TRUTH BOMBS ABOUT SB 727: UGLY TRUTH ABOUT "SCHOOL CHOICE" BILL IN MO.
Ask you state reps and senators for the truth. Here is all you need to know to make an informed opinion. Stop Listening to lobbyist rhetoric and bad talking points.
This post is for all of you out there trying to understand what is really going on with the bill rapidly moving through the MO House and Senate called SB 727. This will be a lengthy post. THIS IS NOT A POST FOR EVERYONE, JUST FOR THOSE WANTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON.
This will lay it all out for you. That way, you can make an informed decision on where you stand. Send this to your state rep and senator as likely they have not even taken the time to read the bill. They are handed talking points. We, however, have read the bill multiple times and handed over sections to experts throughout our state to be correct as we understand we are trusted to be the tip of the spear and we don’t want to get it wrong.
When it comes to our kids, we are willing to stand and fight. For lobbyists and greedy politicians to change the law and further threaten our children for the promise of fat campaign contributions is wrong. We embrace the idea of MOLON LABE when it comes to truth. We will stand and we will boldly proclaim truth. We will fight and not be intimidated by threats, name calling, or bullying.
KNOW THIS: IF THIS WERE ABOUT A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO GIVE KIDS OPTIONS WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED, WE COULD GET ON BOARD WITH THAT. IF THIS WERE ABOUT AUTHENTIC “SCHOOL CHOICE”….WE ARE HOMESCHOOL MOMS AND HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THAT. WE DO NOT SUPPORT GOVERNMENT SCHOOL CHOICE WITH WILD STRINGS ATTACHED. MISSOURI HAS HAD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS FOR DECADES. THIS IS DIFFERENT. THIS IS A BAIT AND SWITCH.
We will tell the truth. We were you once. We were consumed with wanting an understanding and finding out the truth. We will give you the road map you need to ask the right questions and start your own research.
First start by reading and listening to a short podcast about what your politicians like to parrot. This article is focused on the double speak of bullies like Senator Nick Schroer. He says one thing, but does completely another. This article shows his duplicity. THIS will help understand the difference in what your politicians say and what they actually DO. (click photo to read):
YOU WILL BE TOLD: “SB 727 IS NOT A DANGER TO HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES IN MO. “
YOU ASK THIS: “If 727 is NOT a danger to homeschoolers why not remove them from the bill entirely and any reference to them in this bill?”
YOU WILL BE TOLD: SB 727 poses no risk to homeschool families when it comes to the 2A.
YOU ASK THIS: “Have you read the Legal Opinion from Missouri Attorney Dave Roland? He is a Missouri Constitutional Attorney who is an expert in MO Law. He is not a fund raiser and lobbyist for gun rights. He has argued in front of the MO Supreme Court and won.”
Dave Roland/Missouri Freedom Center
(For a full review of a thoughtful and well written opinion as to WHY SB 727 is a legitimate threat to the 2A in Homeschools click the photo below to link to the full legal opinion from the MO Freedom Center:)
THIS PART OF DAVE ROLAND’S LEGAL OPINON. NOTE THE PART ABOUT THE ZOO:
Here is a link: Freedom Center Attorney Dave Roland's Legal Opinion of SB 727
YOU ASK: WHY DOES THE LEADER OF GRASSROOTS 2A IN MO BELIEVE SB 727 is a bad bill? Ron Calzone brought the Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA) to MO. He is also a homeschool dad. He believes that there are many issues of grave concern with SB 727.
See his long list of concerns here:
Ron Calzone/Missouri First "OMNIBUS EDUCATION DISASTER" SB 727
THOSE PUSHING THIS BILL PARROT THIS NARRATIVE: “Get the Government Out of the Schools and give parents a choice. “
TRUTH: READ THE BILL:
SB 727 perfected after subbed on the floor.
MY ADVICE: Download the bill and do a word search. Look up the word "Department" which also means DESE. The "DEPARTMENT" when referencing DESE is used well over 125 times. Read that again…this bill notes the State Department of Education over 125 times. That is NOT getting the government out of our schools.
