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Note: Feb. 1, 2022: “They” are in hurry up mode. HB 999 passed out of House Education committee today on a voice vote. A very similar bill, HB 60 passed out of full committee today too. Number of committee members who asked about benefits going to illegal aliens? Zero.

* How’s this for speedy service? HB 999 House hopper Jan. 25. Voted out of subcommittee Feb 1 – that’s four session days.  

State payments (grants/cash allowance/state grant or loan) to illegal alien students handled by illegal alien parents with official oversight on compliance by illegal alien parents – what could go wrong?

 Georgia is home to more illegals than Arizona.

 

Update again, Jan. 28 2022, 1:30 PM : Erick Erickson just promoted HB 999 on his national radio show. Listen here. I was allowed on the air for 56 seconds and made the point that the bill won’t fly for many people here and he should consider explaining the reality of payments to illegals in his next pitch for the bill. He hung up, but kept on topic for another few minutes. Listen here.

Update: Jan 28, 2022, 7:50 AM : Radio show host Erick Erickson is on WSB Radio during this morning’s drive time news segment promoting HB 999.” Three Democrats on the bill!” “A bipartisian coalition!” “Sponsor is a preacher!” “First time ever in Georgia!” He is also advancing the cause of this “school choice” legislation on his Twitter feed.  Don’t miss it!

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• Related: Breitbart News has taken note of this and other Georgia bills with a January 30, 2022 news story.

“The Georgia Educational Freedom Act”

HB 999 – as introduced                                                                                        

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 We see no requirement for student recipients or parents to prove legal immigration status. We don’t see mention of any immigration verification system or check.

Note: The 1982 Plyler v Doe SCOTUS decision mandates states to provide K-12 public education regardless of immigration status. It does not address creation of a special or alternative K-12 system or scholarships.

Reminder to all concerned on amendments to this train wreck: Plyler V Doe prohibits even asking K-12 students about immigration status and that restriction applies to the student’s parents.

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Executive version at first reading Jan. 27, 2022 1:00 PM (not final analysis):

* Creates state law to provide $6000 per school year “Promise Scholarship” for an alternative to public K-12 school for any student who has a parent, guardian or custodian who lives in Georgia. This would apparently include illegal alien students and/or parents.

* The student must have attended a Georgia public school for six weeks prior to participation in the new taxpayer-funded ‘Promise Scholarship.’ This would apparently include illegal aliens.

* The new “Promise Scholarship” would be funded by the state taxpayers and subject to appropriations. The legislation authorizes the Georgia Student Finance Commission to participate in the new scholarship account program.

* Quarterly payments would be made to an account set up for the student and then parents are designated to handle payment to the alternative schools. This would apparently include illegal aliens.

* A “participating student shall continue to be eligible to receive account funds until the student returns to a public school, graduates from high school, or reaches the age of 20 years, or for special education students, reaches the age of 21 years.” This would apparently include illegal aliens.

* Funds paid shall not constitute taxable income of the parent of the participating student. This would apparently include illegal aliens.

* Establishes an executive director who would appoint a review committee made up of eight parents to monitor compliance in administering the state-provided funds. These review committee parents apparently could be illegal aliens.

* Creates a lottery process governed by chance to award funding to students if either the number of participating students or the number of applications for accounts exceeds the funds available for the new scholarship. This lottery would apparently include illegal aliens.

* “Student information shall be reported and collected in a manner that allows the state to aggregate data by grade level, gender, family income level, and race.” This aggregated data would not include immigration status.

• Related: More from Republican Reps Wes Cantrell and Kasey Carpenter.

HB 999: Covered “qualified education expenses’ means any one or more of the following:
(A) Tuition, fees, and required textbooks at a participating school;
(B) Tuition, fees, and required textbooks at a community college or accredited postsecondary institution;
(C) Tutoring services provided by an educator certified by the Professional Standards Commission;
(D) Payment for the purchase of a curriculum, including any supplemental materials required by the curriculum;
(E) Tuition and fees for a nonpublic online learning program or course;
(F) Services from a physician or therapist licensed pursuant to Chapter 10A, 28, 33, 34, or 44 of Title 43, including, but not limited to, for occupational, behavioral, physical, or speech-language therapies;
(G) No more than $500.00 per year to a fee-for-service transportation provider for transportation to or from a participating school or service provider;
(H) Fees for the management of account funds in accordance with subsection (e) of Code Section 20-2B-7; or
(I) Computer hardware or other technological devices approved by the commission or a physician if the computer hardware or other technological device is used to meet the student’s educational needs.”

 

 

 

Martha Zoller radio show, Nov 8, 2023 – about 10:27 – ish.

