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-Short Attention Span Theater-
'Queen Reid': Embattled Virginia schools boss demands personal bodyguard on top of lavish salary, perks
[FoxNews] Virginia school superintendent earning $424K annually seeks personal bodyguard for $143K

Three years after leaving a sleepy Seattle suburb to run the school district in Fairfax County, Va., outside the nation’s capital, Michelle Reid earns more money than the U.S. president and gets a car allowance. Now she wants a taxpayer-funded personal bodyguard.

In new job posting No. 25212BR on BrassRing, an online recruitment platform, the Fairfax County public schools superintendent is advertising for an "Executive Protection Agent," based at the school district’s C-suite headquarters on Gatehouse Road in Falls Church, Va. The deadline for applicants is Aug. 5.

The new job would earn between $84,552 to $143,880, according to the FCPS pay scale for a "Unified Scale-Schedule B/Grade 006" job, paying far more than the starting salary of about $58,000 that a new teacher gets in the school district.

The new position comes at a time when public school officials, like Reid, are facing heightened accountability in the post-COVID era over curriculum, contracts, budgets and "diversity, equity and inclusion" policies. In 2021, the Biden administration targeted parents for charges of alleged "domestic terrorism" for raising concerns at school board meetings, but new email records have revealed the allegations were overblown and politicized.

Since taking over on July 1, 2022, Reid has come under fire for allegedly covering up scandals over improprieties in football recruiting, the withholding of National Merit awards from students and, most recently, defying Department of Education orders regarding Title IX protections for girls in sports and schools. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights just announced that Fairfax County Public Schools and four other northern Virginia school districts, including Loudoun County Public Schools, violated TItle IX protections by discriminating against students on the basis of sex.

Last November, the all-Democratic school board voted unanimously to renew Reid’s four-year contract and increased her annual salary to $424,146 from $380,000, more than the salary of New York City’s education chancellor. Board members also gave her a $12,000 annual car allowance. In contrast, the U.S. president earns $400,000 annually.

The hiring of a personal bodyguard for a school superintendent is unusual, say experts. The 12th-largest school district in the U.S., Fairfax County Public Schools includes 180,714 students in 223 schools, according to the U.S. Education Department’s National Center for Education Services.

Meanwhile, the third-largest school district in the country, Chicago Public Schools, is about double the size as Fairfax County Public Schools, serving 322,809 students in 643 schools, according to the latest data, and its superintendent, also called its chief executive officer, doesn’t have a personal bodyguard.

Posted by: Skidmark || 08/04/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [34 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Maybe you might reexamine what you are doing to elicit the need for a bodyguard.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/04/2025 7:35 Comments || Top||


Cincinnati police chief under scrutiny for mass brawl was accused by cops of anti-white discrimination, using ''race-based quota system'': suit
[NYPOST] Embattled Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge was being sued by four high-ranking officers claiming she discriminated against white lieutenants while doling out promotions and assignments using a ''race-based quota system.''

The lawsuit, filed in May, resurfaced as Theetge faces scrutiny amid her department's investigation into the high-profile vicious street beatdown of a defenseless white woman in the Ohio city last weekend.

Capt. Robert Wilson and Lieutenants Patrick Caton, Gerald Hodges and Andrew Mitchell claimed in the suit that the police chief bypassed them for positions they deserved — and instead gave minority and female lieutenants preferential treatment, Newsweek reported.

''These assignments, which offer significant professional and financial benefits, have been disproportionately awarded to non-white and/or female officers, often disregarding merit, qualifications, or legitimate business needs,'' the lawsuit claimed, local Fox19 reported.

''The public deserves a police department that upholds equal treatment under the law, and we trust the judicial process will deliver a just outcome.''

Theetge was allegedly ''personally involved in the assignment decisions'' and used a ''race-based quota system'' to promote minorities and women to career-enhancing positions, the suit states.

Coveted ''preferred-assignments'' were doled out to 79% of minority lieutenants and 89% of female lieutenants in 2023 — but just 44% of white male Lieutenants were given the assignment, the lawsuit claimed.

The officers are seeking compensatory damages, punitive damages, and injunctive relief in the ongoing civil case that names Theetge and the city of Cincinnati as defendants.

Theetge is currently embroiled in another racially-tinged controversy as cops in the Queen City continue their investigation into the wild brawl — which went viral when footage emerged showing a group of black suspects beating two white victims.

