PAUL BOSACKI
68 post s
13-Jan-2006
8:40 PM
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I read part of the Hesperia Resorter today on Postmus and his link to the Charter School mess. I wish he would put the newspaper online, cause theres some good stuff in there that you can't share or access it unless you go and find a paper. And then the retention is as short as looking at the paper, then its in the trash. I emailed the california attorney general- Bill Locklyer around Christmas on the on-going investigation of the charter schools. I got a letter back today from the public inquiry unit/department of justice. No public information on the investigation, and no comment on the audit as the Attorney Generals Office is the legal council for most state agencies and is bound by attorney-client privilege prohibiting them from commenting. It will be a year in April since the audit came out and the investigation was called for, I hope it comes out soon so Hesperia can get on with business without this cloud hanging overhead.
On more important matters, the new Wendys is pretty good. All kinds of help when you order and such. Hope it stays that way but it never does. Log on anytime and lets chat.
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Henry Hesperia
15 post s
14-Jan-2006
7:47 AM
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Where did you find the Hesperia Resorter? I usually pick one up at my local Stator Bros., but have not seen one in the last couple of weeks. The paper is fun to read and sometimes a little out there, but the Daily Press is so biased most of the time, it is good to have some balance. If the DP prints one more article about how the realestate market in the HD is going great and will continue and what a benefit the over development is, they are going to have to put one of those "Paid Advertisement" headers at the top of their paper.
Regarding the CCA, I do not have a lot of faith in the San Berdo DA, just because of his political connections to Postmus, but have heard that the FBI is looking into this. I have faith in them and the State DA.
Maybe Postmus' run for Tax Accessor has something to do with the CCA. And lastly, I am not even a Democrat, but am disgusted with the local Republican corruption and the hypocrocy of letting this stand(ala Jim Lindley with Tad Honeycutt). My question is where is the San Berdo Democratic Party in all this or the State Dems for that matter? Sadly the High Desert has become a perfect case study for what happens when one party has a monopoly on the media and 10x the money of the other side. Power corrupts!
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PAUL BOSACKI
69 post s
19-Jan-2006
7:03 AM
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I had a discussion last week with a source, who let me in on some interesting goings on down at city hall. It seems that our mayor- Tad Honeycutt and or his land development company Maniaque Development has been aquiring property around the new "east-west" corridor that is in the works. This Ranchero-underpass with the Ranchero freeway interchange deal is looking like the big score for everyone who has the ability to get in on it now. It seems that some rda money will get thrown towards the roads, but the majority of both city funds and rda moneys will get spent on this project because that's where there is big money to be made. Time will tell. Sort of like the patronage system of corruption, connections and power at City Hall equals money in the players pockets.
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Anonymous
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19-Jan-2006
8:55 AM
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Hey Paul,
On Wednesday, my neighbor received a notice from the city regarding a proposed amendment to the RDA which will allow the RDA to use eminent domain to aquire land within the RDA. The notice makes the point that no land will be taken via eminent domain that people are living on. I guess this is supposed to make those opposed to eminent domain feel good.
Anyway, it includes a map of the RDA and a booklet on the RDA. If you do not have this, I could scan it and email it to you.P.S. Myself and several of my neighbors did NOT get this notice. The neighbor who did, moved over a week ago(I watching his mail for him) and no one lives in that house now. Hmmmmmmm.....Maybe the city is trying to keep this power grab on the hush hush.
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PAUL BOSACKI
70 post s
19-Jan-2006
1:35 PM
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The change with the eminent domain in the rda district is the last barrier for the city and the developers/business/real estate group from taking private property away from citizens for their benefit. I'm going to do a page on this scam as soon as I can. The recent Supreme Court decision - Kelo I think, allows for taking private property if the governemnt can get more tax revenue from a private enterprise than from who ever owned the property. In plain talk, you don't have any rights to do what you want with your property, if the City or any business wants it.
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PAUL BOSACKI
73 post s
26-Jan-2006
9:10 PM
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Hey, whats going on out there? Its so quiet lately. Is it the eminent domain thing? Or is everyone busy with their lives? I hope your street made it on one of the future paving lists. Mines on there, in 2008/09 but I'm not counting on it happening. There will probably be another economic downturn between now and then and the money will dry up. I'll just have to be happy hanging out at the new city hall. whoo hoo! For those of you who didn't make any list, what do you think? Did you see how much more the water district is paving then the city? Check it out, the water district is paying for the part with water pipe being installed. The city is paying for the rest.
