PBT, Episode 60; TVUSD Board Meeting, August 2025, ft Cole

Danny and Cole sit down to discuss the intricacies of the TVUSD School board meeting in August.

Episode Transcript

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truth? Three things cannot be long
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All right, ladies and gentlemen,welcome to another episode of
Point Blank Truth Podcast. I'm your host, Danny Molina, and
of course, sitting across from me is the one and only Cole,
Every man. Cole, thank you so much for
coming back to the studio with. Us thanks for having me.
You know, we have traditionally let you kinda run it and this in

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the way I'm looking at you, we have traditionally kind of let
you kind of run it and I like how that goes.
We got some some emails from some fans I showed you about how
they appreciate your perspective.
Having a a smart woman's perspective is so important.
And, and honestly, I agree. You know, nothing against Derek,
but jeez, what a contrast it hasbeen.

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Whatever you say. We love you, Derek.
We love you, Derek. So man, I mean, let's just let's
just get right into the meat of potatoes of what's been going on
before we talk about the board meeting.
So we had a board meeting, the August 6th, August 26th, August

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26th board meeting. And there was a lot of drama, a
lot of chaos. And this episode is actually
going to drop after the next board meeting airs.
So a couple. Days.
After, Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, a lot of the drama got

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tabled for the next board meeting.
So I don't know what that's going to look like.
I don't know if people are goingto show up in full force again.
I have no idea. I guess we never know what we're
going to get. We really don't anymore, so it's
always a. Surprise.
So I was there and pretty hecticstuff, you know, I, I don't know

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if there were a lot of outsidersor what the deal was, I think.
It was like half and half localsand outsiders.
Yeah, I mean, there was, there was definitely some new faces.
Absolutely. Yeah.
Even just from the angles that Isaw during the meeting on
YouTube, but also people that went there and filmed from their
own perspective. So I saw those angles too, and I
was like, oh wow, I haven't seensome of these people.

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Before yeah, yeah, it's wild. And then that kind, so real
quick, because we we got to talkabout it because then we're
going to have the board meeting next week.
So we had the walkout at James LDay middle school.
I mean, I've been posting about it just to kind of clarify
things and, and, and really paint the image and obviously

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it's, it's skewed towards my perspective and there's people
in the community who don't agreewith me.
So I'm interested to know what, what was your perspective of, of
all of that? Like the walkout, do you think
it was appropriate? Do you think the counter protest
was appropriate? Like what are your thoughts on
it 'cause I really haven't heardmuch.
Right. So I think I did make a

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statement through one of the comments at one point when we
were hearing that that was goingto happen.
I've never been a fan of of walkouts.
I just don't feel like they're very productive.
I get that they get attention and sometimes that's the only
goal and, and this one definitely did.
I do believe in people getting to protest though.

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So that is their right and to counter protests and all that
good stuff. So I support the fact that
people are using their, their rights and their ability to
bring attention to an issue that's really important to them.
It is to me too. You know, that's not to confuse
it with, oh, I support what's been going on at that school.
Absolutely not. I made that very clear publicly

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in the comments that if it were my daughter's, I wouldn't
continue subjecting them to that.
I would just pull them out, right?
I feel like that that's the mosteffective way, but other people
don't have that perspective, andthat's OK.
I appreciate the fact that they're standing up for what
they believe is right because this is a huge issue.

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It's a safety issue and it's a privacy issue.
And I don't think that any child, male or female, should be
subjected to having to be accommodated for a minority
group. And I've mentioned that in the
past as well because I am a special Ed parent and I don't
expect for anyone to give my kids special privileges or

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accommodation while everyone else is uncomfortable or has to
kind of work around them. That's why we have a program for
that. So I think in this case, there's
still a lot that's like rumored and then there's like certain
facts that we're still not awareof.
From what I've gathered currently, it sounds like they

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were accommodated this person and obviously the girls are
still uncomfortable as they should be, of course.
But like I said, I wouldn't continue sending my daughters to
any school that continues to subject them to that environment
when they've already made it very clear that they're
uncomfortable and they don't feel safe, you know, changing

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with the opposite sex. That's that's a normal thing to
feel. And they're really young on top
of it. Obviously, there's some rumors
that there's some activism goingon and some coercion going on
until we get all of the facts. If that is true, we need to
investigate that. And those teachers, those staff
members need to be held account,accountable immediately because

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it's not OK. It's one thing to have to deal
with their hands being tied withthe law.
It's a whole other thing when they are trying to coerce
children and push their beliefs and their views in a on site in
school setting. That's just a no go for me.
Yeah, I agree. I think that, you know, that's

