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More Overspending Uncovered

Thanks to the efforts of a Greeley Report reader, more wasteful spending within District 6 continues to be uncovered.  This was passed on to District 6 school board member-elect Brett Reese. Greeley Report has agreed to publish this information on their behalf.  Here are the facts.

• School District 6 has not purchased one $2,000 desk.  They have purchased several in recent years.
  
• The main floor desk in the administration building cost $20,000 (with four zeros)!
  
• The receptionist desk in Human Resources cost $8,000.

Why didn't the Lib Trib's investigative reporters cover this?  Why are we being told that they cannot buy textbooks, and yet they have money for extravagant purchases like these?  These are the issues that deserve to see the light of day.  Be sure to call District 6 or the local school board and demand a thorough audit that will be published.

If This Is Peace....

We are told that Islam is the religion of peace.  However, the news tells a different story.

• November, 2009 - A Muslim soldier leaps onto a table and kills 12 fellow soldiers, wounding 30 others.
  
• October, 2009 - A Muslim imam is killed in Detroit, in a shootout with the FBI.
• June, 2009 - An Army recruiter is killed in Little Rock, Arkansas by a Muslim.
  
• Fall, 2004 - A group known as the Virginia Jihad Network is broken up while planning a huge assault against Americans.
  
• October, 2009 - Suspect Zazi, his father, and a New York cleric are taken into custody and charged with planning acts of terror against America.
• November, 2009 - A woman is murdered in Ft. Morgan, Colorado and an African Muslim living in Greeley is arrested and charged with the crime.
  
• February, 2007 - Sulejman Talovic opens fire in a Salt Lake City, Utah mall.  He even kills people execution style.  He is a devout Muslim.
  
• July, 2006 - One Jew is killed and 5 others wounded inside a Seattle Jewish Center.  A Muslim forced his way inside by holding a gun to the head of a Jewish teenager.
• November, 2008 - Twenty Muslim men go outside of North Phoenix, Arizona.  They spend their time there shooting targets and practicing.  Two are sons of a noted Imam in the city.
  
• 2002 - The beltway sniper is arrested in the Washington, D.C. area.  He is a Muslim.

Muslims are involved in every major conflict around the world.  Africa, Indonesia, the Middle East, Eastern and Western Europe.  There is one common thread; the theme of Islam.  Tell them to pack their bags and get out.  It's time we start speaking up before there is a Ft. Hood-style situation right here.

The Descent Of The USSA

Greeley Report thanks a regular reader for the following article that graphically illustrates our decline into slavery.

"This year I decided to begin carrying my firearm regularly.  Society isn't getting any better, and after a couple of close calls with crime it was the prudent thing to do.  Besides, it was easy.  Right?  After all, the second amendment to the U.S. Constitution says "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

First, I discovered it wasn't as easy as it sounded.  I'm a U.S. citizen with no criminal history, clean as a whistle.  However, my friends began to question my motives as well as the Constitution!  They didn't think this is what the founders intended.  They opined that guns were for hunting, police and the military.  Civilians should leave that stuff to the "professionals."  They didn't like my discussions about how professionals often draw chalk lines around civilians, and they really became inflamed when I pointed out the original intent of the second amendment; that being the necessity of citizens to protect themselves from tyranny.  When I mentioned the fact that my right to carry a firearm was not granted by government, but was an unalienable, natural right, their heads about blew off!

I also discovered there is a list of places where my firearm and freedom is disallowed.  Colleges, hospitals, schools, various businesses.  I was a clean-cut citizen.  Safe, law-abiding, allegedly free and responsible.  Law-breakers carry weapons into these places.   Law-abiding citizens cannot.

Then there was the problem with my clothing.  Yes, clothing.  I found out I can carry a firearm in plain sight without a problem.  However, if my sweatshirt covers it, I am a lawbreaker.  Now, I need a government "permit."  And of course the "permit" has regulations, approvals of government, and money.