Martha felt it necessary to talk on-air about my attention to her now blatantly dishonest and mindless defense of Gov.Kemp on his defiance of his 2018 campaign promises again today and repeat her support for another amnesty for illegals. I was not listening closely and was only able to record a short part of Martha’s latest. I report the rest from notes made while she was speaking and memory after she finished.

• Related reading: “In which Martha Zoller moves from ‘spin’ to dishonest, protective omissions on Brian Kemp – with another version of her push for amnesty-again.”

 

If indeed Martha wants her positions well-known, she really needs to arrange a podcast of her entire show each day. Erickson does.

My scribbled notes (no quote marks on the parts I am not sure of) before the recording started I guess about 30 seconds) with the transcript and audio of the rest below that.

On “…D.A. King,” I gather sometimes speaking directly to me (?): “Hardline…”, :…living in the past… “I know he loves me…” that’s why he posts so often, stays on me…makes those posts… every day?  He feels like he has been…

Transcript from recording below – audio below that.

Martha Zoller:

“… talking about any of you, that are one or two people, that live, eat, and breathe that issue. I understand why you’re there, and I understand why you feel betrayed, because it seems like you give and you give and you give flexibility, and you never get any of the things that you’ve been trying to get. And you feel betrayed by politicians, and I get that. What I want… You know, and I know, you know, people think that my explanation of what happened, um, is lacking, because I see what you post, but you know what? It doesn’t bother me, because I think if anybody goes back and listens to the explanations that I’ve given, if anything, I’ve taken it into consideration too much all the sides of the issue.

And I… I give myself that problem, okay? I see ’em… Uh, sympathetic is not the word, but I acknowledge that my point of view is not the only point of view. I think I’m right, okay? I think I’ve done the reading, the research, the… All of that, to be right. But I also understand it takes time to get there, and that what we need to do is find the places where we overlap. Find the places where we agree, and act on those, then we can actually get things done, okay? So that’s… That’s all I’m looking for. I am looking for leadership, I am looking for getting things done, and I am looking for a good life for the American people. We’ll be back.”

 

 

 

Martha was talking about immigration amnesty again when I tuned in for about 20 minutes today. She must do it a lot. Here is what I heard when I listened in Tuesday.

Apparently Martha has changed her mind again. Two days ago her amnesty eligibility period for illegal aliens who have escaped law enforcement was for  20 years. Now her amnesty eligibility is after 25 years and on a “case-by-case” basis. It’s very Newt-ish.

 

 

• “In the Reagan Library debate in September (2011), Speaker (Newt) Gingrich admitted he favored a path other than enforcing existing law regarding illegal immigrants:

“…find a way to deal with folks who are already here, some of whom, frankly, have been here 25 years, are married with kids, live in our local neighborhood, go to our church. It’s got to be done in a much more humane way than thinking that to automatically deport millions of people.” (“2012 Republican Presidential Candidates Debate,” NBC, transcript: www.nytimes.com, 11/7/2011)  – Here, from The American Presidency Project.

• We point out, yet again, that we do not need to deport millions of people all at once and that the concept of Attrition Through Enforcement is the answer to this intentional “hide-the-workable-solution” hustle. Martha knows this.
• And we note again that it is impossible for an “undocumented worker” to be in the U.S. and not violate American law “other than coming here illegally.” As we have been saying, the use of a false Social Security Number or card is a felony, punishable by a fine, and up to five years in prison.The below is transcribed (Rev.com) from the closing minutes of The Martha Zoller radio show, WDEN radio, Oct. 26, 2023 Audio above.My cost $24.00 and about 2 hours.

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Martha Zoller

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Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

… like, and again, I have only known Mike Johnson for like, three days. I mean, I really didn’t know who he was.

Speaker 2 ( I think his name is “Rod” and is sometimes a c0-host?):

Yeah-

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

I want to know, is he a happy warrior? He sounds like a happy warrior. You know, that-

Speaker 2:

I was a happy warrior.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

Meaning that he can be tough and firm, but he’s not-

Speaker 2:

Oh, okay.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

… difficult. Like Regan. Regan was a happy warrior. People liked being around him, even though he was tough in negotiating.

Speaker 2:

Well, we about to find out.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

You know, Mike Collins said it the other day. You need to be liked, and you need to be trusted.

Speaker 2:

That makes sense.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

To be a good leader. It’s true.

Speaker 2:

It’s huge.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

Liked-

Speaker 2:

Absolutely true.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

… and trusted.