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one of the things that I'm, I'm still trying to figure out what
the case is, right? Like I I heard that the trans
student you is an eighth grade student.
Oh OK, I didn't even know that. And and that that student used
to change in the nurse's office.Interesting, so why didn't that

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continue? Then this whole thing would be a
non issue. Right, right.
But so and and that's right is like, that's the thing where
it's like, well, well, there yougo.
That's why it's a thing now is because this this child used to
change in the nurse's office, allegedly.
I mean, this is what I've heard used to change in the nurse's
office and then now has made thedecision like, hey, it's the

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law. I can go in the girls locker
room and there are biological girls who are uncomfortable with
that. And the thing like at the end of
the day, like it's just I think that that needs to be respected.
And in the context of our schoolboard.
What bothers me, and I also madea post about this, is how the
right to privacy thing was brought up in May and how it was

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just completely dismissed and it's like, yeah, like it.
Was missed handled. Yeah, I mean, we already have
these rights. We don't need the board or the
school district to make decisions to tell our daughters
that they have a right. Like we don't have to wait for
them. Our daughters already have a
right to privacy. And then at this meeting, those

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eighth grade girls, very brave girls, went up there and spoke
and you could hear the uncomfortability in there.
But like even under her breast, she's like, this shouldn't be
thing. It's like, like I was in the
back of the room and I got kind of emotional because I'm
thinking like, I'm an adult failing these girls.
I'm, I'm part of the problem here.
These girls should not have to deal with this.

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And and that's the point that we're missing.
It's like these activists from the left show up and they make
it about the trans child. Look, nobody's denying the
existence of trans people, correct?
The fact that this is a thing initself is acknowledging the
existence of trans people. We're just saying like, hey, our

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girls are uncomfortable. That doesn't make them, that
doesn't make them mentally ill. That doesn't mean that they have
to decide to be super religious.It just means that they have
their own right to privacy and it should be respected.
And obviously with the allegations of staff members
trying to coerce them in the locker room, that means that our

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district is not completely educated on this.
And and that's, that's where as parents, we have to have
influence and we have to come inlike I completely supported the
walkout. And, and The thing is, is we
have way, we have more national attention than we had with the
last board, the conservative stuff and the recall.

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It's, it's a wildfire that cannot be contained at this
point. And it's, it's for all the wrong
reasons. And a lot of what's happening
is, is there's not enough context.
So I am all for whether something spreads like wildfire
or not, as long as all of the truth, all of the facts and all
the contexts are there. But it's, it's clipping things

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and it's, it's taking things outof context or using it to cause
more outrage and more media attention.
And that's where I just unsubscribe.
Like, I want nothing to do with that because we have to be able
to state the facts. Our own community members
already aren't in the know enough and that's on them
obviously. So they're just going off of,

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wow, look at this influencer andthis influencer and this
political figure. They're all talking about it.
It must be true. Well, yes, to a degree.
What is being shared is, but we have to have all of the facts
because now we're having more people from the outside trying
to look in and coming to the meetings and having their own
input, which is fine and great and it's their right.
But please get all the facts first because that is where more

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outrage and tension and chaos is, is created.
And the whole point of what we're trying to do is mitigate
all this to calm things down andmake sure that all kids are
safe, all kids are comfortable, and all kids rights are being
respected, again, because of thelaws we're dealing with.
And The thing is, is a lot of these influencers aren't even in
California, so they don't understand the laws that we're

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dealing with. And again, as you mentioned,
where we feel like we've failed because we're the parents, right
in California, I feel like parents have really missed the
mark. They have not been paying
attention for very valid reasons.
But at the end of the day, we are in this situation because we
failed as parents and paying attention to legislation that

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affects our children. And without us fighting that
battle, we're going to continue to have the chaos that we do at
the local level. And the local level can do
nothing about it. And so when they try to find
workarounds, which they obviously didn't do a very good
job of, as we're seeing now, they're just trying to find a
way around the law. Until it can be changed, they

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can't change it. That's on us as community
members and Californians. We have to change.
That, but, but here's, here's the other thing that, that
that's it's been on my mind a lot lately because people showed
up to counter protest, but they had their own protest also on on
the Saturday before. And, and it's, it's like, look,

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we were told as parents with theCRT thing, with the first
parental rights policy, we were told as parents, if you want to
break the law, don't use the school district to do it.
Go to Sacramento and make those changes.
OK, fine. Right?
Our daughters have a right to privacy.
Absolutely. Nobody gets to stand in front of

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me and tell me that the rights that I have and I'm trying to
say hello, I can use this right.You don't get to tell me no, no,
no, you have to do this. You don't get no, no, no, go to
Sacramento and change it. Go to Sacramento and change it.
You don't get to do that. So like that's, that's my thing
is I hate being anti anything. You know what I mean?