YOU WILL BE TOLD: "Some of that is old language". That is true, but DESE will still Lord over all the new language with the same roles given in the old. As the lobbyists and politicians walk out bigger and more grand schemes with “school choice” this concept will grow through incrementalism until they full capture private and homeschools and make them accountable to the government model that has failed the system that so many children are trying to escape in order to receive a full education.
ASK THE QUESTION: Why is DESE (The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education) allowed to “promulgate” rules AFTER THIS BILL BECOMES THE LAW? If this is truly about smaller government and getting the government out of our schools, why would our politicians blindly allow DESE to write the rules AFTER this leaves the capital with no power to help guide that while still in their hands? This bill only expands DESE’s role in defining and “guiding” what school choice looks like in MO. That is not truly school choice. That is expanding all reach over every kind of school in MO.
If you find that DESE has extended their power too far, what do you do? Well, you sue the state? Will you go up against their unlimited and deep pockets of the State and risk what the courts will say and do. How many of you have a million dollars? It will cost you everything and years to fight it. WHY NOT FIX IT NOW!!!!
ASK THIS QUESTION: Why does this bill take home schools out of two small sections of the statute, and now bring ALL homeschools under the STATE LAW when it comes to all schools. This is new and does NOT appear this way in old statute. FOR THE PURPOSE OF STATE LAW IS ONE OF THE CONCERNS.
YOU WILL BE TOLD: This bill only impacts those who take the money.
That is not true. If so, why does it not say that in the bill. Why not use real language, in simple terms, and say that if that were true?
YOU WILL BE TOLD: “The money is donated money via tax credits. It is not costing the state.”
YOU ASK THIS: Can we afford this? Why is the fiscal note almost half a billion dollars with that # expected to reach $800 MILLION in the first year. If the money all comes from “tax credits” why does it cost the state so much?
ASK THIS QUESTION: Why was there only a public hearing on a 12 page bill that did not mention anything about homeschools?
Link to that version here: FIRST VERSION OF SB 727 W/NO MENTION OF HOMESCHOOLS/PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THIS VERSION
Yet, when Senator Andrew Koenig brought it to the senate floor Democrats admitted they had been working with Andrew FOR WEEKS on compromises, and thanked him for his willing to include them in negotiations. NO PUBLIC COMMENT WAS EVER HELD ON THE SUBBED VERSION OF THE BILL THAT MADE ALL INCLUSIONS OF HOMESCHOOLS. SHAME ON SENATOR ANDREW KOENIG FOR SUCH GROSS DECEPTION.
Also, Senator Curtis Trent in a dialogue with Senator Jill Carter on the floor was offended that she was trying to add an amendment to SB 727 because the bill had been “carefully and skillfully negotiated” his exact words. He was talking about negotiating with the democrats. BUT, the conservative faction of the the Republican party had not seen it until that night it was brought to the floor. Scrambling trying to read a bill that went from 12 pages to 153 pages was impossible. THEY were not part of the negotiations. Clearly, undermining senators with an agenda, the DEMS AND RINOs knew what was to be included because they had tried something similar last year. Why not allow the public to be part of the process which is what should have happened? At the first opportunity Senator Andrew Koenig closed the bill and “perfected” that night. No time to review the bill. NO time to get public input. NO time to understand the implications. A blind vote. A blind vote that the democrats cheered for and thanked Senator Koenig profusely for bringing to them to reach consensus and “compromise”.
ASK THIS QUESTION: In Missouri we have a super majority of Republicans and a Republican Governor. Why are we ‘negotiating’ anything when we have the power?
PONZI SCHEME?
ASK THIS QUESTION: IS THIS VERSION OF SCHOOL CHOICE AND VOUCHERS (also called ESAs meaning education savings accounts) a PONZI SCHEME.
NOTE: Missouri Lobbyists know how devastating the voucher program in other states is doing and how it is wreaking havoc on state budgets. So…in MO they won’t call them vouchers because you will do the research on vouchers and understand that it is bad. SO, they are rebranding. Just know that they are the same thing.