You see, the government requires you to take a class that is approved by them.  It costs $100 or more.  In the class they teach you that if you ever do have to shoot someone, you may well be presumed guilty unless proven innocent.  Then you must fill out an application for a concealed carry permit.  This costs another $152.  (So far I have spent $252, and I still can't wear my sweatshirt or a jacket over my gun.)  The application packet has all of the gun laws in legalese, which you must study before you apply.  Then you go through the questions.  I noted that some aliens from outside the country may apply to carry concealed as well as me.  I was being treated like them!  I am a U.S. citizen, under the U.S. Constitution.  But I was put on the same level as an alien by state and local government.

Finally I was able to submit my permit application to the local sheriff.  He had to approve my rights, too.  I would undergo a background check with state and federal authorities.  I was sent to the local jail to be fingerprinted.  I had to submit a valid photo id.  All of this would be attached to my permanent record, just so I could pull my sweatshirt over my sidearm so that liberal-minded freaks would not worry.  If all went well, and the government bureaucracy deemed me worthy, and if the local sheriff approved of me, I might receive my permit within....10-12 weeks.

The United States had no gun laws for centuries.  It was common to carry firearms openly or hidden; it didn't matter.  Historic records state that Miles Standish and others carried their muskets to church in Plymouth, MA, in 1621.  Nobody minded.  Today our constitutional rights are watered down, and we have allowed it to happen.  The enemy is not outside the U.S., but within our laws, fees, and bureacracy.  The next time you talk with an elected official, whether it's a sheriff, council member, or legislator, ask them what they will do to eliminate a bunch of laws so we can breathe free again.  Their response will tell you if they are truly for freedom, or just another socialist waiting to enslave the masses with further regulation.

That Is So Bully

Sam has been watching a Federal "Bully" Bill that may affect you.  It is H.R. 2262.  This bill, sponsored by liberal democrats, removes another degree of authority from school districts the local level and puts it in the hands of your "benevolent" dictators and Obama czars in D.C.

The bill sounds like a good idea.  Stop school bullies!  However, within the list of bullies are those who use various phrases including those against sexual perverts.  The homosexuals are using this to push their agenda.  In teaching children to not bully others, they also want to indoctrinate your children and grandchildren toward their perversions at the earliest possible age.  Elementary school!  Preschool!  They don't care, as long as they can enforce their morality on your children.  The bill includes no funds to enforce it, and it may be used to attach things to your child or grandchild that may be harmful to their education down the road.

One example of what may occur would be this.  When your 4th grade grandchild is playing with his friends and says "you're so gay," that could be construed as hate speech and bullying according to this bill.  This "bully" would then be labeled and taught what a homosexually perverted lifestyle is all about to help clear up his "hating and bullying" tendencies.  It is unclear whether this label would then be attached to the child, to follow him throughout his life, and at what level these labels would remain (local, state or federal files).  Would the "bully" tag keep people out of colleges?  Would it be used to suppress training opportunities?  It would definitely be used to crush free speech at the youngest levels.  This would teach children that speaking out freely and independently is a "bad thing."  In short, the bully bill helps the government create a group of "sheeple" that will not rebel against big brother.

Sam is including a link to the full text of the "bully bill."  Read it for yourself (click here for the link), and call your congressional leaders.  The last thing we need right now is more control in D.C. over our local schools.  Keep school decisions at the local level!  We don't need unfunded mandates either.  We need to fight the bullies all right; the ones in D.C.  We need to take their bill and tell them to shove it.  But they might not like that, because it may appear too strong....and bullying.

Publish It!

Well, well.  It seems that the teachers and District 6 have settled on a new contract for the most part.  And it will include pay raises, medical and retirement funding, and pay of $25 per hour for off-time training.  What else is in the contract?  Sam thinks the entire contract should be put on line and made available to you the taxpayer.  Sam also thinks that every dime of spending for District 6 needs to be put on line.  Then we can see where the money is going.

Sam thinks the problems will get larger for District 6 because they still want to do business as usual.  They were able to find $300 thousand for teacher salary increases, but couldn't find that kind of money for textbooks.  They want to reward both good and bad teachers with the same increases.  They want to increase pay simply for sticking around, even if they are a bad teacher.  This is poor management.  This is what District 6 does.  That's why it is essential to vote no on 3A.  It will force the District to manage, not mangle.