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I, it's, it's not productive. If somebody wants to make moves
to make changes and I don't support it, I just don't show
up. But when you show up to like
counter something, I just, I, itlike it.
It makes things worse in my opinion.
Especially with the viral clip that we saw with that countering

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of that protest. And The thing is, I I think
outsiders looking in, they're missing the point of we don't
have to agree with that interaction because I don't at
all. I thought it was just ridiculous
and immature and just uncivilized.
However, it is everyone's right to say whatever they want

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whenever they want. Not that's not without
consequence. However it is their right.
So even if I don't agree with what that woman was saying and
how she approached the other people, it's still her, right?
Yeah. Now, I don't know the specifics.
Was she already on the clock as a district employee?
She was. Handle her, put that

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accountability in and I would say that even if it was for the
other side, if you were on the clock and you're doing this.
You're being paid and you're noteven on your school site.
You're on another school site, correct?
With your phone in the face of people because you don't like
them, because they're elected officials.
And you feel like, right. Look, if anything is, you feel
like you should probably just keep your mouth shut.
Absolutely. You know what I mean?

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Because your feelings are now going to conflict with their
feelings and no feelings take priority, right?
And it's like, she was like highlighting like you're, you're
killing kids. You're it's like.
You're making this political. You're.
You're making this about trans hate.
This is nothing to do with it. And and even though in the video

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the, the one of the people she was talking to was like, no,
it's a boy. It's like, right.
Like that's where you guys have a disagreement and that's a lot
of times that's where the disagreement lies.
Like I, you know, there's, I've stopped engaging with people in
the comments because a lot of people think that when I comment
to them, like, and I feel the same way.

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Like I, it's in the comments, itfeels like people are speaking
at you and not with you. So when people have an opposing
view and they enter my comments,I hit them in the DMS and I've
been exchanging with people in the, in the DMS just like giving
my perspective and, and, and asking them for theirs.
And it's, it's this weird thing where they're like, Oh, well,

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we're not even having the same conversation because you're
saying it's a boy and it's a trans girl.
It's like you're playing semantics.
We don't get to control each other's tongues.
If you want to play along with that, that's your right.
Just like it's their right to say, like, I don't subscribe to
that, you know, like we, we don't get to control each other
in that way. Everybody has their own right?

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Like if, if, and I've said this multiple times, if one of my
kids come out as trans, obviously like that would be
something that I want to make sure it's their decision.
They feel that way. However, the first thing I will
instill in them is the reality that nobody has to subscribe to
this. You don't get to be a victim.

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Now you're choosing to do this. I'm your dad.
I will support you. However, you don't get to bully
people. You don't get to tell them that
they have to use your pronouns. You don't get to.
That's not how this world works.There's freedom of speech.
You're free to live how you wantand other people are free to
disagree. And we're losing that.
We're losing that. Like people showed up.

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I feel like the counter protest that showed up, their intentions
were to say no, prioritize the trans girl.
It's not a boy, it's a trans girl.
She belongs there. It's like no one.
Said look that he didn't. Yeah, it's like that's not.
I'm going to get hate for sayingthat, but.
And it's so fun. I'm no.
No, no, but, but no, but you're but The thing is, is like I like

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here's the thing, I have trans family member, right, and I like
it's my cousin. I love her, right?
It's like, OK, I'll play the game because I I love you and I
know you and. I'll do the name.
I won't do the pronoun thing if you tell me your name is Kelly

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and clearly you are Ken. Yeah.
If your name is Kelly, I will call you Kelly, but I will not
subscribe to your pronouns. I'll be respectful, Right?
Of course. I would never be hateful or try
to have that war. Yeah, you're you're a man.
Yeah. I'm not doing that.
Yeah, and, and here's the other thing is sometimes I try to be
respectful and I slip up, you know what I mean?