#1 THING TO KNOW HERE: “EAOs” are not for profits. In order to receive “scholarship” funds from a certain Educational Assistance Organization they can write their own requirements for students and their own rules to apply. There are no limits in the law on what that looks like.
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THE BIG MONEY LOBBYISTS ARE TARGETING REPUBLICANS WHO UNDERSTAND THE DANGER WITH THESE VOUCHER BILLS:
VOUCHERS AND ESAs ARE THE SAME THING.
KNOW: SB 727 IS a voucher. But, the word “voucher” is toxic all over the country as people and communities have stories to tell and can show you what these vouchers are doing to ruin education in their communities and the state. That is why Missouri won’t call them vouchers.
YOU WILL BE TOLD: These are private funds going to private organizations so the state should have no say.
YOU RESPOND WITH THIS: When “donations’ laundered through the state treasurer’s office and DESE can write/promulgate the rules on who qualifies and decide how to apply the definition of choice to schools with an education omnibus the money is government money. PERIOD.
ASK THIS: Why do EAOs (which are private and not for profit organizations) get a commission of these funds?
ASK THIS: Since EAOs are taking public funds can they be sunshined or any part of their organization by sunshines since they are considered “private”?
ASK THIS: The bill only allows for tax credits of $75 million. Why does the fiscal note say this will cost the state over $467,000,000? If this is not “public money” why is it costing tax payers so much?
ASK THIS: Why would the state allow these funds to be given to an EAO without public reach to see how funds are spent and if those EAOs have crazy requirements for scholarship recipients that are not Constitutional? We will never know because EAOs are private.
BIG ONE…ASK THIS: Why does the law allow for private EAOs to contract with “PRIVATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FIRMS”? Who are they? What happens to funds that are captured by said “management”? Where are the rules or laws or why are there not guardrails in the law (this bill) on who they are and if there are conflicts of interests. The public can sunshine nothing here. No one knows what this looks like and will never know.
EXAMPLE: Just say a private donor for tax credits puts his/her own money into an EAO that he/she controls and said donor captures commission from his own tax credit with the EAO that he runs and then contracts to his own hedge fund or index fund to use funds directed for the voucher. In 2021 the voucher amount allowed was $25 million. This bill is $75 million. Will the next bill triple again, putting the amount closer to a quarter of a billion and keep going up?
The commissions for the state treasurer, EAOs, and the allowance of profits of private financial management firms handling the tax credit scholarship moneys pose significant problems. The bill should enumerate guidelines and safeguards that would should be learning are needed from other states much further into this than we are. But, we are not. Why?
HOME LITERACY FUND
SB 727 WILL REQUIRE FUNDING MATCHES FROM LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR A “HOME LITERACY PROGRAM”. WHAT IS THAT?
KOCH BROTHERS/AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY/THE LEAD LOBBYISTS ON THIS BILL IN MO
Stick with me here. CONNECTING THE KOCH/AFP DOTS AND WHERE THE KOCH MONEY LEADS:
One of the most ardent lobbyists organizations pushing UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE (like universal healthcare) is AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY. We will talk more about that below. But, for now know this is funded by the Koch Empire.
The Koch Empire also helps to fund something called 4.0 Schools:
HERE IS A LOOK AT 4.0 SCHOOLS: (Click any photo to be linked to the page)
4.0 SCHOOLS FUNDS “WOKE KINDERGARTEN”.
SO…KNOW THAT THE RABID AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY LOBBYISTS ARE ALL GOING ALL ATTACK DOG ON THOSE OF US WHO REFUSE TO SWALLOW THIS POISON PILL ARE CALLING US ALL LEFTISTS AND MARXISTS AND NEA HACKS. THAT IS JUST NOT TRUE. SEE WHO THEY ARE. SEE WHO THEY ARE CONNECTED TO.
