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Frontline Policy Action lobbyist makes “school choice!” a 2023 legislative priority – we hope they are truthful this time *Cole Muzio

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Cole Muzio, Frontline Policy Action & Frontline Policy Council. Photo: Facbook.

The latest email from Cole Muzio:

Georgia’s Frontline Policy Action lobby  sent out a lengthy email today in which he announces that one of their legislative priorities for the 2021 General Assembly is “universal school choice – taxpayer dollars following the child” – known as “school choice.”

Screenshot of August 16, 2022 email newsletter from Cole Muzio/Frontline.

We take no position on the school choice issue other than we think it could be a good idea if implemented considered with the constant awareness that Georgia is home to more illegal aliens than Arizona and our schools are crawling with illegal aliens. And that the feds say we must provide K-12 education to illegal aliens in public schools – not private schools. And that the model legislation most often used to create state legislation on “school choice!” comes from the ‘American Federation for Children‘ led by a character named Cory DeAngleis (see here also) who is also hooked up with the open borders Cato Institute. All concerned there have made it clear that they do not want to exclude illegal aliens from receiving taxpayer funded, private school tuition.

Muzio and his Frontline staffers should be reminded that honesty in promoting their legislative goals is imperative. The truth is that there was nothing in the three bills that were defeated in the 2022 session that would have prevented illegal aliens and their families from accessing the private school tuition funded by tax-paying Georgians. And the truth is that if passed, the legislation from last year, including SB 601 would have benefitted a small fraction of Georgia’s K-12 students – not “…the vast majority of school children in the state…” as was asserted by Muzio’s Frontline Policy Action on SB 601.

Related: We have taken the time to show legislators how to easily exclude illegal alien students from any “school choice!” legislation.

Our constant goal is to make Georgia as inhospitable to illegal immigration as possible. We wish that were true of the Republicans who rule the state legislature. We hope it is true for Frontline Policy Action. We don’t think so.

The liberal AJC: “Undocumented immigrants” become “immigrants” – in just 12 days!

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Image: Twitter/AJC.

 

 

By now most people who can think for themselves recognize that the liberal media – meaning most of the media – is tireless in its endless effort to blur the lines between illegal aliens and immigrants.

Reporters, producers, editors and headline writers (and many politicians) intentionally refer to illegal aliens as “immigrants.” It doesn’t happen the other way around.

This is done to confuse the easily confused and the ever-decreasing number of Americans who still trust the liberal media. But it is also done with planning and foresight in an intentional effort to smear pro-enforcement activists. The end game is that if you dare to support immigration enforcement and deportation of illegal aliens – as the law allows – the liberal media will soon refer to you as “anti-immigrant” or “anti-immigration.”

Not many newspapers handle this dishonest scheme more shamelessly or more often than the Atlanta Journal Constitution where the latest marketing slogan is “It’s Worth Knowing What’s Really Going On.” Really.

Today’s edition of the AJC is a good example of the above. A front page story is headlined “Doctors: Immigrants need dialysis help.” The news report is all about selling Georgia taxpayers on the idea of providing illegal aliens with taxpayer-funded dialysis which doesn’t happen now. But as you can see from the headline, the average liberal reader who trusts the liberal AJC editors for “the news,” scans the headlines and moves on will be walking around from now on with the idea that immigrants cannot get dialysis.

Today’s AJC:

The same agenda was presented in an AJC online story on August 3 with the headline “Doctors push state to cover dialysis for undocumented immigrants.”

To recap for the few liberal readers we have here: Twelve days ago the subject of the same AJC sales presentation was “undocumented immigrants.” Today they are “immigrants.” Get it?

Whatever you think about encouraging more illegal immigration into Georgia by providing more and more services to “the undocumented” be aware of the constant, abject dishonesty in the presentation by the AJC.

For another example, see the AJC editors tell headline readers to open the door to higher education to immigrants.

  • Our long-established and foolproof test of who’s who on this topic goes like this: Real immigrants come to the U.S.A. lawfully and do not require amnesty.