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Because we're, it's not, this iskind of a new age thing.
So we're all trying to adjust and at the end of the day, we're
called to just respect each other.
It doesn't mean we have to accept each other's realities.
There's a difference. Two things can be true at the
same. Time but and but here's the
thing that the point that I'm making with this is like, look,
if I don't know you don't expectme to like just just play works

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because I don't. Know the story?
I don't know. I don't know if you go by
they've them or he her or what. I don't know.
I don't know. And and I'm not going to make
that the topic of the discussion.
If I miss, if I miss gender you and you correct me, I'll do my
best. And if I mess up, it's not I'm
not purposely disrespecting. Out of hate.
Yes. And The thing is, is that person
knows that, correct. What in our engagement, in our

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exchange, they know that. Yeah, you know, but but my point
is this is I have, I choose to use language where I just speak
about them in the third person because yeah, it's easier.
I'm not I'm not going to play this game, right.
It's like instead of saying he or she, I say this the student,
the child. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, the, the
student, right, the, the, the trans child, right.

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And, and again, like, it's just like, I'm not playing anybody's
game here. You're not going to, you're not
going to pigeonhole me into likethis.
Oh, you're a Christian nationalist.
Or you're, you're, you're right.Your labels mean nothing to me.
I know the truth. The Lord knows the truth.
He knows my heart. I would never, just like you're
saying I would never blatantly make someone feel less than

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right or unimportant or hated, or that they didn't belong.
That's wild. And.
And The thing is, is I feel likeeven the people in our community
that are saying, no, that's a boy feel the same way.
They're not saying it in a disrespectful manner.
You're like, it's, it's the opposition that's trying to

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paint it that way. They're they're trying to get
you to go into that argument so you can say it and then they go
bigot. Yeah.
It's so stupid. The point of this whole
situation is about protecting girls privacy.
That's what this is about. That's what.
The policies were about the mental health policy.
As much as people didn't like it, that's what they were trying

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to correct. Protect the girls, yeah.
And their privacy. Exactly.
So it's like any other conversation is you playing a
political game, Correct. And I refuse to play along on
either side. I'm not look, a child is a
child. I I like, I don't subscribe to
all of the nonsense on either side.
I don't either. It's too extreme.

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Yeah. It's just like, it's not black
and white. There's a lot of new ones,
right? Right.
And then there's the facts. And then there's your feelings.
Yeah. And they're not mutually.
Yeah, that's not, yeah, it's notthe same thing.
And the, and the problem that we're having is people produce
their feelings through their ideology and then they become
attached to that, correct. And it almost becomes their
identity, right. And if you're attached to your

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feelings, and and and and. Slippery slope.
Yeah, it is because you could bewrong.
Yep, you could be wrong. And then you just end up digging
yourself in this hole of, of, ofpitifulness.
And then you know, and then and.It's all over the Internet too.
I think that's the hardest part,is that you're never going to be
able to live that down. You know, I would have

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preferred, I'm sure I'd like to give the benefit of the doubt
here because I'm not even sure who was recording her recording
them, right? But if she hadn't had her phone
out, I feel like they could havehad a really decent
conversation. Exactly.
And then nothing would have beenviral and they could have walked
away. And we don't agree to disagree.
Exactly. You know, and that's, and
that's, and that's what I'm talking about.

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That's why I don't engage in thecomments anymore is because you
think what I'm telling you. I won't tell you.
You think I'm saying it for? A show.
No. I I wanna tell you.
Tell exactly this is my position, right?
And when I tell you that in the DMS, you're not gonna try to
straw man my argument, you know what I mean?
You're gonna, you know so. Twist your words, Yeah, get
people to come in and. Write tag other people.

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It's like. Oh my gosh.
And again, it goes nowhere. It doesn't.
Goes nowhere. It's not productive.
No, I won't engage either. Yeah, I don't know.
I just, I, I've done a better job of that and also I've been
able to post more, you know whatI mean?
So it's like the less that I'm engaging with people in the
comments, the more I can just post and move on my life.
And you know, we've been puttingout weekly content on the

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podcast. So it's like.
That's productive. Yeah, yeah, it's productive,
right? And and and we're we're just
trying to keep things moving, right.
But when it comes to this, at the end of the day, the, the,
the side that has the problem with what's going on is not

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prioritizing trans hate, is not trying to skylight that one
trans child. That's not what's going on.
What's going on is we have parents that have 13 year old
daughters who are saying this boy that I've known since 4th

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grade, 3rd grade, the boy becamea trans and middle school dad
and and. Used to change in the in the in
the nurse's office and now he's in the locker room and it makes
me uncomfortable. And that, yeah, that is the

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thing that parents are standing for that view and that and it
needs to be respected. 100% and I, I kind of want to piggyback
on that because we're both parents.
So I feel for both sides of this'cause like I said, if it were
my daughters, case closed, they'd just be pulled out.
That's it. I'm not dealing with that.
I'm not subjecting that. It's subjecting them to that.