What A Tangled Web

Lets see.  Greeley city councilman Charlie Archebeque is related to District 6 School board member Linda Trimberger.  Greeley Mayoral candidate Tom-Tom Norton is literally in bed with UNC President Kay Norton.  Tom was also a vital part of the District 6 blue ribbon panel.  Where is he getting all his money?  From big money people.  Look at the audit trail and you will find names like Ehrlich, Monfort and others.  This is hard news, nepotism and a tangled web.  You will discover the same old people trying to manipulate and run the same old things while they raise your taxes.

Gas Or Hot Air?

Sam noted that liberal Democrat Betsey Markey has been appointed to a committee dealing with natural gas and energy development.  Sam saw Markey in action this Summer with her town hall meetings on health care and climate change (can't call it global warming any more, can we).  She is a dud.  She had to bring in a fellow demoncrat from another state to help her with agricultural issues, and when it came to health care she whined her way into taking an indecisive position.  (Every time she does that, she votes lock-step with Obama.)  She is a city girl who built a business using the government machine, and knows nothing about the two largest businesses in Weld County.

This latest appointment of Snarkey Markey is total foolishness on several levels.  First, what right does the government have in controlling oil and gas anyway.  Sam thinks that energy is the right of private ownership, free markets and other issues where the government needs to just disappear.  Second, natural gas is a huge issue in Northern Colorado for our economy.  If Markey is a part of a panel that wants to manipulate energy, attack coal and oil, and try to ramp up todays so-called "green" energy, Sam is suspicious.  Green energy has a place at the table, right alongside oil, coal and others.  Any time the government gets involved it will probably involve higher taxes, more environmental regulation, and selecting the governmental favorites while suppressing others.  Get Markey out of energy!  Get the government out of energy.  We need to drill, explore, pump, refine, and innovate all at the same time.  Markey doesn't know enough to help us in that regard.  From what Sam has seen, she is a bunch of hot air.

Gangs, Illegals, Mismanagement And Schools

According to supporters of 3A, if you love children you will spend $16 million dollars more per year on their education.  If you don't, you are a hater.  Shame on you.  Today Sam will give you a few ideas of his own that will help our teachers, schools and community.  None of these are discussed in the Lib Trib, of course.  Every candidate they have supported is with Tom-Tom Norton and the pro-3A bunch.  So much for unbiased media at the local level.

Here are some recommendations from Sam:

• First, every child that attends school should provide evidence that they are in the U.S. legally.  Have this proof shown before a child is admitted to school.  If a child or family cannot provide that documentation, contact ICE.  We don't need to pay higher taxes so that an illegal thief can be supported free of charge.
  
• Second, put the word out.  "Involved with a gang?  Your door goes bang."  Get them out of schools, instead of forcing schools to "cater" to them.  Did you know that John Evans middle school had to change their color scheme to a neutral color because their old colors involved red and blue?  Sam is sick of seeing law-abiding citizens being forced to cater to gang-types.  He thinks red, white and blue are still good colors.
  
• Third, slash any salary over $100,000 to that level.  We can employ a state senator for less.  Increase their salaries only by the percentage test scores rise each year.
  
• Fourth, fire non-performing teachers.  They are in the system and give the good ones a bad name.
  
• Fifth, involve parents at every level of district 6.  Every committee from security to curriculum.
  
• Sixth, eliminate the hidden plunder in District 6.  Two lifts, a large tow truck (how much did that cost?) and other toys.
  
• Seventh, use the local bus system.  Thanks to Ed Phillipsen for this idea.
  
• Eighth, challenge the feds and the state.  Every program they enact must come with matching funds.  Unfunded programs will not be implemented.
  
• Ninth, share.  Across school boundaries, equipment, bus rides, etc.  There is too much territorial disputing and not enough cooperation in District 6.
• Tenth, take a hard look at the charter schools.  They do better even though they have less money, very similar demographics, and pay for their own buildings.  District 6 hates it when Sam brings it up and tries to play the demographic card every time.  It is not true.  Take a long, hard look at what works, and copy it elsewhere.