BRINGING US BACK TO THE HOME LITERACY BILL:
PAGE 38 of SB 727:
QUESTION #1: Will DESE require each school to be a part of this program or lose accreditation points that only DESE can give as part of the rules they will be “promulgating”? If yes, schools will have to fund this with a matching grant from the state. It is a hook. Today there is matching funds, but will this cost be passed on to each public school and then required to continue when the state pulls this funding since DESE can make it part of their rules since it will be part of statute?
QUESTION #2: “IF THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED BY A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION”? Being that this is a Democrat bill and priority added here, it is a good question as to which nonprofits will be providing said books?
Page 39
COULD IT BE…From a nonprofit funded by Koch Grants by 4.0 Schools called WOKE KINDERGARTEN?
Here is what the bill calls for: PAGE 38
Here is how WOKE KINDERGARTEN DEFINES THEIR OBJECTIVES/BELIEFS (PEDAGOGY).
WE don’t not know who will be providing the books for the Home Literacy part of this bill. But, with DESE in charge of that, and knowing this is a Democrat priority, and knowing how rabid the paid lobbyists for Americans for Prosperity are for this bill, the bill should protect form organizations like this one from having any part of this program if the bill were to pass.
We will call this part…Rabid Paid Lobbyist Bullying Tactics from Twitter: (Feel free to screenshot and share any of these to understand how much of a lobbyist priority this bill is). Parents and schools are not asking for this bill. LOBBYISTS ARE DEMANDING THIS BILL PASS AS/IS WITH NO CHANGES ALLOWED. THEY ARE THREATENING TO USE THEIR MONEY AGAINST ANY REPUBLICAN WHO DARE VOTE AGAINST THIS BILL SB 727.
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY:
Let’s take a look at these two AFP Guys and how they attack anyone who dare step outside the bounds in the MO Legislature when it comes to votes they expect you to take. Last year a freshman rep. did his research and was a no vote on UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE. When pitched as a “parental choice bill” who would not sign on to that commitment of supporting parents? BUT…when Rep. Lonsdale dare do research and have a differing opinion this is what happened…
(FYI: BELOW: HERE IS A SCREENSHOT OF AFP STATE DIRECTOR, JEREMY CADY, ADMITTING HE WON’T BE USING THIS PROGRAM FOR HIS OWN KIDS):
PART OF THE “RULES” FROM THE 2021 VOUCHER BILL THAT PASSED INCLUDED BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR ANY ADULTS WHO LIVE IN A SCHOOL WHERE KIDS ARE IN A HOMESCHOOL.
THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR ANY OTHER ENTITY THAT TAKES THE FUNDS. ONLY A RULE “PROMULGATED” FOR HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE VOUCHERS.
NOTABLE: THAT THE STATE DIRECTOR OF AFP EVEN ADMITS HE WON’T TAKE THE MONEY FOR HIS HOMESCHOOL FAMILY PROVIDED VIA ESA/VOUCHERS.
POSTED HERE: You will see scattered little AFP parrots who have no idea how to argue facts. They just keep using talking points while name calling. Here is one of the notables. She is a good little parrot, but she just appears to sit on social media all day in an effort to bully or corner anyone who has questions about SB 727.
Bless her heart. She tries. She is with Americans For Prosperity. She refers to anyone who objects to SB 727 as the “Westboro Baptist”. This is a backhanded way to mock Christians who have legitimate concerns about SB 727. Not shocking understanding how many WOKE organizations AFP Founders’, the Koch Foundation, has become. (We will continue to connect those dots for you in subsequent podcasts).
ALSO A HUGE NOTABLE: KOCH NETWORKS (TIED TO AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY) DID NOT SUPPORT TRUMP…THEY WERE BIG BACKERS OF NIKKI HALEY. THEY ARE “THAT” BRAND OF REPUBLICAN. THEY DO THEIR BEST TO REDEFINE WHAT “REPUBLICAN” MEANS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE “CONSERVATIVE”. JUST KNOW THAT. (Click link to read article).
KOCH AND AFP WERE THE MAIN SUPPORTERS OF NIKKI HALEY’S RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
FROM THE ARTICLE: (click to read article).
