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The Dangers of 5G
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Real ID: Another Government Frankenstein
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Pornography in our Schools – Update on Bartlesville School Board meeting
We had a good turnout of people interested in the subject of removing pornographic books from our school libraries – most seats in the Education Service Center were occupied. Superintendent Chuck McCauley allowed comments to be made at the start of the meeting on topics not on the agenda. Under the Board rules no questions could be asked by the Board members and no discussion of the topic could occur. However, we had three excellent speakers.
The first speaker emphasized that the Board’s existing Procedures for Reconsideration of Materials was inadequate when 103 books (140 books when counting duplicates among libraries) in Bartlesville School libraries have been identified as either pornographic or containing sexualized content. This speaker also stressed that the existing challenge procedure was deficient in that it did not address how to assure more pornographic/sexualized books would be kept out of our school libraries.
The second speaker, a parent of two teenagers in the Bartlesville School system, questioned why Board members would protect their own children from such material but allow it to be put on the shelves of school libraries. He challenged the Board members to treat his school age children well.
The third speaker presented a riveting testimony of the consequences of pornography in our schools. Her story of a young man who “lived out what he read on the pages” of school library books and subsequently was sentenced to 65 years in prison for his offenses against five women, dramatically demonstrated that school board actions, or lack thereof, with regard to pornography has real life consequences.
Updated: Mass Surveillance – Gann Studies License Plate Readers Impact on Privacy
OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Tom Gann, R-Inola, on Thursday led a study on the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and what he said is their use as a tool for mass surveillance allowing law enforcement to conduct warrantless searches. The study was held before the House Public Safety Committee.
This article shares the results of that study in a press release from Rep Tom Gann.
Why EVERYONE should Oppose SQ 836 – Decline to Sign!
The initiative petition for State Question 836 has started circulating as of Oct. 29th. Don’t sign it, and if a petitioner approaches you ask why they call it an open primary when it’s a Top Two jungle primary, why they say it’s like our municipal elections when it isn’t, why they say it will improve voter turnout when it won’t, why they claim it increases voter choice when it will reduce choice for most voters, why they want a system that helps those who already have power and money, why they want a system that is prone to shenanigans and easily influenced by special interests and dark money, and why they want a system that will increase polarization and work to preserve the status quo.