 

 

Georgia Chamber of Commerce CEO and president Chris Clark: More visas, amnesty and instate tuition for illegal aliens with DACA among his organization’s top legislative priorities

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    • Update: Aug 20, 2022: Half of US companies gearing up for layoffs, survey suggests

      WABE (NPR)

      Is there a bipartisan fix to Georgia’s labor woes?

      Georgia Chamber CEO Chris Clark (right) moderates a discussion between Georgia U.S. Reps. Carolyn Bourdeaux (center) and Rick Allen. (Emil Moffatt/WABE)

      Georgia’s congressional delegation remains deeply divided, politically, but they are in agreement on one thing: the state needs more workers.

      Members of congress from both parties spoke Tuesday in Macon, in an event hosted by the Georgia Chamber.

      Republican Rep. Buddy Carter, who represents the state’s 1stCongressional District, says Georgia’s worker shortage is not hard to miss.

      “Ride down the road, you see ‘Help Wanted’ signs everywhere,” Carter said. “You see businesses closing early and cutting back on their business hours because they don’t have the help.”

      Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, a Democrat, says a significant reason for this labor shortage is the steep drop in immigration over the last six year…

      Read there entire report from the liberal WABE News here.

       

 

We mourn the passing of our friend Ed Painter, Great American and pro-enforcement fighter – with a short pictorial story

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Photo pasted from the 14th District of GA Republican Party Facebook page.

Ed Painter was a friend, an advisor and an inspiration. There should a photo of Ed Painter in the political encyclopedia under the term “genuine, sly conservative.” And he was patient. He will be missed. We are all better because he was here. Our best to his loving family.

We sometimes worked together on illegal immigration under the Gold Dome and I was always grateful for Ed’s advice, experience, insight and knowledge of North Georgia politicians. Ed was Chairman of the Republican Party in the 14th District for awhile but had a special place in his heart for sell-out, anything-for-a-buck, establishment Republicans who betrayed the voters who sent them to Atlanta. I can think of no better example of that description than out-going state Senator Jeff Mullis.

Ed was somewhat upset and perhaps a tad jealous that Mullis listed me over Ed on a list of Capitol regulars who public servant Mullis did not want to deal with.

I think the 2017 photos below of Sen Mullis’ office in the Georgia state Capitol tell that story. Adios, Ed and thank you.

Note: We have posted four photos below here. We are being told that they are not visible when using some portable devices. We are trying to figure out why.

 

 

Inside the Ga Capitol during the 2017 legislative session

 

 

 

 

Pro-American Hispanic Publication Calls for Mayorkas’ Impeachment

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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 4. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Conservative Hispanic Publication Calls for Mayorkas’ Immediate Impeachment

Newsman.com

August 2, 2022

In an editorial Monday, the conservative Hispanic news outlet “El American” called for the immediate impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his failure to handle the situation at the southern border.

“It is therefore with no pleasure that this outlet should call for the impeachment of one of the most powerful Hispanic leaders in the country, albeit in a Democratic administration,” the editorial Monday said. “Yet the failings of the incumbent Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, are so immense that they must no longer be ignored.”

The conservative digital publication said while it supports promoting Hispanics to positions of power, Mayorkas has shown “gross incompetence and disdain for protecting America’s southern border” since his 2021 appointment to the post.

“The facts speak for themselves,” the editorial reads. “More than 3.1 million illegal immigrants have been apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection since [President Joe] Biden took office and more than 800,000 have evaded capture, considerably more than the number of detentions during the entire [Donald] Trump presidency. Meanwhile, the some two million illegal crossings in 2021 represents a record high, more than five times the number that crossed in the previous year.”

The editorial also pointed out the 1,000 reported illegal migrant deaths in the border region, including 53 migrants discovered dead from heat exposure in a truck without air conditioning and operated by human traffickers.

