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Its so sad seeing our great country being so divided politically. Over the past decades people with socialist and communist ideology have slowly but surely been indoctrinating our children in our educational system. The colleges and other institutions have been infiltrated by people who see control being more important than freedom. These same individuals are not leaders but followers who want to be taken care of. Most cannot handle life or lead effectively on their own.

Their political party is no longer the party of John F. Kennedy who believed in lower taxes and a strong military. Kennedy was a war hero who fought to protect our freedom and appreciated the sacrifices made to keep America free. In my opinion, the Democrats have lost that respect. They hate others who dont agree with their new woke ideology and those who work hard to have a successful living.

I believe these Democrats are destroying our country. Our First, Second and Fourth amendments and much more of our Bill of Rights of our Constitution have and continue to violated by the current regime.

If the Democratic Party no longer support your values you need to leave. The party already left you so what do you have to lose?

The Republican Party isnt perfect, no party is, but at least we are trying to save our great country.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

BOB PRYOR

Mifflin Township

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Update: Democratic municipal leaders in Essex County met on Saturday and unanimously awarded the organization line for State Assembly to Alixon Collazos. The New Jersey Globe has also confirmed that the Passaic County line will be awarded to Collazos.

One of the most consequential political careers of the last 50 years in New Jersey will soon come to a close with the decision of Assemblyman Thomas P. Giblin (D-Montclair), a powerful labor leader and hugely respected officeholder, not to seek re-election after eighteen years in the New Jersey Legislature.

Giblins replacement will be Alixon Collazos, a former aide to Rep. Steve Rothman (D-Englewood) and an immigrant who came to the U.S. from Colombia at age 14. She is a public affairs executive at the BGill Group, a firm run by her husband, Essex County commissioner Brendan Gill (D-Montclair).

I will not be seeing a new term in the New Jersey General Assembly, Giblin told the New Jersey Globe. It has been my greatest honor to serve as an assemblyman, freeholder, surrogate, and party chair, working to improve the quality of life for the people of New Jersey.

Essex County Democratic Chairman LeRoy Jones, Jr. has scheduled a meeting with municipal chairs in the 27th district today to discuss the Assembly race.

Giblin cited increased responsibilities at the 6,300-member union he runs, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 68. He said the union had opened a new training facility and office in Atlantic City and that he has become the Secretary-Treasurer of the Northeast Conference of the union, with 73,000 members. Hes been the president of the Essex-West Hudson Labor Council, AFL-CIO, for 27 years. He serves on multiple charitable boards, including one that supports the Burn Unit at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center. He also pointed to his five children and eleven grandchildren.

I will continue to be involved in my union and civic responsibilities, Giblin stated. I will serve until my term is complete.

Earlier this week, Giblin became the target of a complaint filed by his longtime chief of staff, Lolita Cruz, alleging that the longtime lawmaker yelled at her. In an interview with POLITICO, Giblin denied mistreating Cruz, his top aide, for the last fourteen years. Party leaders suggested that he retire. In advance of Mondays filing deadline, Giblin becomes the 26th incumbent legislator not to seek re-election.

There had been speculation that the 76-year-old Giblin, who has been dealing with some health issues, had already been considering retirement, but he announced early this year that he would seek a tenth term in the legislature.

Democrats in Essex and Passaic counties intend to put Collazos on the organization line with State Sen. Richard Codey (D-Roseland) and Assemblyman John McKeon (D-West Orange), the newly-drawn 27th district, which extends from Millburn to Montclair and then into Clifton.

They are facing a primary challenge from State Sen. Nia Gill (D-Montclair) and her running mates, Frank Kasper, a public school teacher from Clifton, and Eve Robinson, a former Montclair school board member. Legislative redistricting placed Codey and Gill in the same district.

Montclair is one of North Jerseys Democratic strongholds, producing the second-highest number of votes.

Collazos also served as Latino Outreach director for Gov. Phil Murphys 2017 campaign and as a grants manager for Millennium Strategies. She is a Democratic State Committeewoman and active in local community groups in Montclair.

If she wins the primary and general elections the 27th district is solidly Democratic, and Murphy won it in 2021 by a 2-1 margin Collazos will boost the number of Latinas in the Essex County legislative delegation from likely two Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark) and Carmen Morales, a high school principal from Belleville who is the organization Assembly candidate in the 34th district to three.