Sam is just getting warmed up.  He thinks Greeley and District 6 can be great, but not if we throw more money at the situation.  Lang, Tom-Tom Norton and the big-money people in town are trying to tell us that more money out of our wallets is a better thing.  What is wrong with this picture?  Can you say slavery?  No wonder they are rich and you are not.

Is This Ours?

Is this a Weld District 6 school bus?  They would like to have us think so.  But it's not.  It's a bus for a school in India.  So, how do they graduate all of those Ph.d. and technically trained students when they have such "appalling" busses?  It's easy.  They don't have to deal with unions, and they know that education is not about the money.  You are being lied to by District 6.  They receive $30 million per year from you, and are asking for an annual increase of $16 million besides.  That is $46 million dollars every year!

Right now this district is telling you that when you give them $30 million dollars they can't find a way to spend only $300,000 on textbooks every year.  That sounds like mismanagement to Sam.  People are out of work, private wages are declining, and house values have dropped.  Shouldn't they rein in their spending instead of increasing it?  Absolutely  They also need to learn to manage what you give them now.  Send them that message.  And while you are at it, vote only for Brett Reese on District 6 school board.  And vote against Tom-Tom Norton.  He brings the same mindset to the mayor's office.

You...Must...See...This!

Every American must see this video clip.  Period!

(Click Here To Watch)

What's In The Trough?

Sam found this picture of the District 6 board and the Blue Ribbon Panel feeding at the trough and wanting $16 million more dollars out of your wallet every year.  Now before you get mad, you need to hear what was in School Board candidate Brett Reeses latest newsletter.

(Disclaimer:  Sam Hill is not Brett Reese.  Sam is acquainted with Brett and listens to Pirate Radio 104.7.  But the information presented in this column is completely independent of this candidate.)

According to Reese insiders within District 6 are reporting gross mismanagement of funds with what they are given now.

• Computers?  District 6 has pallets of new computers in their warehouse!  They haven't told you, because they want more money!  Furthermore, they have an entire team that maintains their existing computers that they pay.

• Lifts?  District 6 has a lift with a cracked bucket.  Did they replace the bucket?  No!  They bought a whole new lift.  Then they wanted a bigger one.  So they bought that, too.  It's so big they don't have a trailer to tow it.  They could have rented one and saved more than $60,000.

Folks, this is the corruption and feeding trough that is aided by people like Tom Norton, Ranelle Lang, the Lib Trib and others. The good old idiots network needs fresh blood.  Vote only for Brett Reese, and vote no on 3A.  They just want fresh slop in their tough.

Sleeping With The Enemy?

Tom Norton has some baggage.  Only a year ago wife Kay Norton and her band of thieves at UNC were the first state college to try and take your money to fund illegal aliens attending her college in Greeley.  See it for yourself in the link below.  But it gets worse.  The actual Colorado Senate bill (SB 170) was sponsored completely by liberal democrats.  The RINO Nortons wanted it along with Dick Monfort and several others.  It would have actually provided subsidies from your taxes to illegal aliens, including those who had not completed high school. It was narrowly defeated by the conservatives.

Will Norton take this approach into the Mayor's office?  Will Greeley become a sanctuary for illegals?  Here are some other issues:

• November 12, 2009 - Former CU Regent Jim Martin said a "new Republican Party" needed to be formed that was more moderate.  He listed possible candidates for the liberal, reorganized party, and one of them was Tom Norton.
  
• January 7, 2009 - Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance member Tom Norton was already actively pushing for Obama stimulus funds.  The stimulus hadn't even been passed yet!  Instead of standing against it, he was lobbying for funds.  He said, "The stimulus money will be spent, and we are ready to and should support the receiving of that money. We should take advantage of that to the biggest degree possible."  Talk about a hog at a trough.
  