“Violent Mexican cartels weaponize illegal immigration as a diversionary tactic to transport thousands of kilos of drugs across the border, netting them tens of millions in profits,” the editorial continued. “This has contributed to the ongoing opioid epidemic, with at least 108,000 Americans killed by overdoses in 2021. To put that number in perspective, it is the same as the entire population of Green Bay, Wisconsin dying due to substance abuse.”

The publication said that Biden and Mayorkas are not showing any signs of taking action to stop the “humanitarian crisis,” and Mayorkas continues to “brush off” calls by Republicans in Congress to impeach him for “betraying his oath of office… Read the rest here.

 

The Governor is the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in Georgia — Brian Kemp

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Governor’s Office

The governor is the chief executive of the state and oversees the executive branch. He or she is the chief law enforcement officer and the commander-in-chief of the state’s military forces.

The governor shall “take care that the laws are faithfully executed and shall be the conservator of the peace” in the state. This power to enforce laws is almost identical to that of the president of the United States. He or she has the power to veto legislation, although the Georgia General Assembly can override the governor’s veto with a two-thirds majority in each chamber.

From the Governor’s office official website. See also the Georgia constitution.

Is a hit-and-run driver in Marietta an illegal alien? We may never know — Horacio Lopez-Vail, aka Horacio Lopez Joselito, aka Horacio Joselito Lopez *OCGA 42-4-14

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Horacio Lopez-Vail/Horacio Lopez Joselito: Marietta Daily Journal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Update: July 28, 2022: I sent an open records request to the Cobb Sheriff’s office asking for copies of documents that would show compliance with state law on checking immigration status of prisoners and reporting illegal aliens to DHS and received a response. There is no record of compliance with the state law, OCGA 42-4-14.

“No drivers license” is usually the tip-off that a foreign national is an illegal alien.

Booking report from Cobb County (hat tip Bob Trent):

From WSB TV news:

“Lopez-Vail was arrested and charged with

  • Two counts of serious injury by vehicle
  • Two counts of felony hit and run
  • Two counts of failure to maintain lane
  • Driving on the wrong side of the road
  • Duty to report striking a fixed object
  • Tampering with evidence
  • No license
  • Reckless driving
  • ___Here______________

Georgia state law (OCGA 42-4-14) requires all jailers to check immigration status of prisoners and to report illegal aliens to U.S. DHS. The sheriffs in Cobb and Gwinnett counties have publicly admitted they do not obey that law. This defiance of the law by these sheriffs is not “news” in Georgia. See also “not news” in the MDJ.

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Photo: Fox5

Fox5 Atlanta

July 24, 2022

Teen charged in Marietta hit-and-run involving man, child

MARIETTA – Marietta police said officers charged a teenage suspect in an alleged hit-and-run that hospitalized a man and 6-year-old boy.

Police identified the suspect as 19-year-old Horacio Lopez-Vail. Police said Sunday that the man and child were still in critical condition.

 

Workforce Development subcommittee notice of first meeting – will be August 23, 2022, Rep Chuck Martin Chairman – Episode 2

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Rep Chuck Martin, Chairman

 

Chairman Martin has scheduled a summer subcommittee meeting to last seven hours at the Georgia Capitol. We doubt it.

We are told the meeting will be live-streamed and archived.

“Yes. We will livestream it and archive the video to the House website afterwards.”

Justin Speck

House Media Services
404-656-

See here for more info.

Workforce Development Meeting Notice 8.23.22

Open records request (redacted) sent to Carroll County BOC today Re: Compliance with state laws on public benefits (business licenses) OCGA 50-36-1

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Update: About 3:30 PM I took a call from a frustrated staffer at Carroll County 911 who told me she had received my open records request and needed to know exactly what I was looking for. Apparently she had been sent only the top part of my request that contained my name and contact info by someone on her end. I have no idea how that could have happened or why anyone at Carroll County open records would send my request to 911. I sent her a link to this post.

dak

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We received a near instant reply informing us the request has been received. Thank you, Ms. Diane Roberts.