Giblin said he would support the candidates running on the organization line.

Ive been an organization Democrat all my life. There is no reason to change at this stage of the game, he said. I understand the complexities of putting together tickets.

Giblins retirement potentially balances the organization slate, which had included three white Irish Catholic men where the 64-year-old McKeon, known as the Prince Charles of Essex because of his longtime desire to succeed Codey in the Senate, was the young man on the ticket.

The 47-year-old Collazos will also reduce the average age of the 27th district organization ticket from 72 to 62. She would also flip the Assembly seat from a Pro-Life Democrat to a supporter of reproductive rights.

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There is just one month left in the 2023 Washington state legislative session and a lot to get done in that time. It's a budget year, too. So, while lawmakers are deciding on new laws, conversation about how to use the budget is also ramping up.

KUOW's Olympia correspondent Jeanie Lindsay spoke to Paige Browning on Morning Edition.

This interview has been edited for clarity.

Paige Browning: Washington state goes through this budgeting process every two years. There's a lot of money on the table but also a lot of proposals. How do the numbers look?

Jeanie Lindsay: So, the good news is that there's still growth expected in terms of state revenue over the next two years. The bad news is that it will just be slower than expected, with officials predicting about $480 million less than they did in November. But the state is still expecting more than about $65 billion in revenue. And that's not counting the carbon emissions auction dollars that raked in about $300 million in the first auction in February; those auctions are going to happen at regular intervals, which could mean a good chunk of change for the state more than $1 billion over the next two years.

But the state's revenue can still change, right? Because there is one big moving piece that we haven't talked about yet, which is the state's capital gains tax.

Yeah, actually, on Friday morning, the court issued an opinion upholding the capital gains tax. The court was asked to expedite its opinion, because right now the state is planning to collect that tax on tax day next month and included the tax revenue, which is expected to be about $500 million a year, in the revenue forecast. Also, the Senate included that in its proposed budget released last week. So, with the court upholding it, that means that that funding will be collected, and the state will be able to use that in the state's next two-year budget.

There's about a month left in the session, a month to negotiate the budget. We got a first look at a draft from state Senate Democrats last week. What are they wanting to fund?

The operating budget that Senate lawmakers released includes about $5 billion in new spending, and almost $3 billion of that would be for education, for things like teacher salaries, special education funding. There's also a lot of money targeted at housing and behavioral health. There's also a good chunk for child care and environmental needs, you know, carbon reduction and other sort of environmental projects. There are also dollars to continue addressing the fallout from the state Supreme Court's Blake decision striking down the state's drug possession laws and the fallout from that, but then also funding some of the proposals to address addiction and addiction treatment.

The dollar amounts definitely will change, but you can kind of see what their priorities are.

That's what the Senate Democrats want. This week, we'll see a draft from the House. What will you be looking for?

Democrat leadership has said that the two chambers, the House and the Senate, are really aligned on their values and what their priorities are. But I'm going to be curious to see what those dollar amounts really break down to look like and then how much money goes into each of these different buckets. If there are, you know, drastically different takes on, say, higher education or how much they want to spend on housing. So, we don't know exactly what that will look like. But on Monday we will, so, you know, listen to KUOW to get the latest.

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On April 4th, the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) will make a final decision on next years town budget. The most closely watched aspect is how much it will allocate to desperately needed repairs for our aging schools. If the past is any indication, the answer will be not nearly enough. And once again, Greenwich Republicans will have denied our children the safe, accessible, 21st century buildings they deserve.

The Greenwich Democratic Town Committee believes that our schools should be the highest priority for our town more important than a new ice-skating rink or refurbished Roger Sherman Baldwin Park. In addition to giving our children what they deserve, quality public schools keep property values high. Theyre a major reason families choose one town over another.

Unfortunately, the Republican-controlled BET is fixated on funding only one major school project at a time. This short-sightedness costs all of us more in the long run.

We paid more when Hamilton Avenue School had to be torn down and rebuilt, because BET Republicans wouldnt set aside money to maintain and repair a badly leaking roof. We paid more when the ceiling at North Mianus School collapsed fortunately school was not in session. And we avoided a crisis when the Board of Education (BOE) fundedan engineering study of Central Middle School that the Republicans on the BET refused to fund.Thankfully the BOE found federal money to pay for the study, because the school was in such bad shape it needed to be condemned and rebuilt. And were seeing it again, with BET Republicans refusing to provide what the BOE has requested for new construction and renovations, forcing them back to the drawing board to revise projects to fall in line.