• Tom Norton may have to remove himself from mayoral activities involving AIMS, District 6, and/or UNC.  He has a decided conflict of interest in dealing with these groups.  However, he will not address this.

Why would Greeley want a tax raising, self-professed moderate, indentured servant to UNC, liberal policies as their mayor?  These are the questions you won't see in the Lib Trib.  They are gutless, whiny, and liberal as the Nortons.  If you want to sing something more than "We Are The World" in future days, vote against Norton and against 3A.

Click below to download UNC Board minutes and Senate Bill 170 for yourselves.

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Huh?

According to the Lib Trib today, District 6 received grim news about future financials.  But they are pushing 3A so that they can have $16 million more per year from your wallets.  They say it wont go to teacher salaries.  However, they are putting it in the general fund.  And last night they said "the last thing they want to do is cut teachers salaries."  So perhaps it will go to salaries, and you just don't know it yet.  What liars.  They just don't want to have to make difficult decisions.  They would rather rob you instead.

Telling The Truth

Sam enjoyed this little audio clip.  Sure its an ad, but it tells the truth.

Click here to listen

Vote For One

Its really simple.

• Doug Kershaw - will raise your taxes.
• Judy Kron - will raise your taxes.
• Doug Lidiak - will raise your taxes.
• Linda Trimberger - will raise your taxes.

Then there is the other side.

• Brett Reese - will NOT support 3A.  Period.  It is wong.

Who will you vote for on your ballot?  Sam will vote ONLY for Brett, based on principle.  He is the only one that is standing for you and me.

Somehow the local government has to realize that we are tapped out.  No more!  Let them learn to manage instead of extort money.  Cut back!  Eliminate.  Stop spending!  They hate blogs like this because Sam is speaking for you as well.  The depression of 2009 is going to turn into the depression of 2010.  Hang onto your money, folks.  Vote only for Brett, and vote no on 3A.

District Six On Leading Edge?

Weld County District Six Schools may be fighting against their own emergence as a cutting-edge school district in Colorado.  Those who favor an increase in taxes through the 3A ballot measure point out the need for increased spending.  However, in the current and future economic climate a frugal spending mindset may actually be needed to attract and retain fresh business to the area.

If the current recession continues another 12-18 months, neighboring school districts and municipalities will be forced to reduce services and cut spending.  District 6 is presently at that level of spending, and has maintained a relatively low tax base.  If they learn to creatively manage with their current resources, they may face fewer cuts than districts around them.  They may also become a model for excellent management.  But the Lib Trib and the local socialists don't want to talk about this possibility.  They want to tax and spend the region into the ground because "everybody around us is doing it."  They have caused Greeley to fail because they are not trend setters themselves; they are merely followers.

District 6 has an opportunity that is unparalleled.  They can regain their status by renegotiating contracts, managing employee compensation, and opening themselves up for creative input from the local community.  Or, they can sit on their soggy bottoms and demand more money for their failures.  Vote no on 3A.  It should serve them well if they will wake up to the possibilities ahead.

They Don't Have A Clue

Today word came that the teacher's union has rejected District 6's latest contract offer.  They want more.  They have PERA, benefits and a decent salary.  But that is not enough.  When this is contrasted to the world around them, it seems ludicrous.  Now Sam likes teachers, and applauds the work they do.  He knows they work long hours outside the school, and have to put up with all sorts of garbage inside the school walls (including union and administrative bull-hockey).  But when does government start to cut back the way the private sector does?

Unemployment is over 10 percent (officially, not counting jobs taken by illegals, jobs that are culled out of statistics to soften the blow and so forth).  Have you seen any school district, city or government agency cut their staff by 10 percent?  No.  Have you heard any government official running for office say that he or she will cut staff and spending by 10 percent?  No.  They are gutless.  They don't want to make enemies they might work with in the future.  I have heard a few candidates deal with hard issues, but they are few and far between.  Brett Reese is a rarity in this sense.  Listen to what he is saying.

In short folks, while you are struggling, the bureaucrats want to raise your property taxes 43% through 3A.  The numbers don't add up.  It's time for a cut in bureaucrats.  And we need to elect the leaders that will start to cut, eliminate, roll back and rescind.  Not socialists like Tom-Tom Norton and other cronies.  Think about it.  And vote no to every one of them!

