@PowercatEng@guycecil Treating RFK’s switch as pure principle while ignoring the appointment, the money, and subsequent conduct is incomplete at best.
Before letting a speech decide your vote, check the full timeline and financial disclosures rather than taking the self-serving narrative at face value
@bofrench Who do you think the US conquered that land from at gunpoint?
The US stole it, forced a border flip.
The irony of you weeping about "foreigners" bc white people aren’t the only face of success in media and education isn’t lost. Welcome to the real Texas—they earned their spot.
@CrossRoads70@Hamilton4Kansas If Bombardier’s government support makes it unfair competition, what about Boeing?
21 months: $215B shared aerospace trade deals, $5B Saudi defense sales, $20B F-47, $880M Navy contract—president bought Boeing stock same day. Fair competition hasn’t been that simple in aerospace
@CrossRoads70@Hamilton4Kansas “Fair competition” oversimplifies aerospace, one of the most gov’t supported industries globally.
Remember-Retaliatory tariffs due to Boeing’s US subsidies
Bombardier ~2800 US suppliers, significant U.S. operations, 1400 direct employment in Wichita, $2.5B spent w US suppliers
@Stevejerolaman@GBC_Press Medicare as primary=they have no group insurance available(work). Coupon cards can’t be used WITH Medicare.
Rx prices change based on contract negotiations, government plans included.
The point> at the same pharmacy for the same drug with Medicare the cost went up 13x/1200%
@CalebJoelFuller@Layemie001 Prefabricated cornices can cost far more and require joints, cranes, and risky assembly at those heights.
The concrete left from casting isn’t necessarily “waste”—it’s part of the process. For historic design, repair, or restoration, that matters.
@dablueprint They may not say it well or at all, that doesn’t mean they don’t understand how significantly this could disrupt their lives.
These are real concerns- transportation, work, sibling care, activities, home value, finances. The district owes a full impact analysis BEFORE a vote.
@dablueprint I don’t think that “but that’s my school” means they lack an argument. It may be shorthand for concerns they haven’t found how to fully articulate yet: How will I get my child there? What happens to childcare, activities, siblings, commute time, or home value?
@dablueprint When hundreds of millions are being committed and neighborhood schools are being eliminated, the district should show how boundaries, transportation, academic outcomes, demographics, and long-term operating costs fit together first.
@dablueprint The geography of where younger families live has shifted as Olathe expanded South and West. I’m not against closures, I’m against approving major financial and facilities decisions before the full student-impact plan is complete.
@dablueprint Before closing neighborhood schools, and spending $380M bonds, district should model alternatives:
virtual-learning hubs, hybrid learning centers, intervention/tutoring hubs, shared activity campuses, special-ed/program centers, and full gut renovations or phased replacement.
@dablueprint I also don’t understand building 2 new schools without showing why renovation, redistricting, grade reconfiguration, or repurposing existing neighborhood schools wouldn’t better serve students and modern learning needs.