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PAUL BOSACKI
74 post s
11-Feb-2006
8:55 AM
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Last week in the Resorter, the front page story was from the Hesperia Mayor Tad Honeycutt explaining that the city has to give a little (this year $30 million dollars for Economic Development) in order to get a lot (so far nothing) in return. Over the last 5 years the city has given away $63 million dollars to their buddies in return for a promise of tax money to pave roads with. From what I see that they have planned for the next 5 years, there will be no increase in city funds to pave roads with from tax revenue. It will actually decrease to the lowest level to date while we wait for the payoff from the Economic Development "investments". What a rip off, they just can't keep their hands out of the cookie jar because there's no one looking. I'm starting the groundwork for a referendum to change the structure of the City Council to a ward type of government instead of the at-large or non-accountable system we have now. What a bunch of crooks. Wake up Hesperia!
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PAUL BOSACKI
78 post s
26-Feb-2006
10:33 AM
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Hello everyone, I took a week off and just got back into town Friday night so here we go. I think the tide is turning as far as the roads becoming a major issue with the Hesperia city council, but they still are totally out of touch with the people of Hesperia and their needs. The Ranchero interchange will cause way more problems for the people of Hesperia than it will solve and it is pretty clear that it is just for the developers at our expense. It will become the major access route for Apple Valley and everthing east of Hesperia road to go down the hill. It will take the place of Bear Valley and Main street combined for commuters and anybody else coming or going up or down the hill. Hesperia recently went over 80,000 people and is on track to hit 100,000 within the next few years, every infrastucture requirement will be tested. Most will fail becuase the City Council is spending the money every where else but where it is needed, to benefit their supporters instead of the citizens of Hesperia. What do you think?
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PAUL BOSACKI
85 post s
27-Apr-2006
2:11 PM
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Well, its April 27th and its getting tense around here, waiting for the next story to break in the ongoing City of Hesperia saga. I think it will really be interesting when they pop Honeycutt and he tries to cut a deal by ratting out all of his partners in crime. Everyone will be "shocked" by the allegations of corruption in local government, (except for anyone who has lived here for a while). How many and who will the Tadster take down with insider information in exchange for a lighter sentance? I was working on some nicknames lately-- Tad "the hammmer" Honeycutt in honor of Tom Delay, or Tad "Duke" Honeycutt after former congressman/ now inmate Randy "Duke" Cunningham. Offer yours up and i'll use the best one when it goes down.. You reap what you sow..
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Jim Lindley
32 post s
8-Jul-2006
8:18 PM
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Paul, You have really turned into a nutjob. Mike Leonard also changed his vote on the Frontier project becuase the project was vastly improved. The vote was 4-1 to approve the project. Did it ever occur to you that with all of the new paseos, the 7-acre park, and new elevations standards, that the project might be a good one? Is Mike now a sellout too, or did he change his vote for some legitimate reason? And really- no money for cops? Have you been paying any attention to what the Council has been doing throughout the budget process, or are you just so used to whining that you can't help yourself?
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Henry Hesperia
21 post s
13-Jul-2006
5:57 PM
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Nutjob and whiner. Yeah, you're a real class act! Whose the nutjob who selected Tad Honeycutt as our Mayor! The same Tad Honeycutt who used taxpayer money to pay for his Nevada corporation which now develops land in Hesperia. Were you nuts when you decided to nominate Tad as Mayor after seeing that he spent $200,000 plus TAX PAYER dollars at guitar center, on Cadillacs and jet skis?!?! This is the guy, your buddy, who oversaw the theft of around $4 million dollars of OUR taxpayer money!
Not only do you let this A-Hole stay on the council, YOU MAKE HIM MAYOR!!!
Either you are a complete nutjob or you are corrupt like Honeycutt. So excuse some of us if we don't lap up your happy talk.
Keep up the good work Paul and continue to expose these rats.PS The "How Did They Vote?" page is awesome. Way to represent the people Jim! Empire Land owns this town.
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Rick Pallow
2 post s
29-Jul-2006
10:18 PM
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The FBI siezes documents from city hall! I totally agree with Paul in that there is more to this story than the Daily Press, cheerleaders of high density development and corrupt politicians who take money from them, lets on. This stinks to high Heaven and would bet that Tad Honeycutt is involved. Hey Jim Lindley, why don't you make this "employee" Mayor. Great post Henry and note the complete silence from Mr. Lindley. The spokeshole for the city is quoted as saying that they do not tolerate any of this type of behavior. Oh really? Is that why Tad Honeycutt was promoted to MAYOR! They should hang all the bastards involved in this crap! What about the people who bought the homes!
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DesertMe
4 post s
2-Aug-2006
3:56 PM
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Just more of the same old crap from the same old carpetbagger's. November (and quite possibly the FBI) is coming Jim. And all of us that aren't included in your demented vision of what "progress" is (i.e wall to wall cracker box's inhabited by LA's garbage) will remember. You just hoped if you could hang on long enough all of us "old timers" would forget or die off. Paul is NOT the nutjob, YOU ARE. He has a real job, unlike you, nor does he lie to people for a living...Well, gotta go drive through the new Ranchero underpass on my way to that nifty Indian casino..Think I'll stop off at the Super "K" for a....oh that's right, that and pavement was all bullshit too....as far as Mike Leonard, he was a nice guy who realized that he was screwed from the start as far as any voting majority on the Council. You stacked the deck against him right from the start..Just like you lied to build the new City Hall. Did a real nice "end run" around a vote did'nt you ?? People who aren't afraid of the truth will usually put things to a vote, but hey, thats not the way we do things here in "Little Chicago" is it ??