Fun Facts About District Six

Sam felt it was time to share some fun facts about District 6 schools and their performance.  Many of these are taken directly from the District 6 website.

Did you know...

• District 6 CSAP reading scores are now at 57.5 percent.  This means 42.5 percent of students are NOT proficient; a failing grade.
• District 6 CSAP writing scores are at 45.4 percent.  54.6 percent are NOT proficient.  Flunked!
• District 6 CSAP math scores are at 39.1 percent.  60.9 percent are NOT proficient.  Flunked!

Meanwhile...

• District 6 administrative personnel salaries for new hires or increases have increased by 25 percent in the past 3 years!
• District 6 teachers salaries barely increased over the past 3 years.
• District 6 can't seem to find $300,000 per year for new textbooks in the $30 million budget they currently have.  Nor do they want to use old textbooks they have stored away.  They are passe.
  
• District 6 school superintendent Ranelle Lang will earn nearly $300,000 in salary and benefits next year all by herself.  One administrator's salary could pay for textbooks!
  
• They want to raise your property taxes by 22 percent.  And that's only the beginning!
  

Do these figures trouble you?  Well, they should!  Thanks to the herculean efforts of District 6 school board candidate Brett Reese, things are already starting to shake.  According to the District 6 website, there are plans afoot to put the 2009-10 budget online for public scrutiny sometime in the future.  This would not have happened if he had not stood up for you!  He is also publishing some of these facts and figures in his campaign.  You can contact Brett at Pirate Radio for more information and data (970-378-1047).

In short, the answer is not giving the fat cats more money to build little idiots.  District 6 needs to innovate, cut back on various areas, involve the community instead of cutting them out, and raise their sights.  Right now they are congratulating themselves that test scores have improved by roughly 3 percent in 4 years.  But they are still failing!  Don't reward failure.  Sam suggests you vote only for Brett Reese on this school board election.  It will send a strong message to the school district they need to receive.  Get your act together or we will cut funding from you!  Grow up and get in touch with the real world.  You are out of touch already, and that doesn't need an increase in funds.

News From Last Week

Over the weekend Sam learned some inside information from a Greeley Report reader and friend that he can share with you.  At the RINO breakfast this past Wednesday, hosted by Jim Eckersley (and his absent spousal unit Tambor Williams), the guest speaker was Ed Phillipsen.  However, Eckersley didnt want Phillipsen to speak.  It was nearly forced upon him, in order to make it happen.  Eckersley was not very welcoming.

Also present at the breakfast was Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes.  What did Eckersley do with that?  He allowed Maes a minute to stand and introduce himself.  That was all.  This eyewitness told Sam it was an incredible display of RINO partisanship.  Neither Maes nor Phillipsen are on Eckersleys special list of cronies.  It was so obvious in his disdain.

Apparently the "big-tent" RINOs live in a pretty small tent themselves.  They say one thing and do another.  In all reality they don't want to be inclusive; they want to control things and force the Republican party to be Democrats.  Too bad they don't realize that a great number of local Republicans are watching their nefarious schemes, and could move to the Libertarian or Constitution parties.  Independents notice, too.  Eckersley and his cronies need to reach out and actually do what they say.  Or else they can switch parties as some have done in recent years and change their "R" to a more truthful "D."

Hating Our Poor, Rotten Past

A faithful Greeley Report reader pointed Sam Hill to a comment in the Lib Trib by a Craig Conrad.  He shared his thoughts on the 9.12 grassroots group that is springing up around Greeley and the rest of America.  Sam won't deign to quote from the article, but it slanders the 9.12 bunch by ignoring the facts.  Conrad wants to see "people of color" in the 9.12 advertising, and says that going back to our national roots would put America back in the times of slavery, no income tax, and women being kept from the ballot box.