Speaker 2:

But, you need to also have that third component. I can- I can bear not being liked, as long as I stay honest in, uh, following the truth.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

No, it’s true. It’s absolutely true. But that’ll make people like you. If they know, over time they’re gonna get the truth from you. You can-

Speaker 2:

I like that.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

You can join us on the phones at 770-535-2911. My friend Frank, uh, sent me this, uh, video to watch, and he said, uh, “I know you don’t like Matt Gates, and so, I don’t know if you’re gonna watch this.” And I did watch as much of it as I could stand, um, because I don’t like Matt Gates. I think Matt Gates is trying to play this as if he intended for Mike Johnson to be the Speaker all along-

Speaker 2:

(laughs)

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

… and that it was all because of him and the other seven, that got rid of Kevin McCarthy, that they got Mike Johnson. That’s not true. Okay? And look, Steve Bannon-

Speaker 2:

… Well, trust me, it is.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

Steve Bannon was in this video too, and I know Steve Bannon also. And you know, I don’t dislike Steve Bannon, but the two of them together will- making me nauseous.

Speaker 2:

Uh-huh.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

And I just think that he’s not- Steve Bannon is more trustworthy than Matt Gates, and that’s saying a lot. Let’s go to the phones now and talk to Elizabeth in Gainesville. Hey, Elizabeth, how you doing?

Elizabeth in Gainesville:

I’m doing good, ab- good Martha, and good [inaudible 00:02:06].

Speaker 4:

Hello.

Elizabeth in Gainesville:

Um, thank- yes, y’all are- y’all are wonderful, I love you.

Speaker 4:

Thank you.

Elizabeth in Gainesville:

And I- I just wanted, my comment is, is that Joe Biden is a puppet, he’s a globalist, [inaudible 00:02:21] loves him, and he’s doing what the globalists want him to. To downgrade the United States and get us to the point we’re no longer a superpower, and that’s what the border is all about. The border is about flooding us with all kinds of bad things, with drugs, and with the expense of all these people coming in, it’s not sustainable. That’s what I think is going on, and, um, he’s a puppet, Joe Biden is a puppet, because he’s always got this plausible deniability of, “Well, you know, he’s mentally slipping, and maybe he doesn’t mean it,” and all this kind of stuff. That’s just plausible deniability, he’s a great puppet, and he’s exactly who the globalists want. At this time, I’ll hang up and listen to your response.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

Well, thank you very much. Um, you know, one of the questions that I got, um, related to, uh, the last visit that we had from Senator Ossoff, and I’m trying to find the answers, because, you know, I- I finally did get some answers from Senator Ossoff, um, uh, office, related to these questions. Here we go. I just want to be sure we get all of ’em in here. Um, we had three questions, and one of ’em was about the border, and I want to get to this so that I get the right answer.

Um, he said, “The border is a real problem.” I asked if he was gonna sponsor the House Bill 2A, House Resolution 2A. “The border is a real problem. The disorderly flow of migrants is a national security risk. There are a few Democrats who don’t seem to recognize that, and there are a few Republicans who don’t seem to recognize that trying to deport millions of undocumented people who are already here is a non-starter. I just helped move a bill through the Senate Homeland Security to add 600 more Border Agents. I’m looking for more solutions. If HR2 heads to the Senate floor, I will study it in detail.”

Now, it’s been passed on the House side, so it could, if you ask for it to go to the Senate floor, it could go to the Senate floor, Senator, uh, Ossoff. But, the thing about not trying- why is it a non-starter to deport undocumented people?

Speaker 4:

Well-

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

That’s what I don’t understand.

Speaker 4:

I kind of wanted to ask the- that, too.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

Yeah.

Speaker 4:

And I’d like- jump- I’m not gonna jump the gun-

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

No.

Speaker 4:

… because I don’t know.

—> Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

“Yes. Now, I would agree with you, or with him, that I’m a little more like Newt Gingrich, where Newt Gingrich thinks that- that you have to look at families that have been here a long time, even though they’re illegal immigrants, in a little bit of a different way. You need to look at the whole picture. Like, did they come here, did they follow the rules, did they not get in trouble except for coming here illegally? I’m not talking about the last three years. That there are families here that have lived here for 25 years. Their children have been born here.”

Speaker 4:

Right.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

Do you deport the parents and keep the children? What do you do? He believes it should be a case-by-case basis, and I sort of am with him, that way, because you want to be compassionate. But this- this flood of the last three years-

Speaker 2:

Bless you.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

... where they’re living on the streets, they’re defecating on the streets, they’re in tents, they’re- they’re taking up hotel rooms, those folks don’t have any ties here.

Speaker 4:

It seem to me, that’s a sneakily way to take-

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

Yes.

