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[mchammer]

It's a significant vote against radical change. If you poll people to ask whether we need to change police tactics to alleviate the same concerns BLM has I suspect you'd get an overwhelming approval. If you say "defund the police" the plan is dead on arrival. This was a "defund the police" approach to legislation. Change the rules, remove the social services responsibility from policing and you'll get more success. Blowing up the police model? Nah, not going to get a majority unless Minneapolis has another Floyd event.

 

[n64ra]

It's a significant vote against radical change. If you poll people to ask whether we need to change police tactics to alleviate the same concerns BLM has I suspect you'd get an overwhelming approval. If you say "defund the police" the plan is dead on arrival. This was a "defund the police" approach to legislation. Change the rules, remove the social services responsibility from policing and you'll get more success. Blowing up the police model? Nah, not going to get a majority unless Minneapolis has another Floyd event.

56% to 44% feels somewhat close to me. Significant or dead on arrival to me means more like a 70/30 split, which coincidentally Prop A in Austin had yesterday. That's the prop to require the Austin Police Department to employ at least two police officers per 1,000 residents. (Currently, the department has about 1.6 per 1,000 residents.) Funny that folks here thought the prop had a chance to pass!

 

[Seattle Husker]

56% to 44% feels somewhat close to me. Significant or dead on arrival to me means more like a 70/30 split, which coincidentally Prop A in Austin had yesterday. That's the prop to require the Austin Police Department to employ at least two police officers per 1,000 residents. (Currently, the department has about 1.6 per 1,000 residents.) Funny that folks here thought the prop had a chance to pass!

We are polarized nearly down the middle by design. The camps are entrenched so getting >60% pass on any referendum from the voters is a challenge.

I bet the challenge with Prop A was the additional taxes to get to that metric. With the inflation we're all enduring, coming out of the pandemic I can't imagine any referendums asking for higher taxes locally would be viewed positively.

In addition to the radical policing change in Minneapolis, the current mayor Jacob Frey was re-elected. He was mayor during George Floyd incident and subsequent riots. Frey (a Democrat) narrowly defeated challengers from his LEFT and advocated for a more measure approach to police reform than what was voted down.

 

[mchammer]

 

[OUBubba]

This is comparable to UT fans screaming for Caleb Williams. **** around, find out. They found out.

 

[theiioftx]

CNN Anchors All Poop Pants On Air To Show It's Perfectly Normal

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

CNN Anchors All Poop Pants On Air To Show It's Perfectly Normal

EVERYBODY needs to click this Bee link. It is absolutely worth the read!

 

[n64ra]

EVERYBODY needs to click this Bee link. It is absolutely worth the read!

I did, per your recommendation. That lead me to this

Liberal Parent Trying to Figure Out How to Cheer for Son Brandon

 

[mchammer]

We are a laughingstock:

 

[MeatHeadHorn]

EVERYBODY needs to click this Bee link. It is absolutely worth the read!

Somewhere around March of last year, Babylon Bee went from being a goofy little Christian satire outfit, to actually predicting the news through satire. Legends

 

[BrntOrngStmpeDe]

this is what i expected. IMO Most minorities are upstanding citizens with what I would largely consider conservative values. They realize most cops are decent people trying to do the right most of the time. I think the most upsetting thing for most blacks is when something that looks and smells bad gets swept under the rug by the local politicians and the Police Unions in order to protect the department image and the cop. In other words, the cover up is worse than the crime. The bad police behavior can viewed thru the lense of heat of the moment and individual poor behavior, but the larger cover up is seen as a system that just doesn't care.

 

[HornHuskerDad]

56% to 44% feels somewhat close to me.

The really disturbing aspect of this is that 44% of the voters actually bought the load of garbage that the woke folks put out there.

 

[Horn6721]

The Build Back Better Act, or the Democrats’ social and environmental spending bill, includes financial incentives for state and local entities to change zoning laws, specifically those that would replace single-family homes with multi-unit properties to provide more “affordable housing.”

Those financial incentives would come in the form of tax-payer-funded grants and tax credits.

On page 815 of the 2,468-page, $1.75 trillion bill, it reads:

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish a competitive grant program for— (1) planning grants to develop and evaluate housing policy plans and substantially improve housing strategies; (2) streamlining regulatory requirements and shorten processes, reform zoning codes, or other initiatives that reduce barriers to housing supply elasticity and affordability.

Taxpayer-funded National Public Radio (NPR) titled its report on the bill, “Democrats are seeking largest ever investment in affordable housing.”

 

[nashhorn]

They are going up now like wildfire everywhere. Katy by the Costco is insane and Nashville - south especially - is being overwhelmed. Don’t see how this could be good, traffic, traffic, and more traffic.

 

[Horn2RunAgain]

Longest thread ever.

Today's DMN reports Colleyville Heritage HS Principal James Whitfield has been released from his duties immediately. A summer long controversy in regards to teaching Critical Race Theory on campus led to the trustees to take action

 

[theiioftx]

By affordable housing, they really are saying “destroy home values.” Kind of like the term reproductive rights.

 

[Horn6721]

Yes H2 he is on paid leave until next Aug.
Paid leave

 

[Seattle Husker]

Yes H2 he is on paid leave until next Aug.
Paid leave

August of 2023.

 

[Horn2RunAgain]

Yes H2 he is on paid leave until next Aug.
Paid leave

Unfortunate. I guess he's the tom herman or Charlie strong of education.. you suck so bad, we will pay you to gtfooh

 

[mchammer]

 

[mb227]

Wait...same 538 that has botched so many elections in recent years?

Thought so. Seems they have sold out to the race-baiters.

 

[mchammer]

 

[horninchicago]

If the KU game isn't enough of a **** show, they show a commercial with the likes of CDC saying to get vaccinated.

F U!!!!!

 

[mchammer]

 

[Mr. Deez]

But this is all fake. There is no CRT in schools.

 

[Garmel]

But this is all fake. There is no CRT in schools.

If the left says something doesn't exist you can bet that it does. Bank on it.

 

[mchammer]

 

[Mr. Deez]

Of course, initially the guy just bashed Jews, so he got a second chance.

 

[n64ra]

Of course, initially the guy just bashed Jews, so he got a second chance.

She's also Muslim, which means you need to consult your diversity wheel before determining forgiveness or impeachment.

 

[Mr. Deez]

He's also Muslim, which means you need to consult your diversity wheel before determining forgiveness or impeachment.

Yeah, that's true, especially when talking about antisemitism. A white guy who tells the "free ham" joke will be likened to Reinhard Heydrich. A Muslim can deny the Holocaust and say all Jews deserve to die, and most on the Left will shrug it off as a "reasonable criticism of Israeli oppression."