KOCH NETWORKS.
WHAT DO THEY SUPPORT? AFP is just one of their many projects. Let’s see what else Koch funds to see how “conservative” his network really is. Check out this website called “STAND TOGETHER” (STAND TOGETHER TRUST. STAND TOGETHER FOUNDATION.) You will note that it is founded by CHARLES KOCH. Click link below to read website.
KOCH’S ORGANIZATION PROMOTED A CONFERENCE CALLED SXSW:
READ ABOUT SXSW HERE:
MORE STAND TOGETHER: SXSW AND “STAND TOGETHER TRUST” FIGHTING FOR QUEER HERSTORIES AND DRAG STORY HOUR.
ALSO, SUPPORTERS OF LEBRON JAMES EXPERIMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH HAS BEEN A HORRIFIC DISASTER.
Lebron James/Promise School Stand Together: Click link to learn more.
Yeah…well you get it. (Click the photo above to read full article.)
ENTER LOBBYIST/CONSULTANT: GREGG KELLER. FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE McCAIN AND ROMNEY CAMPAIGNS.
KNOW THIS: Keller works for Senator Mary Elizabeth Coleman, Rep. Doug Richey, and we have been told is associated with Hopeful for the State Attorney General’s office, Will Scharf.
But, his most important affiliation is likely that of Rex Sinquefeld, One of Missouri’s largest political donors who has meddled in MO Education for Decades:
Links from photo above: MORE ON KELLER:
and EVEN MORE...
READ ABOUT REX HERE:
AND HERE:
REX IS THE SHOW-ME INSTITUTE, AMONG MANY OTHER NAMES:
He also has been a BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO THOSE WHO PUSH “SCHOOL CHOICE” based on MEC (ETHICS COMMISSION REPORTS). We don’t have time to go into that today, but another day we will show the contributions and how they are connecting dots.
Gregg Keller is under his wing. How do we know this? He was seated on the Show Me Institute, which is Rex’s Pet Project in MO.
Watch Keller go attack dog on Chris Lonsdale for not supporting “Universal School Choice” last year:
This is just a tiny sampling of how vile this paid “consultant/lobbyist” is on Twitter.
KELLER also represents Doug Richey’s PAC. Doug Richey is the most rabid House member driving SB 727. He is a Pastor who freely attacks the grassroots and has issues with telling the truth. He lets his politician hang out too much sometimes when he should probably tuck that back in since he is a Pastor:
REP. DOUG RICHEY: Shown below attacking a homeschool mother of 10, he is calling her “Charlene”. She is an expert in homeschool law and moved to MO from a radical blue state that was moving similar legislation there. She is passionate about her fight to homeschool and she dare have an opinion that should be heard for the legitimacy she brings to the table. Rather, she is constantly attacked by men like Rep. Pastor Doug Richey with rhetoric, not facts.
Continuing to go after the only entities telling the truth and blowing the whistle on this UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE BILL. Pastor Richey is absolutely not telling the truth. NOTE: They all echo the same talking points, but no one can talk hard facts if you ask. They call for a private meeting.
For Pastor Doug Richey to continue to mislead homeschool families and go after moms who have legitimate concerns (SEE ALL THE GROWING LEGAL OPINIONS ON SB 727 AND HOMESCHOOLS) is sick.
HE KEEPS SPREADING LIES. SHAMEFUL FOR THIS PASTOR TO BULLY ORDINARY MISSOURI TAX PAYERS AND THE TRUE CONSERVATIVES OF MISSOURI.
MO ED WATCH (on X) and ARMOR VINE are the only entities lobbying and educating the public on the downfalls of UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE on many platforms, not to mention the only lobbyists who advocate for freedom and liberty in the House and the Senate.
ENTER TIM JONES
Former Speaker of the House in MO. Funded by Rex while in office. No one knows who pays his bills now. But, by the looks of his bullying on Twitter…likely big money pushing an agenda. (Again this is a small sampling only. There is so much more).