Speaker 4:

… to start moving. In other words, it’s very simple to me how to start it. I can show ’em.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

Yeah.

Speaker 4:

I can show ’em.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

You could ship ’em. (laughs)

Speaker 4:

Oh, yeah. I- I could show ’em. Tell them to hire me, I could show ’em. And I’ll do it for the first month for free.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

Okay. (laughs) And I think that that’s- we have got to follow the rule of law. If we do not follow the rule of law, which means enforcing the border, we don’t have a country. Let’s go to the phones and talk to Anna in Dahlonega. Hey Anna, how you doing?

Anna in Dahlonega:

I’m doing fine. Um, Judge Napolitano interviewed, um, Douglas MacGregor yesterday, uh, Colonel MacGregor, he should really be General MacGregor, and he says, um, a point of view about this thing going on in the Middle East, that’s worth a listen. Um, and he seemed to be somebody that our great leaders have missed the mark on. They should have taken him to be the, uh, Secretary of Defense, um, Secretary of State. When you listen to him, uh, it’s incredible. It’s- it’s, uh, you can tell that he really knows what he’s talking about.

As far as the Border Agents are concerned, I think the days of the Border Agents have ceased. It’s time to get the military down there, and get real. As far as the, uh, Senate, and not so much the Senate [inaudible 00:07:14], but the Senate, because they’re getting what they want. The Senate and the House of Representatives, I think Mike Johnson is a good shot in the arm, like you said, if he- you know, if he follows through. But I really think he will. A lot of those dudes down there, I’m watching this, are there for face time. They’re playing. They’re- they want to be, um, they want to be famous-

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

They want to be famous. You- um, Anna, you are so right.

Anna in Dahlonega:

They just want to be famous, and I’m sick of it because they’re on CNN, Fox, um, not new Fox, but CNN, Fox, all the, you know, spaghetti- the spag- spaghetti letters of the net- of the commercial media has really screwed us to the wall, because they are perpetuating information that is not accurate and it is almost bi- borders illegal, the- what- the things they say to us, and unfortunately, it’s really revealing that our educational system has failed us so much. Because you can see it with the kids, the colleges, and they’re not asking any questions.

Speaker 2:

Right.

Anna in Dahlonega:

They’re- they’ve lost their way.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

They’re not learning-

Anna in Dahlonega:

And-

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

… to critically think.

Anna in Dahlonega:

No, they’re not. And they’re not in high school, it starts there. High school is like sixth grade, anymore. You have to go to at least two years, continue education, just to be able to be lucid. Just to be able to sound like you have a brain in your head. This is serious business, because one of the things that, um, Douglas MacGregor told Napolitano, because Napolitano was asking him, “What do you think is gonna happen in the interior of the United States?”

He said, “It’s coming, folks. It’s coming, and we have a very, very large group of people that are very angry with us, and that’s why they’re crossing the border.” Um, it- it’s just got to be fixed, right now. Uh, it can’t be fixed next year, or in the next presidency, if we have to get, uh, the President of the United States out of there, get him out of there, now. And get somebody in there, it- it’s gonna be one of those new things, where, “Oh, we never did this before.” Well, this is the time to do it, because I can’t think of a more critical time to replace this sitting President. That’s all I gotta say. Thanks, Martha.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

Thanks for your call today.

Speaker 4:

I- I- I liked a lot of things that you said, but I want you to think about one thing. I want you to think about one thing. If we move off emotional, as of right now, and we do the latter, how- that would put us in a better position, but it’ll put us in a tougher position. What do I mean by that? We need him to finish out his term, lucid. Understa- in a- in a clear manner, and then, make that, uh, big change or transition.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

So, a couple of things. Um, there’s a- there’s a-

Speaker 4:

But that’s gonna take prayer.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

It will. That’s- there’s a thing called the posse comitatus, which means you can’t have the military in a state unless they’re invited in. And, um, I think all the border states would invite the military in to help them on the border. There are many National Guards from states around the country that are helping now. So I think that’s a good point that you brought up-

Speaker 2:

Oh, I do, too.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

And as far as them wanting to be famous, you’re right. For- for-

Speaker 2:

Yeah. [inaudible 00:11:00].

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

We used to- we used to jokingly call politics show business for ugly people, because- because you know, that’s really why they want to do- they wanted their 15 minutes of fame. And now you’ve got social media that is- that is- that, you know-

Speaker 2:

And they get 24 hours of fame.

Martha Zoller Republican radio show host:

They get 24 hours of fame, that’s right. So, ca- a lot of good points there, appreciate your call today. We’ll take a break, and then we’ll take you up to the top of the hour. (end of topic).

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