Beware of the Hypocrites In Training

 OK, we all know how the Democrats have been accusing Republicans, especially Trump of wanting to destroy our democracy.

Here's the latest.  You Tube, owned by Alphabet has just settled for $24.5 Million in Trump's lawsuit over his being censored.  You can read it here. They now join Meta and X (formerly Twitter) in settlements.  One of the keys here is the admission that those companies were pressured by the Biden admin to censor Trump.

It all starts at the local level (city councils, education boards, county commissions).  That is why if you vote for Democrats in local elections, IMHO, you are voting for HITs (Hypocrites in Training).  It is the Democrats who have been supporting various policies that are working to the detriment of our country.  Policies like open borders, allowing biological males to compete in women's sports (and share locker rooms with the females), spending taxpayer money to actually support illegal aliens with everything from housing to medical care.  Note that one of the reasons the federal government might close down is the Democrats wanting to continue federal support of medical care for illegal aliens.  But, they claim that Republicans would destroy medical care.  Heck, that money they want to spend could go to supporting our taxpaying citizens (and legal foreign residents), who need assistance.

Even though local elections are classified as non-partisan, all that means is that party affiliations are not shown on the ballot.  Don't believe me?  Just go to the JoCo Democratic Party web site to view the info.  Voting for any of these four: Steele Reynolds (Ward 1), Eric Persson (Ward 2), Morgan Rainey (Ward 3), Erin Aldridge (Ward 4), is, IMHO, a vote for a HIT.

If you truly believe in maintaining our democracy, then these are the candidates who will follow that path:  Tony Gillette (Ward 1), Mike Kemmling (Ward 2), Dave Myres (Ward 3), Laurel Stiffler (Ward 4).

RIP Charlie Kirk

 Condolences to the Kirk family and to our country.  This man was the embodiment of a champion for free speech.  His immediate family has lost a husband and father.  We, as a country have lost a patriot.

And today is the 24th anniversary of the terrible events of 9/11/2001.  May those souls also RIP, the ones who perished at the hands of the terrorists and those that perished responding to attempt to save them.

No further commentary by me today.  Would like to gather my thoughts.

Steele Did File His SOSI - JoCo Election Failed to Post to the Web Site

 I've been questioning why the JoCo Election web site did not show a Statement of Substantial Interest for Steele Reynolds, running for city council.

The Government  Ethics folks referred me to the JoCo Election Office.

I received the following information today from Diane Burnett, Assistant Election Commissioner:

Thank you for reaching out about this.  We did receive it on June 11^th, but we missed adding it to the website.  We will get that done soon.

So, I guess that he did comply with Kansas election laws.  Curious though. Since it was not showing up all this time on the JoCo Election site, which made it look like he was in violation, why he himself didn't question it not appearing.  Oh well.