Has Craig met with the local 9.12 group?  No.  Has he read the materials they are discussing?  No.  Perhaps Craig thinks that we are more enlightened now than ever before.  Maybe we need Sharia (that's Muslim for public schoolers) law instead of a Judeo-Christian foundation.  He thinks America needs to be protected from itself; from a time when the country was working well -- far better than it is today.  Of course there were problems, but nothing like we face in today's society.

Sam challenges Craig and others to go to a 9.12 meeting.  Learn what they are standing for.  Talk with them.  Listen.  Don't be a drive-by idiot.  Or you may end up in a bhurka, paying infidel taxes to some Muslim who doesn't hate his identity, his past or his religion.  Get a grip and grow up America.  It's time to revisit some of the foundational issues that made us great and the 9.12 group is trying to do that.  It's more than Sam can say about Craig.  He's just a hater.  What are you?

District 6 Marketing Group?

The Lib Trib recently disclosed the fact that District 6 is spending your money to market itself.  Yes, really!  The district that can't afford to manage $30+ million in annual taxes, and has horrible test scores in every area has stepped into the marketing arena.  How?  They have given your money to the Upstate Economic Development group, which is a private/public consortium of donors that markets Northern Colorado to attract new business to the area.

Now don't get Sam wrong here.  Sam likes the idea of private enterprise.  But District 6 is totally off, here.  They want to market themselves with taxpayer money.  In reality, they need to stay out of the marketing business completely.  That should be left entirely to groups like this, the chamber of commerce and so forth.  The money we give District 6 should go to the schools, students and textbooks; not marketing.

Furthermore, if District 6 likes private enterprise so much, they should get behind school vouchers, charter schools, partnerships with homeschoolers, etc.  Will they do that with their educational philosophy?  No!  Aurora public schools works with homeschoolers in Greeley every week!  It's their way of helping homeschoolers succeed better.  Does District 6 do this?  No!  They spend your money with private partnerships, but they themselves are ingrown.

Sam finds it interesting that the Lib Trib won't question how District 6 spends your money.  District 6 won't disclose how they spend your money.  And when little things like this come to light, it further reveals the deep-seeded issues in the District.  They don't need more money.  They need to change their entire leadership structure and organization first.

Exclusive: District 6 Corruption Revealed

This exclusive information was provided to Sam by a faithful Greeley Report reader and insider at Weld County District 6 Schools.

District 6 is deliberately misleading voters to raise taxes by $16 million with 3A.  They are saying the money is for textbooks, transportation, and other items.  However, it's being placed in the general fund.  What is District 6 concealing?

FACT:  District 6 has textbooks that are stored and not being used.  The reason for the textbook demand is due to their desire to constantly update and replace textbooks every few years.  They want to chase the latest fads in teaching.  However, subjects like Geometry, spelling, and hard sciences remain the same.  Older textbooks can be used to teach (and skilled teachers ignore many of the trendy items in textbooks anyway).  District 6 just wants more money for the new toys on the block.  They need to raid the warehouse and get some of the older textbooks out of storage instead.

FACT:  District 6 is saying the $16 million will not go to teacher salaries.  However, it will go to bus driver salaries.  This is a staffing issue, and you are being misled on purpose.  District 6 is trying to hide this.

FACT:  When students from 2 local schools go to compete in a sports event (such as track, golf, swim team, etc.), each school gets its own activity bus!  Five students may use one forty-passenger bus, and six from another local school would use another forty passenger bus.  They could share a bus for the schools in town and make better use of drivers, buses, and money.  But the district doesn't want to do this.  They want to keep the schools separated, and make you pay for their mismanagement.

FACT:  This information is coming from insiders and even teachers within District 6.  They are disgusted with the mismanagement and corruption within the administration.  When teachers have positive ideas, District 6 doesn't listen.  Sam could reveal specifics, but that would also reveal sources.  He won't do that.  He doesn't want good teachers targeted for revealing the truth.

FACT:  You are being misled by 3A.  Vote no!  Demand more out of your school board.  More honesty with the whole truth.  More transparency!  More teacher and citizen interaction on key boards such as curriculum, and resource management.  District 6 is ingrown and likes it that way.  Cut their cash supply and force them to work for you again, for the good of the students instead of the bureaucrats.

