REPORT: Virginia Lowered Education Standards, Dismantled Accountability
Today Governor Glenn Youngkin received the Department of Education’s report “Our Commitment to Virginians: High Expectations and Excellence for All Students.” The education report builds upon Governor Youngkin’s direction in Executive Order One issued on his first day in office. The Governor affirmed his guiding principles to address troubling data trends and outlined policy recommendations to restore excellence in education in Virginia.
REVEALED: The ($333.33 per Minute) Ibram Kendi Videotape
As reported in several prior posts on this site, the Fairfax County School Board paid Ibram X. Kendi $20,000 for a one-hour Zoom appearance in August 2020 at the kick-off session for the school year. Fairfax County schools spent an additional $44,000 to purchase his books.
Fairfax Schools Monitor wanted to see what the school officials said about Kendi, and what words of wisdom he conveyed, that warranted paying him $333.33 per minute. (Not a bad rate of pay for someone who preaches that to love capitalism is to love racism!)
Coming Your Way: Redistricting Information and Online Electoral Board Meetings
At the May 12 meeting of the Fairfax County Electoral Board, General Registrar Eric Spicer announced more improvements for Election Office operations. Spicer took on the General Registrar job on March 28, after the 2-1 Democratic majority Electoral Board accepted the resignation of the prior General Registrar Scott Konopasek on March 24, 2022. Spicer reported that the Fairfax County redistricting updates are now complete. A redistricting mailing will be sent to all registered voters with their updated district and precincts.
LG Winsome Sears Condemns Efforts to Intimidate Judges
Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears joined Thursday’s edition of Fox & Friends to discuss the Left’s efforts to harass and intimidate U.S. Supreme Court justices. “This is mob rule,” Sears lamented. “This is America, we don’t do this.”
Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano has rebuffed calls to establish security perimeters around the homes of justices who reside in the county. Sears blasted Descano as well as the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for their continued refusal to enforce Virginia law.
Gov. Youngkin Statement on Baby Formula Shortage
Today, Governor Glenn Youngkin made the following statement on the nationwide baby formula shortage:
“My administration remains engaged with industry leaders on their production capabilities, and the Virginia Department of Heath is working to ensure that there are adequate supplies of baby formula statewide. Additionally, my administration has asked the FDA to utilize all resources to get the U.S. plant back into production as quickly as possible. Simply put, acquiring baby formula shouldn’t be a challenge in the United States”
11th District GOP Nominates Jim Myles for Congress
The 11th Congressional District Committee of Virginia is proud to announce 11th District Republicans today nominated JIM MYLES as its 2022 candidate for Congress from the 11th District in an all-day firehouse primary held on Saturday, May 7, 2022. Jim is an Air Force veteran and former federal judge. In the Air Force, he was a pilot with over 2100 flight and instructor hours, and was designated a Master Instructor in the T-37 jet trainer. He also served a year on Capitol Hill as a Congressional Fellow.
Gov. Youngkin on Boeing’s Decision to Headquarter in NoVa
Governor Glenn Youngkin made the following statement on Boeing’s announcement that the company will headquarter in Arlington, Virginia:
“Boeing is one of America’s great pioneering businesses and we are thrilled the company has decided to headquarter in Virginia. The decision to call Virginia home shows that the Commonwealth is the premier location for aerospace companies.”
RNC Statement on SCOTUS Leak
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court leak:
“The leak from the Supreme Court is extremely alarming and the Court deserves to deliberate without intimidation. Democrats are showing once again how extreme they really are on abortion, pushing taxpayer-funded, on demand, and unlimited abortion up until the moment of birth and after. Their position on abortion is radical, cruel, and anti-science.”
Dinesh D’Souza’s New Movie Showing in Fairfax This Week
The highly-anticipated documentary film 2000 Mules will be showing in Fairfax this week only, followed by a virtual premiere on Saturday, May 7. In 2000 Mules, documentary filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza thoroughly documents what he calls “ballot trafficking” on a scale that was large enough to alter the results of the 2020 election.
“The movie exposes the lies of the Democrats, RINOs, and Fake News who say it was the ‘most secure election in history.’ It was, perhaps, the least secure in history,” says former President Donald Trump.
Omission of Oaths in Election 2021: A Fairfax Problem or Statewide?
The former General Registrar of the Fairfax County Office of Elections and the Fairfax Electoral Board did not obtain legally required oaths that attest to the proper printing and delivery of the ballots for the 2021 election, until months after that election occurred. Some oaths required by law may not have been obtained at all for 2021 or earlier elections. These oaths, required from the printer and from the Electoral Board representatives overseeing the printer, are important parts of the Chain of Custody documentation for ballots in every election.