First, for those of you deep diving this, and I know there are many of you out there determined to know the truth. Read this: (click photo to read article).
TIM JONES was quick to jump on the attack train against Rep. Chris Lonsdale last year here:
TIM JONES has strong connections to Rex, too. Just a couple of donations from Rex when Tim Jones was in the MO House:
Rex is also MO CLUB FOR GROWTH:
A tweet from Jones when a question was directed to him last week on Twitter:
QUOTE FROM TIM: “AND NO, YOUR IMAGINARY WET DREAM DID NOT OCCUR THERE”. Something is wrong with him, clearly.
BELOW: THE MOST CONSERVATIVE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT IN MO ATTACKED BY TIM JONES BECAUSE SHE UNDERSTANDS THE STRINGS TIED TO UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE AND PUBLICLY REJECTED SCHOOL CHOICE FOR THE DANGERS THAT WERE EMBEDDED WITHIN:
In this final tweet he attacks the most conservative school board president in MO, Gail Griswold. The has been the target of ruthless attacks and called most every name you can imagine. The lobbyists and men like Rep. Pastor Doug Richey have led that charge as you can see in the tweets posted here.
In her tenure as school board president she was a part of :
Rejecting ESSER III funds of over $8 million due to strings attached. One of only two schools in the state of Missouri to reject that money. (click photo below to read):
Reading the MOUs attached to shady not for profits wanting to come into the school. She turned them down and refused to sign due to ambiguity of terms and strings attached.
Read about that here: CAMDENTON SCHOOL BOARD REMOVES ALL COVID PROTOCOLS
She led the DAY SHE WAS SWORN IN with forcing the issue of being one of the first schools in MO to say NO MORE to all Covid Mandates the day she was sworn in. No more masks, no more social distancing, no more contact tracing, no more mandatory quarantining of healthy kids, and bus drivers did not have to wear masks in her district. CLICK PHOTO BELOW TO READ ABOUT THAT.
And the list goes on and on. Tells you everything you need to know when people tried to call her a leftist or say she was tied to the NEA. Such a lie. The left hated her because she ran Camdenton in such a conservative manner. For those who live in that district it was an undeniable, refreshing, and appreciated.
Griswold has embodied what a true conservative should be by her votes and her stewardship of the staff and students of her school district. Conservatives in her community loved her. The liberal leftists do not care for her so much. As anyone from her school district. They will tell you.
ENTER KATE CASAS
ANOTHER TIE TO REX. SHE WROTE SB 727 AND IS RABID ABOUT THE BILL. SHE IS CURRENTLY WHIPPING THE HOUSE REPS TO LEAVE THE BILL AS/IS WITH NO CHANGES ALLOWED….OR ELSE.
The link below shows that she has been hired by “Rex”.
You will note Casas was hired by Rex Sinquefeld recently. She is his lobbyist.
HISTORY
LOBBYIST KATE CASAS PUSHED COMMON CORE WITH AN ARMY OF LOBBYISTS IN MISSOURI FIGHTING AGAINST THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI AND EVERY MISSOURI MOM AGAINST COMMON CORE IN THAT FIGHT.
FROM CIRA 2012-2013:
KATE CASAS ALSO SITS ON THE MISSOURI PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHARTER ASSOCIATION BOARD. SB 727 HAS CHARTER EXPANSION INCLUDED:
THIS IS A PHOTO BELOW OF ANDREW KOENIG BRINGING A BILL RAPIDLY TO THE SENATE FLOOR IN A SUBSTITUTE THAT BALLOONED FROM 12 PAGES TO 153 PAGES. OUT OF THE SIGHT OF THE PUBLIC. NO ONE COULD READ THE BILL EVEN WHILE IT WAS BEING DEBATED SINCE IT HAD NOT BEEN LOADED ON THE STATE WEBSITE. BY THE TIME IT WAS LOADED, KOENIG HAD CLOSED THE BILL AND IT HAD BEEN VOTED (BY A VOICE VOTE) TO PASS. WHY DOES HE LOOK SO PROUD OF HIMSELF? HE IS BETRAYING ALL OF MISSOURI HOMESCHOOLS BY DOING THIS.
