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5/20/22 Science and technology work hand in hand to provide us with some amazing information that we may or may not know about. We have taken for granted how much water we use in the normal course of a day and how much is used for everyday items. I came across a quiz about water usage that astonished me and I believe that you will be impacted when you hear some of these stats as well. For example,...

5/19/22 I really like living in a democracy. We get to vote regularly on who will represent us on local school boards, on city councils, or as mayor. We also get to vote on state and federal candidates and every four years for President. Elections provide us all with an opportunity to see what a person’s character and demeanor is like and whether they will run a positive campaign based on their be...

5/18/22 I get teary eyed every time I say the pledge of allegiance or hear the singing of the national anthem. I feel such pride and thankfulness that I get to live in the greatest country in the world. Patriotic exercises are required in schools daily and yet, we have lost some of the reverence that I think is appropriate when we say those words in the pledge. They have become rote and we just sa...

5/17/22 Over the course of my career, I have had the privilege of working with some of the most amazing people, people who are really local heroes. One of them is Armen Bacon. Armen is a Fresnan through and through. She went to local schools and has a profound knowledge of Fresno and its people. She also has a unique way of looking at her surroundings and sharing her perceptions through her gift o...

5/16/22 I must have over 60 passwords that I have to remember and it seems that each time I log into a place requiring a password, it wants me to change my password to a stronger password. That stronger password also makes it more difficult for me to remember and thus, I usually retreat to one that I can easily remember, which means that the password is not very strong…and so I am caught up in thi...

5/13/22 Recently my wife and I experienced how absolutely impenetrable a bureaucracy can be. Our insurance company changed the provider through which our prescriptions are obtained. We have some longterm medicines that help to keep us well. I hate to admit it but it must be age. We have been on this new insurance program and it did appear to be working until we ran into the renewal of a medication...

5/10/22 Paying taxes has never been high on my list of things I like to do. In fact, just the opposite is true. When I took a look at how much we pay in California, it just made me feel disgusted, especially when I see so much waste and tax money being given to people who are able-bodied but game the system simply because they don’t want to work. When I heard the story of Jason Greenslate, the def...

5/11/22 As the former Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, I was painfully aware of the statistics that surrounded foster kids and their futures. When a child is “put into the system,” it usually means that their chances for a regular or normal life are greatly diminished. There are just so many of them that have been abandoned or taken from parents who were not capable of caring for them. Now...

5/10/22 I am one of the most fortunate men around. I have a beautiful wife who loves me and who also loves our community. Her name is Dot Powell. She has spent most of her career working in some of the most challenging schools and neighborhoods in Fresno. Professionally, she was an educator for 33 years serving as a teacher, resource teacher, vice principal, and finishing her educational career as...

5/9/22 I have never had much trouble detecting the emotions of other drivers and I am willing to bet that you haven’t had much trouble either. The occasional digital gesture has served to tell me far more than I usually wanted to know. There have also been some words that I cannot, and do not, use that have helped me to read the emotions of other drivers. Well, guess what? Technological tests are...

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