He Will Not Keep His Word

Sam has learned that Tom Norton has purposely backed out on his commitment to the 9.12 group.  He will not show up tomorrow night at their mayoral candidate forum.  Ed Phillipsen will still attend, and Ed Clark will be the keynote speaker.  How interesting.

Tom-Tom Norton can chair a blue-ribbon panel for District 6 that wants $16 million more in taxes.  He can be a state senator under Bill Owen.  But he cannot face a grassroots group of people in Greeley?  Sam hears the stories behind the stories, and knows that various factions have urged Norton to make his appearances with more "liberal" groups.  Perhaps he wouldn't get the "softball" questions he wants.  Perhaps he wouldn't be able to grandstand with the 9.12 group.  Perhaps he doesn't get to run things the way he wants.  Whatever the case, it's a perfect example of what Sam has warned you about with Norton.  He wants to rule, tax, and play the role of power-broker.  He does NOT want to serve you the average person, or else he would have shown up at a truly grassroots forum.  Perhaps you are the "great unwashed," while he is a part of the local "elite."

In the meantime, Ed Phillipsen will still show up.  You can ask him your questions.  And you can chat with Mayor Ed Clark who rescued Greeley from two previous Toms (Selders and Roche).  Given the looks of things we need another Ed; not another Tom.

District 6 Guilty Of Fraud?

Sam made it to the 3A debate last night, just as things were starting.  And he stood in the back while a capacity crowd packed the room.  Two issues stood out to Sam in particular as he listened to both sides present their case.

First, it was revealed that textbooks are roughly 1 percent of the District 6 budget each year.  Since we give District 6 an annual amount of 30 million at this point, this would equate to thee hundred thousand dollars annually.  District 6 is pleading for more textbooks, and it doesn't take $16 million to fix that.  A small increase could solve that problem alone.  But Sam is infuriated by the fact that District 6 has ignored such a small cost for several years.  It seems to Sam that District 6 has been mismanaged for years, if they can't buy textbooks.  These are fundamental basics that are more important than advanced programs, busses, extra-curricular activities and other "toys."  If District 6 can't manage $30 million (and buy textbooks out of that each year), why should we trust them with another $16 million?  This equates to fraud, and ignoring basic responsibilities.

The second issue Sam noted, is that District 6 does not want us to know where their money is spent.  Period.  They are a closed, arrogant, self-serving society.  We ask them for transparency, and they appoint a committee and say "trust us."  Well, we don't.  They need to show us the money.  They haven't done their job.  Sam thinks they are defrauding the people they are supposed to serve.  And they want more money from you and me.  Ignore the "it's for the children and the community" line.  Their money will go up; yours will go down.  It was obvious last night.  They are a school system.  And they can't use enough of $30 million to buy textbooks?  That's fraud!

Public School Accomodates Islam

Sam has been asked where he gets information for some of his stories.  It's simple.  He has friends and contacts tell him about things which he then investigates.  If it's true, he tells you about it.  If they are wrong, he publishes a retraction.  Many issues are a result of personal experience or digging.  Take the story about the local Democrats and Acorn working the office.  Sam dug that out himself after hearing a conversation from someone else.  It's 100 percent accurate.

Sam has warned about the creeping monster known as sharia, or islamic law.  Muslims push their laws by imposing their lifestyle on others, no matter where they live.  A group of Somali muslims have now demanded that their children be allowed to pray 5 times per day, in public school.  The school has agreed to their demands and is setting aside a room for use as a muslim prayer room.  Where is this happening?  In Ft. Morgan, Colorado.

If you want a muslim-dominated state, just do nothing for a few more years.  If you want to live in a Judeo-Christian America you are going to have to fight for it.  Start protesting weak and accommodating bureaucrats.  Force them to provide the same treatment (at the minimum) for students of other faiths.  And challenge their thinking.  Vote out liberal school board members and replace them with conservatives.  If not...the problem will grow.  We brought it here; now we must deal with it.