YOU NEED TO HEAR: Andrew Koenig saying he will not use this voucher money for his own homeschool kids. WHY NOT? SCARED OF ALL THE STRINGS, ANDREW?
LOOK AND SEE WHO KOENIG’S BIGGEST DONOR HAS BEEN: ARE YOU SURPRISED?
FINALLY, LOOK AT THIS…isn’t it interesting that Speaker Dean Plocher (who is currently under investigation for an ethics complaint in the MO House) tweeted this. NOTE WHO HE TAGGED. LOBBYISTS AND REPS. DRIVING THIS BILL.
NOTE: Bishop Davidson brought us HB 447 last year. He called it a “HEALTH ED” bill. It was actually a Sexual Health Ed bill. We warned him. We asked him to pull it. He did not care. We have sunshine requested all the documents from the work group that was held last summer and only proves just how right we were. Once DESE “promulgated” the rules and seated the committee, the ugly truth is in all the documents we now have our hands on. That is a separate post like this one that we will share soon. It will blow your mind and it will show you why you cannot trust any of these people since they all voted for it. THEY DO NOT READ THE BILLS. THEY USE LOBBYIST TALKING POINTS AND TRUST LOBBYISTS TO TELL THE TRUTH. This is why we don’t trust them on this bill either and you should not either.
AND IT CANNOT BE MISSED: REPRESENTATIVE JOSH HURLBERT WORKS FOR ONE OF THE EAO’s : THE HERZOG FOUNDATION. HE IS THE SCHOLARSHIP COORDINATOR. THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
WEIRD THAT HE DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT IN HIS HOUSE BIO. MAKES YOU WONDER WHY NOT?
AND THIS SHOWS IT:
FINALLY
THE LARGEST HOMESCHOOL ALLIANCE IN OUR COUNTRY (HSLDA) PUT OUT A CALL TO ACTION FOR MISSOURI MEMBERS TO OPPOSE SB 727 DUE TO THEIR CONCERN FOR HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS:
FHE: ONE OF MISSOURI’S LARGEST ADVOCACY GROUPS FOR HOMESCHOOLS HAVE ALSO COME OUT AGAINST SB 727 WITH DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT THE 2A RIGHTS IN JEOPARDY DUE TO THE OVERREACH OF THIS BILL:
ANOTHER ATTORNEY WILLING TO PUT HIS NAME ON THE CONCERNS AND WEIGH IN:
READ THIS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OTHER STATES AND WHY WE ARE SO CONCERNED:
CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS
One of the most widespread and recognized curriculum distributors of Christian homeschool materials has been very vocal about SB 727 and encouraged their customers to oppose SB 727 for the hidden strings attached and what it does to true Christian Education.
Read about their thoughts on vouchers and UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE here:
THIS INFORMATION IS LENGTHY, BUT SO MANY OF YOU ARE CONNECTING DOTS. THESE LINKS AND THE CONNECTIONS WILL HELP YOU DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. DON’T LISTEN TO TALKING POINTS. DO THE RESEARCH. IT IS ALL THERE. ONCE YOU DO THE RESEARCH SHARE THIS WITH A FRIEND AND TAKE A STAND FOR OUR KIDS. THEY NOT FOR SALE.
THIS IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE WE COULD SHARE. BUT, FOR TODAY THIS IS ENOUGH TO GET YOU STARTED.
SCREEN SHOT ANY OF THIS. SHARE ANY PART OF THIS. SHARE THIS MESSAGE.
CALL YOUR STATE REPS AND TELL THEM TO VOTE NO ON SB 727. IT IS A BAD BILL TIED TO PEOPLE THAT CANNOT WIN A TRUE CONSERVATIVE ARGUMENT, THEY CAN ONLY BULLY AND TRY TO INTIMIDATE.
Truth Bombs, indeed!
Thank you for sharing all of your research, information and analysis!