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PAUL BOSACKI
105 post s
29-Nov-2006
3:57 PM
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I went back over the posts on this topic and you have got to laugh at Lindley calling me a "Nutjob", back in July. Thanks Jim. The last city council agenda posted on the city website has some disturbing minutes included in it. It seems that the company that was hired (Nuvis) to "advise" or plan for the new park behind City Hall has asked for another $221,000 dollars in addition to the $140,000 dollar original contract with a $15,000 "contingency" for a total of $376,000 dollars. What a deal for Nuvis- from $140,000 to $376,000 in one shot. What the hell is going on down there, with our money? I will do a page on this scam asap.
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angry
53 post s
30-Nov-2006
7:26 AM
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While I believe the city could use some more parks in the future, I see this as another waste of taxpayer money. Most of us moved into the Hesperia area for its open spaces and ruralness, not city parks. To spend even $140,000.00 for a park plan when most of the streets in town need repaving is frivolous. Hesperia will be the only city in California to have a multi-million dollar civic center/park complex while most of the residents travel 40-50 year old pavement. On the subject of the park plan. Was there competitive bidding? Was there any public input on a park? If the park was to be connected to the civic center, why wasn't the park plan included with the civic center project? I am sure that there are many landscape architect firms that could produce great plans for the original $140,000.00. There are also several colleges that could have used the park design as a class project. If the city can't seem to afford fixing the roads in a timely manner, then the glamor stuff should wait. As usual the city puts the cart before the horse.
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PAUL BOSACKI
106 post s
30-Nov-2006
8:43 AM
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There is a story in the Hesperia Star this week called Surviving the Drive- I'll post the numbers here as the comments section to the story doesn't work. "A quick glance at the hard, cold statistics will likely make any driver shudder. The average daily traffic volume for Bear Valley Road is 86,000 per day; Main Street is 101,000 cars; the U.S. 395 junction is 107,000; and the volume at Oak Hill Road is 128,000 cars per day. No, area drivers aren’t hallucinating. There are a lot of cars out there." I can't buy into these numbers, Bear Vally Road has the lowest volume of cars and Oak Hill Road the highest? Maybe the numbers are reversed?
(Peter or Beau at the Star- the comments section won't take any comments for some reason...)
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angry
54 post s
30-Nov-2006
8:57 PM
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I am guessing those figures are for cars accessing the freeway? You might be right on the number of cars for Oak Hills vs Bear Valley. The numbers may be reversed. It seems impossible that Bear Valley gets less than Oak Hills. At any rate there are 300,000 plus cars on the exclusively Hesperia/Oak Hills on ramps or through fares. Oak Hills gets commuters from Apple Valley and Lucerne. I remember when they were working on the new Main St freeway ramps and overpass. There was a couple of days they had the freeway access closed. The traffic was being shifted up towards Oak Hills. It was bumper to bumper from the Oak Hills onramp past Ranchero, probably all the way to 395. Ranchero was backed up almost to Maple. With the amount of traffic the roads are receiving, it's a wonder the newer roads are still drivable.
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PAUL BOSACKI
112 post s
7-Jan-2007
2:38 PM
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It's Sunday January 7th. Like they said before 9-11 the chatter about upcoming events is increasing by the moment. Some big deals are going down next week involving both local and county politicians, and they have to do with the law. I'm getting emails and phone calls about some major league events that will change the landscape in a big way. Time will tell...
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PAUL BOSACKI
113 post s
12-Jan-2007
7:14 AM
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For Hesperia locals- I hope to see you at Shelly's place on Saturday at 1:00 PM. I am going to print 500 generic Membership enrollment forms today that will just be contact information and let us know how much interest there is in a property owners association.
The more I think about the "Appointment" of Mitzelfelt as supervisor the more it stinks. Like Gerald Ford placed in office after Agnew or Nixon, it looks like something from a third world dictatorship. No one who lives in the district voted for him and the sellout supervisors from elsewhere slid him in after the BIA told them too. He has never received 1 vote from anyone in the First District for any office. We need to call for a special election to determine who represents us.
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PAUL BOSACKI
116 post s
18-Mar-2007
9:07 AM
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Well its March of 07 and everything is still changing in Hesperia but not really any better. The new housing market is about to implode if it hasn't already. I watched a news show and the woman said that in 06 there were 400,000 defaults on the "sub-prime" loans and that number will double to 800,000 this year. So who's going to buy a new house at $300,000 when there's hundreds available at repo prices? The crash is here and most of the builders are leaving the high desert in droves. Wait 6 months before investing and you can really pick them up cheap.
