelmingly upheld, none of the Homestead Exempt properties that went down should be counted in Randolph's figures.. but let me show a few examples of what Randolph was referring to:

Representative Pezold, a "THAW" champion (who lost),  has two houses in exclusive neighborhoods.. his exempt home dropped from $561,000 assessment value in 2016 to $417,000 in the 2017 re-assessment.. except for the "Freeze" being upheld, his taxes could have dropped by a whopping 25%.. his non-exemption house  in another exclusive neighbor hood was assessed at $295.000 in 2016, and this year is assessed at $280,000.. and if the 2017 assessments AREN'T rolled back, Pezold WILL benefit from a lower tax bill.

That brings us to another "well-known local lawyer" (and  "THAW" advocate) home in the same exclusive neighborhood as Pezold "unfrozen" property, This lawyer's home was assessed in 2016 at $1,108,000.. the "new" assessment  values it at $903,000.. down $205,000.00!.. It's "frozen" so his taxes will stay the same, but if the "Freeze" had been thawed, his taxes would have been sliced by nearly 19%.

A third "THAW" advocates home is also worthy of mention.. a local doctor's home in Maplewood was valued at $512,000 in 2016, but reassessed in 2017 at $393,000.. Her tax saving would have been nearly 24%.. but.. the FREEZE was upheld so se will not see such.

Now, Chester Randolph.. which category do these homes go in.. the "up" or "down" assessments?

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Online headline/story: "First grader sent to office for 'misgendering' fellow student *  A first grader at a California charter school was sent to the principal’s office this week after she accidentally “misgendered” a classmate in what’s being called a “pronoun mishap.” -- Good grief..  A quest for all of you who have children or grandchildren of 1st grade status:  Ask your 1st Grader if he/she actually knows what a pronoun actually is.. then ask them if they actually know what "gender" is, and thirdly, ask them how they know whether their classmates are "boys or girls".. It's time to squash the liberal movement to confuse our next generation of leaders!

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Online headline: "Time for Trump to keep his promises: DACA is unconstitutional and bad for American workers" -- Well, he's been trying to get "the Wall" up, but he made a real step towards keeping his promise by pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio who was convicted of doing the job he was elected..and sworn.. to do.

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Online headline/story: "White House imposes fresh sanctions on Venezuela 'dictatorship' * The new sanctions prohibit financial institutions from providing new money to the Caracas government or state oil company PDVSA. It would also restrict PDVSA's U.S. subsidiary, Citgo, from sending dividends back to Venezuela as well as ban trading in two bonds the government recently issued to circumvent its increasing isolation from western financial markets." -- Remember when I mentioned some Venezuelan patriots brought gifts to Trump and Pence to get their support.. you know..hats that read, "Make Venezuela Great Again".. well looks like "hats" are magic in Foreign {Policy as well as in presidential politics!

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From the "PETA, where are you when you're actually needed?" department: "Online headline: "Student Group Says USC's White Horse Mascot Is a Racist Symbol" -- Good grief.. hey, PETA, would you explain to these idiots that horses have no racial issues, and the horses parents could be "mixed" and still produce a white foal..

 

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From the "wrong question" department - Uber-LIV's L-E "soundoff": "What is it about Trump that makes hate groups believe they have now been empowered? -- The right question is , "What is it about leftist hate groups makes them feel empowered to break the laws and Constitutional Amendment protections of all citizens?"

 

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From the "the blind pig sometimes finds an acorn" department - L-E commentary headline: "Kaepernick’s not being discriminated against * BY JOHN A. TURES 8 LaGrange College" -- DOH! If Bart Starr, or Peyton Manning had disrespected the USA's Flag/National Anthem, like KaeperPrick, American sports g=fans would have been up in arms, too. Let's pray associate professor  Tues "fattens himself up" finding more acorns..

 

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While I follow neither boxing nor MMA, I hope Mayweather wins tonight.. I'd hate to see boxing lose it's pure form.