Critics have called out the police department for not moving quickly enough to arrest the suspects, with Vice President JD Vance, a former Ohio senator, urging cops to ''throw their asses in prison.''

''The cops in Cincinnati, the law enforcement, you gotta prosecute people. We've had way too much lawlessness on the streets of great American cities,'' Vance said during a speech on July 28, two days after the beatdown.

Posted by: Fred || 08/04/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [41 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Why is it we constantly read, when a city is controlled by Liberal Democrats and in the news, it seems its about issues like:
- racism,
- civil rights violations,
- Hi-crime rates,
- frequently promoted emotionally based riots,
- voters using riots to conduct and massive looting,
- abnormally high rate of mental illness related killings,
- Ped's,
and topped off with open displays of various sexual perversions.

Democrat's it seems understand the other meaning of "Politics".
Poli = Many
Tics = Blood suckers
Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/04/2025 4:09 Comments || Top||


Down Under
Australian state rolls out machete ‘disposal bins' ahead of ban
As I recall, first it was Scary Black Semi-Automatic Rifles, then Hand Guns, and now Scary Big Knives. How long until they take away teeth and fingernails, too? From the law abiding, anyway. Criminals still have all the things.
[FoxNews] Australian state offers amnesty period through November for safe weapon disposal

An Australian state has asked citizens to surrender machetes at disposal bins ahead of a statewide ban on the weapons aimed at combating knife crime.

Australia’s state of Victoria on Thursday announced that more than 40 machete disposal bins will be available at police stations across the state to allow citizens to safely get rid of the weapons without a penalty before the Sept. 1 ban begins.

"Owning, carrying, using, buying, or selling a machete without a valid exemption or approval will be a criminal offense," the Victorian government said in a statement.

The government is running a "Machete Amnesty" period from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30 to support the safe disposal of machetes. Those who do not surrender their machetes during the amnesty period may face imprisonment of up to two years or a fine of more than $47,000 AUD ($31,725 U.S. dollars).

"These knives destroy lives – so we’re taking them off the streets," Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan said in a statement.

Victoria police have seized a record number of illegal knives from the streets, averaging at least 44 knives a day, Sky News Australia reported.

Minister for Police Anthony Carbines said the government is backing Victoria Police to get the weapons out of the hands of young people to keep citizens safe.

"Our message to anyone with these weapons is simple – get rid of them or face the consequences," Carbines said in a statement.

Exemptions for those who can possess a machete include agricultural workers who use them as part of their job, along with machetes that are used in a traditional, historical or cultural capacity, according to the government. Individuals exempt must comply with strict conditions and be able to demonstrate eligibility if asked by police.

The Victoria government said it had already issued a temporary ban on the sale of machetes in May, resulting in Amazon removing the weapons for purchase from its website.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/04/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Politix
Texas Democrats leave state to block vote on redrawn House map
So clever. And some rich Progressive dude has committed to paying their fines, too.
[NYPOST] Texas Democrats
...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
left the state Sunday in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new congressional maps that Republicans hope will net them several additional U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterm elections.

The dramatic move could expose Democrats to fines and other penalties — with the state's attorney general having previously threatened to arrest them if they took such an action.

Refusing to attend legislative sessions is a civil violation, however, so Democrats legally could not be locked away
You have the right to remain silent...
and it's unclear who has the power to carry out the warrants.

Democrats have cast the decision to leave the state as a last-ditch effort to stop Republicans who hold full control of the Texas government from pushing through a rare mid-decade redrawing of the congressional map at the direction of President Donald Trump
...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried....
''This is not a decision we make lightly, but it is one we make with absolute moral clarity,'' said Gene Wu, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, in a statement.

To conduct official business, at least 100 members of the 150-member Texas House must be present. Democrats hold 62 of the seats in the majority-Republican chamber.
Posted by: Fred || 08/04/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [77 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Send Frank Hamer and Maney Gault after them.
Posted by: Matt || 08/04/2025 0:59 Comments || Top||


#3 
Its clear the L-S-D's have been gerrymandering district lines for years. Now that it is time to reset the lines honestly, they flee to avoid the results being seen.

Remember Liberal Racist Democrat Cynthia McKinney's 11th & 4th districts. How they oddly ran down single streets making turns to avoid certain Voters.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/04/2025 3:45 Comments || Top||

#4  This is just another example that the Donks only reason to exist is to gain and retain power by any means necessary. Everything else is just cosmetics.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/04/2025 7:33 Comments || Top||



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