Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Now-Senator Mitt Romey Has Plans For The Highest Office-In-The-Land

It might be another opportunity for one more Mormon moment early in-the-game when he didn't land a job in Trump's Cabinet as the Secretary of State. 
Now Mitt says "he's sickened" by the Mueller report:
"Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) said that while it’s “good news” there was “insufficient evidence” to charge President Trump with conspiracy or obstruction, he was dismayed by the “pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection” by Trump and those around him.
Salt Lake City Tribune
In the Friday statement, Romney said he was pleased the “business of government” could now “move on.” “The alternative would have taken us through a wrenching process with the potential for constitutional crisis,” he wrote. “Even so, I am sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the land, including the President. . .
Reading this report is a sobering revelation of how far we have strayed from the aspirations and principals of the founders,” he wrote.
( from The Daily Beast )
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Why do some people from Utah always claim to know what the PRINCIPLES of "The Founders" are? . . . are they Fundamentalists of some kind with their own interpretations and what they claim are the original intents written into the U.S. Constitution?
There about a century late after this nation was founded and their religion was invented here in the 19th Century for what they thought would be their Kingdom of Deseret.
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Truth-In-Accounting: Don't Count On It

Not in Arizona Public Charter Schools where Arizona Republic reporter Craig Harris has uncovered and is now reporting on new investigations in charter schools' accounting practices. . . and not here in Mesa City Hall (audits or not) that have been raising alarms on this blog for a couple of years. That's your MesaZona  blogger's take-away on finances that are troublesome to say the least. 
At least Craig Harris has a team of reporters and other investigators he can work with to dig into the complex questionable financing and real estate deals.
26 Arizona charter schools just happen to use the same accountant. Now we know just a little more about one - American Leadership Academy that has over nine years grown to a dozen campuses with 8,354 students in Florence, Gilbert, Mesa, Queen Creek and San Tan Valley - from his investigative report yesterday:
26 charter schools have the same accountant,
but investigators say his work is woefully bad
The auditor of 26 Arizona charter schools faces state sanctions after his work for American Leadership Academy and another school was found to be "woefully below" standards.
An Arizona Board of Accountancy investigative panel last month concluded Joel Huber had not correctly performed audits and failed to provide certain disclosures related to ALA and another charter school.
ALA used Huber's audits from 2015 to 2017 to obtain $192 million in bonds to acquire property and build ALA schools, loan records show. ALA founder and former board Chairman Glenn Way made about $37 million on no-bid real estate deals associated with the schools.
The state investigation forced ALA to restate its fiscal 2017 audit, which disclosed new information on related-party transactions (insider business deals) involving Way, and the loan. 
The Accountancy Board did not identify the two Huber clients that received poor audits. The Arizona Republic obtained documents confirming ALA was one of the schools, but was unable to identify the other school. 
Way and Huber both declined to comment. . .
READ MORE > AZ Central 22 April 2019 
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Here in Mesa at this point-in-time it's too early to name real names, real charter schools, real owners and/or administrators, real real estate deals, real kick-backs or real contracts. . .
There must be something "in the water" here in Mesa.
What else might explain it??
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Best Places To Retire 2019: Where's Mesa On The Forbes List?

Just out. Green Valley and Sun City are in The Top 10. No other cities in Arizona qualified using the methodology
Here it is Forbes Roster
April 23, 2019, 10:00am | EDITOR'S PICK
THE BEST PLACES TO RETIRE IN 2019
By William P. Barrett, edited by Janet Novack
"Even for the we’ll-do-it-our-way Baby Boom generation, retirement usually means two predictable changes: less income and more freedom to live where you please. That’s why so many folks at least consider moving in retirement and why Forbes’ list of The Best Places To Retire In 2019 highlights 25 locales that offer both affordability and a high quality of life.
Our new roster, our ninth annual such list, contains places in 17 states across all four continental time zones. While they vary dramatically by size, climate and culture, all offer excellent retirement value for the buck. The list is in alphabetical order, meaning we consider all equally worthy. Sadly, our quest for affordability excludes most of the Northeast and the West Coast.
> If you want to live in those regions, check out Forbes’ list of The Best Places To Retire In Each State.
> If you’re looking for something even farther from home, consider our recent list of the Best Places To Retire Abroad In 2019.
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METHODOLOGY
We compiled our list of the Best Places To Retire In 2019 by amassing and comparing data on nearly 700 places across all 50 states.
We sought affordable places (as measured by median home price, cost of living and state taxes) with a high quality of retirement living and populations of 10,000 or more, either in the specific locality or a metro area.
We also looked for places with good economic prospects, since that translates into opportunities for retirees who want to work part-time and more likely home price appreciation, should you decide to move again down the road.
When it came to judging quality of life, we considered a range of factors, including
  • doctor availability
  • serious crime
  • air quality
  • walkability and bikeability
  • a community’s ranking on the Milken Institute list of best cities for successful aging.
Since this is a retirement list, we ignored data on local school districts.
But the presence of colleges was considered a plus, as it tends to mean more cultural and other amenities are available at a reasonable price.
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Published on Apr 23, 2019
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The City of Mesa Meets A Higher Authority: The Supreme Court

Where's the leadership here inside City Hall for inclusive Civil Rights for everyone  when there's a vacuum 'at-the-top' - the Mayor's Office?
John Giles has certainly paid "lip-service" to ending gender bias and discrimination, but never anything more except a pledge, like the good boy scout he might be listening to another master - his group of faith-based constituents that he cannot betray or break away from without jeopardizing his political base or future in politics. It's time for him to stand up on the home base of a diverse inclusive population of close to 500,000 people and do what's right..
Take some time to think it, John, but don't take too long
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would decide whether the Civil Rights Act of 1964 guarantees protections from workplace discrimination to gay and transgender people in three cases expected to provide the first indication of how the court’s new conservative majority will approach L.G.B.T. rights.
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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Landmark Civil Rights Law Applies to Gay and Transgender Workers
The Supreme Court will hear cases based on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which forbids employment discrimination based on sex, and whether it applies to sexual orientation or transgender status.(Image Credit:.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times)
The Supreme Court will hear cases based on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which forbids employment discrimination based on sex, and whether it applies to sexual orientation or transgender status.
 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has said the 1964 act does guarantee the protections. But the Trump administration has taken the opposite position, saying that the landmark legislation that outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, national origin and, notably, sex, cannot fairly be read to apply to discrimination based on sexual orientation or transgender status.
READ MORE > New York Times 22 April 2019
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Robert Reich: America Has Already Fired Trump

It's time to go  . . .
Published on Apr 22, 2019
Views: 72,195 at time of upload to this blog
Robert Reich explains how Trump has become isolated politically.
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Emotional Dave Matthews Tribute to John Lennon - In My Life

Always with affection
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