Hesperia is still the red headed step child for the county and the boys down in san berdo are doing everything possible to screw us over in every possible way. Forget about Target starting up in Hesperia as the Lewis group who build them is in deep with the Postmus mafia and it just won't happen.In my spare time, (Ha-Ha) I'm going to try and start campaigning for Jim Bagley for the first district supervisor in 08. We need to start now if there's any chance of beating the Postmus machine. Log in and let me know what you think.
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Brad
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20-Mar-2007
7:37 AM
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Hi Paul
When is the property owners association going to meet again?
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Brad
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1-Apr-2007
4:57 PM
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Nice pics of the fire.
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PAUL BOSACKI
123 post s
9-Jul-2007
7:03 AM
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It's July of 07 and reading some of the past posts on this topic are really interesting to me. What I think is going on now is that the developers are re-grouping and trying to get their act together for the next high desert big push in a couple of years. The BIA will try to maintain control of County government- the MWA and the city governments up here for the next cycle of development that they have planned. The housing and real estate crash is just a short time out from the agenda. Water supply and quality will become the hot button issues for the High Desert. I would like to get this message board going again, so log on and let me know what you think.
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Brad
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0 post
12-Jul-2007
1:38 PM
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Interesting article on Reddy.
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Brad
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25-Jul-2007
7:25 PM
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What you think about the HUSD members being recalled?
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PAUL BOSACKI
125 post s
26-Jul-2007
6:28 AM
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I think that they need to be recalled, what I really think is we need citizens in government without any ties to special interests or political groups that benefit from that particular type of government. Recalls take a lot of work and time and it's either one of two groups fighting for control. Time will tell if the recall group will follow through with petitions and an election. I hope they do.
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Willard Chilcott
1 post
27-Aug-2007
6:07 PM
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I understand that the developer of the 30,0000 homes for Baldy Mesa received "will serve" letters from the water district / supplier for that area which I believe is the Baldy Mesa Water District. What I don't understand is how those letters could be issued until the source of said water had been pinned down. Simply a proposal such as the controversial R3 program falls short because it has not been agreed upon and therefore remains uncertain. Anyone able to clarify this?
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PAUL BOSACKI
134 post s
1-Jan-2008
10:16 AM
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Well, Happy New Year and all of that stuff! 2008 will be an interesting year for the High Desert and what direction it will take. I'm looking forward to the Grand Jury making some sort of statement on Postmus and company in the near future. Then the Cox and Honeycutt trial which is tentatively scheduled for March, but will probably be later. I think it will expose more wrongdoing from the others involved and will do some damage to the Postmus/BIA political machine that controls the County and many local cities and their agenda. Time will tell, but what goes up must come down, the rise and fall of the latest group of corrupt politicians is inevitable. Should be fun!
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DesertMe
26 post s
26-Feb-2008
3:19 PM
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SO has the Hesperia Property Owners Association run off and died ?? Nothing new ever seems to be posted here. Have we solved all of Hesperia's problems ??
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DesertMe
27 post s
4-Mar-2008
7:10 PM
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Well, I guess we have solved all of Hesperia's problems..and the Hesperia Property Owners are dead ??? Jeez, put someone on a commission and see what happens...
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PAUL BOSACKI
135 post s
6-Mar-2008
8:44 PM
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I have some other things going on besides work- family- this website and the planning commission.Did you see the paper? 400 pissed off truckers yelling at the planning commission until 11:30 for no reason- we have no power to decide anything. It's the City Council that decides the issue-not the planning commission. We just make recommendations. But that's Hesperia. Back to the property owners group. If there is enough interest in meeting again, we will do it. Most of the pages on this site take hours to prepare and update, but for now its probably the best way of communicating with everyone at once, whenever you feel like checking in. Every thing takes time and effort, and for now I have too much to do, and not enough time to do it. I still think that a property owners group has promise, like the folks in Oak Hills use theirs. But stuff keeps happening that I have no control over, and I have to pick my battles and priorities accordingly.
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DesertMe
28 post s
4-Sep-2008
4:13 PM
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Boy, did this site die off quickly.....HPOA done, just seems to be nothing but rants against everyone and a rather personal agenda. And now you are running for the City Council Paul.....No-one has posted in ages and you don't seem to care about anything except lambasting everyone and anything. I don't really "love" the current Council (except for Rita V.), but since you are going to run Paul, in the fall, it really makes me wonder where YOUR head is at....You seem to have really gone off the deep end. (Please don't take that personally-you are still a good person, just WAY too "caught up" in the politics).....just my humble opinion....no offense intended to anyone....just look around..
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