Cost-cutting pressure by BET Republicans compromises school design, and further, proposals by the Republican Town Committee risk negatively impacting teaching models that have been successfully used for decades. How shameful would it be to welcome 8th graders to a brand new Central Middle School in the fall of 2026, then tell them in the spring that they must choose only one guest to attend their graduation because the Republican BET would not pay for enough seats in the school auditorium?

Speaking of shameful,eighty percentof our schools are not ADA compliant. Greenwich has already been the subject of anOffice of Civil Rightscomplaint. Students at Old Greenwich School must choose between navigating flights of stairs on crutches or staying home while they recover from an injury. Aside from being short-sighted from a risk management standpoint, failing to make our schools accessible sends the wrong message about who we are as a town. As Democrats, we stand for inclusivity, and our schools should reflect our values.

And dont get fooled by a makeshift plan concocted by five BET Republicans at the 11th hour. That plan does not address all of the Old Greenwich School issues and does not have backing from the community or the BOE. BothCentral Middle SchoolandOld Greenwich Schoolurgently need major funding this budget cycle. Failing to provide it would be malfeasance. The dismal state of the places where we send our children to learn can no longer be ignored or tolerated. Greenwich Democrats wholeheartedly support moving forward on both of those projects with the scope approved by the Board of Education. Its time for our town to invest in our students.

Joe AnglandGreenwich, CT

Angland is the chair of the Greenwich Democratic Town Committee

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WATERLOO Three Cedar Valley legislators expressed concern and anger over multiple issues at a community forum on Friday night.

Thirteen lawmakers were invited by the League of Women Voters of Black Hawk and Bremer Counties, but only three Democrats attended. The forum was attended by a few dozen constituents.

If we made it mandatory for a percentage of people from the Republican Party to attend these meetings, wed get a lot farther on cooperation and getting things done, resident Bill Shane said.

Those who did attend discussed the topic at hand mental health.

Tom Eachus, the executive director at UnityPoint Health Black Hawk Grundy Mental Health Center and a social worker of 35 years, said hes worried about the state of mental health care in Iowa.

Were currently facing the worst workforce shortage in my 35 years, and at the same time the demand for mental health services increased, Eachus said.

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Rep. Timi Brown-Powers said there is a perfect storm of demand for more mental health beds in the state as well as more staff.

She said there are currently 92 mental health beds for the entire state of Iowa, which includes 36 beds for children.

That is pathetic, she said.

A social worker who didnt provide her name spoke up about the worker shortage.

What is the plan when we cant keep social workers the profession that provides the most mental health services when we cant get social workers to come here and stay here? She asked.

She also said more social workers will be needed after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed multiple bills into law regarding transgender children.

On Wednesday, Reynolds signed laws restricting the bathrooms transgender students can use at school, as well as banning gender-affirming medical care for minors.

Also brought up at the forum was a conversion therapy ban being discussed in the city of Waterloo.

This month, a discussion was tabled about banning conversion therapy a practice that attempts to make a non-heterosexual person become heterosexual.

Waterloo resident Forest Dillavou spoke up about the issue.

(Children) came in as boys and girls. I can tell the difference, he said. You folks need to stand up for those little children.

Brown-Powers, who is also a therapist, explained the controversy of conversion therapy.

The research shows that that therapy is very dangerous, increases suicides and it hurts children, she said. I think thats why they are pushing to ban it in the city. I dont know if theres anyone here practicing that to be honest, and I dont have that answer. This is just banning one type of treatment to those children that we know can be very deathly for a child.

Rep. Jerome Amos Jr., a former Waterloo city councilmember, agreed.

Im a left-handed individual, and people tried to force me to use my right hand, he said. It was not going to work, and I firmly believe that it wouldve been detrimental if Id been forced to. Forcing anything should not be anything that should be happening.

Rep. Bob Kressig detailed what could happen to children who identify differently than their assigned gender at birth.

These children, when they begin to grow and their identity doesnt match their sexuality, they begin to pull back from the school, Kressig said. They dont associate with others. So suicide is one of those areas that can occur.

