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The Tone Zone: Where Adjectives Get a 23-Point Traffic Stop
welcome to the Tone Zone: audits on the left, a taxpayer-funded tone check on the right. equal prominence, extra sunlight. Facts > Feelings.
What the Law Allows, What the Record Shows, and the Most Honest Answer We Can Give
What weighs on me is knowing how much this community invested and still having to say: it’s over, legally. The records are sealed, and because we aren’t a party, there’s no court order to be had. That disappointment sits with me.
Setting The Record Straight
In my view, based on the documented sequence, you pause long enough to let volunteers cure the filings—you don’t drop a public hammer and then route a notice to the bank on your own school’s parent group over fixable paperwork.
Rio Seco: An Expanded Investigation
A credible new lead—centered on Education Code and the collective bargaining agreement—has shifted the Rio Seco story. We are examining how decisions were made and whether the processes those rules require were followed. Earlier items are consolidated while this review proceeds.
The Case for the WNBA: Full Arenas, Real Rivalries, Stars Everywhere
You don’t have to be an NBA diehard. The WNBA already has full houses, bigger broadcast windows, charter flights, expansion on the calendar, and stars worth appointment viewing—here’s why to start watching now.
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Method Musical Chairs: How Dehesa’s Enrollment Shuffle Fueled ADA Funding, Charter Growth, and Audit Flags
Dehesa’s enrollment skyrocketed—on paper. But the math doesn’t track. Resident students were displaced. Outsiders were brought in. Funding followed the fiction. At the center: inflated ADA, a $253K superintendent, and a board bound by family ties. Call it creative governance. Or call it what it looks like: Method Musical Chairs.
Adjacent, Apparently: How Dehesas Definition Could Cost Taxpayers Millions
Let’s talk about the word “adjacent.” It’s simple, right? You’d think so. But in the world of charter authorizing loopholes, definitions get stretched—then warped—until they snap.
The Tale of the Three Whites and the Two Phams — A one-school district. Five board members. Two families. And a growing rebellion.
In the rural hills outside El Cajon, where wildfire season sparks fear each summer, another kind of fire has begun to smolder. But this time, it wasn’t fireworks that started it — it was the slow burn of unchecked power, financial collapse, and a board so tightly held by two families that Dehesa parents have now sent up a smoke signal of their own.
Superintendent in One-School District Paid $2,522 Per Student Without Required Credential
A tiny school district in rural East San Diego County is paying a $252,000 salary to a superintendent overseeing fewer than 100 students — without a valid administrative credential. A closer look reveals a pattern of unchecked power, family-run governance, and public funds under questionable management.
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