Other topics that were discussed at the forum included Reynolds government reorganization bill and a bill that would eliminate funding for diversity, equity and inclusion at higher education institutions.

A woman holds up a poster as part of a protest in front of the courthouse ahead of former President Donald Trump's anticipated indictment on Monday, March 20, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

A supporter of former President Donald Trump exits Trump Tower on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York. The man visited to show his support for the former president and his opposition of District Attorney Alvin Bragg's attempt to have Trump indicted. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

A supporter of former President Donald Trump unfurls a flag outside of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Monday, March 20, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

New York State Court police keep an eye as people protest in front of the courthouse ahead of former President Donald Trump's anticipated indictment on Monday, March 20, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Enzo Alcindor, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, sits on his vehicle with flags outside of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Monday, March 20, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Paula Magnuson, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, walks with her dogs outside of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Monday, March 20, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Bob Fertik, of New York, stands in front of the New York Criminal Courts building carrying a sign supporting the possible criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump, on Monday, March 20, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Stephanie Lu, of New York, stands in front of the New York Criminal Courts building criticizing New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg and a possible criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump, on Monday, March 20, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Supporters of former President Donald Trump's protest in front of the New York Criminal Courts building on Monday, March 20, 2023, in New York. A New York grand jury has heard from what could be the final witness in the investigation into Trump as law enforcement officials accelerate security preparations in advance of a possible indictment. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

A supporter of former President Donald Trump raises a flag outside of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Monday, March 20, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

A vehicle drives past President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Monday, March 20, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla. The decision whether to indict former President Donald Trump over hush-money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign lies in the hands of a Manhattan grand jury that has been meeting in secret to hear evidence for weeks. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Media gathers around a lone supporter of former President Donald Trump as she protests a in front of Trump Tower, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York. A New York grand jury investigating Trump over a hush money payment to a porn star appears poised to complete its work soon as law enforcement officials make preparations for possible unrest in the event of an indictment. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

A woman performs with a mask of former president Donald Trump as a small group of people protest near the District Attorney office, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York, in an anticipation of former president's possible indictment. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

A man, wearing a patriotic colored Guy Fawkes mask and holding an American flag, joins a small group of protesters near the Manhattan District Attorney's office, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York, in an anticipation of former President Donald Trump's possible indictment. A New York grand jury investigating Trump over a hush money payment to a porn star appears poised to complete its work soon as law enforcement officials make preparations for possible unrest in the event of an indictment. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Kathy Clark, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, stands outside of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Colton McCormick, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, stands outside of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Jeffrey Shinko, of Lucerne County, Pa, holds a sign while standing in front Trump Tower on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York. Shinko traveled from Pennsylvania to New York City to show his support for former President Donald Trump. A New York grand jury investigating Trump over a hush money payment to a porn star appears poised to complete its work soon as law enforcement officials make preparations for possible unrest in the event of an indictment. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

A Trump supporter takes part in a protest near the Manhattan District Attorney's office, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York, in an anticipation of former President Donald Trump's possible indictment. A New York grand jury investigating Trump over a hush money payment to a porn star appears poised to complete its work soon as law enforcement officials make preparations for possible unrest in the event of an indictment. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

A Trump supporter wearing a costume with antlers takes part in a protest near the district attorney's office in New York on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, ahead of former President Donald Trump's anticipated indictment. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Supporters of former U.S. president Donald Trump take part in a protest near the District Attorney office ahead of former President Donald Trump's anticipated indictment on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York. A New York grand jury investigating Trump over a hush money payment to a porn star appears poised to complete its work soon as law enforcement officials make preparations for possible unrest in the event of an indictment.(AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Mary Kelley, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, stands outside of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

A supporter of former President Donald Trump holds up a Bible as she acknowledges passers-by, outside his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Supporters of former President Donald Trump gather outside his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A supporter of former President Donald Trump walks with a cross from outside his Mar-a-Lago estate over a bridge to West Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A woman walks on Fifth Avenue carrying a flag showing support for former President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Trump supporter Jeffrey Shinko, right, of Lucerne County, Pa, and a man protesting Trump, argue about a possible criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Mike Hisey, left, dressed to portray former President Donald Trump in a prison uniform, stands in front of Trump Tower ahead of a possible announcement of a criminal indictment of the former president on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

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