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All that with that said, those little girls have a right to
privacy point blank, period. That's not an argument.
It should not be an argument. It should not be political.
It's ridiculous. On the flip side, I do want to
just give my empathy for the parents of this trans child and
the trans child that probably feels like they're being singled

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out. Again, feelings, but I get it.
I'm sure they're just like, wow,it's about me.
I'm the only one, right? And who knows?
We don't know anything about this kid.
We don't know why things changed, why that accommodation
changed, because again, if it hadn't, we wouldn't be here
today talking about it. I empathize with the parents.

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I don't know them, I don't know this child.
I have no context besides what we're seeing in the news and
what we're hearing from the locals.
It can't be easy. But again, we just talked about
that whatever you decide to identify as or stand for, it's
going to have opposition, it's going to have hurt feelings,
It's going to have certain realities that are going to

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change for you and and it's going to feel like you're
singled out. So I just, I want to extend my
empathy. You know, I don't subscribe to
that narrative or that lifestyle.
That's just not for me. But I can also have empathy for
this child if they really are going through it and feel
singled out. They're not being singled out
though. It just happens.

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They happen to be the one that was the ripple effect for what
we're dealing with now, which isthe other side of this.
That's not comfortable and both sides are valid.
They're not comfortable, The girls are not comfortable.
But here's the thing, they can all have their privacy, they can
all be accommodated already without us doing anything

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different with the policies. And I think because we found out
they were changing in the nurse's office, that was an
accommodation. You're comfortable, everyone
else is comfortable, everyone issafe.
So there is a solution, and thenit sounds like there's a demand
for wanting to be, quote UN quote inclusive.
OK, to a point. I understand that.

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However, this is a safety and privacy issue.
I get it. They don't have a lot of time to
change. I know all the arguments.
Everyone's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Honestly, everyone is right. But at the end of the day, as
adults, we wouldn't tolerate being uncomfortable and our
privacy being violated, right? So we have to extend that to our
children and set that example. Yeah, we can't.

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We can't act like. And so that's another argument
that's been really bothering me about it.
Like I'm losing sleep over this stuff, to be honest with you,
'cause I'm like, you know, it's like, this isn't rocket science.
It's not. And, and I don't care what side
of the political spectrum you sit on.
It's irrelevant. Like, yeah, like.

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This is a human issue. All Yeah, we should all agree
that if these girls are uncomfortable, then we need to
address it. Yes.
No, no, let's. What are some notes that you
have from the meeting? Let's see here.
I mean a lot, OK? I mean, I want to address the

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elephant in the room at the start of the meeting, Chelsea
Boyle being on Zoom. I was like, wait, I can do that
like you. Zoom.
In you know what I mean? I know it had to do with like
the cure and correct stuff. So I think that was the
exception because she did. She doesn't live here.
Yeah, maybe that was some sort of negotiation.

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I'm guessing that's what it was because I was like, well, wait a
minute, if she gets to be on Zoom, then I can do my public
comments from home too. You know, like that was my first
thought. I was like, well, excuse me,
I'll live here. I want to be on Zoom making my
comments, you know, so there wasthat.
So I was like, all right, that'sinteresting.
But then as we went along, I waslike, OK, it probably has to do

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with the cure and correct. And maybe that was something
that they just agreed upon this a one time thing or while this
is an issue or I don't know because that wasn't actually
clarified. It was just like there she was
on the screen. I was like, wait a minute, if
she can make public comments over Zoom, sign me up.
That'll make my life a lot easier because I can't always go
to those. But I don't think it was for

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that. So I just thought I would point
that out 'cause I was like, whatthe heck?
Dang, that's really nice. Where can I sign for up for
that? Let's see.
You know what this was? That was at the action items,
right? That was at the action items.
Yeah, she. Talked.
It was at the beginning. For the Kieran, correct?
Oh yeah. Yeah, the adoption of the

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Kieran, correct. I got a note, the thing that
they discussed right before theywent into section, end of action
items. So from the consent calendar,
OK, Consent calendar #46 Memorandum of understanding,
Riverside University Health system, behavioral health,
substance abuse prevention, intervention, education,

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rehabilitation services. All right.
Stump talked about that, didn't he?
That they offered a bunch of other stuff?
Or maybe I'm confusing them. Who?
A rusty stump had made a. Public comment about that.
Yeah. So here's here's The thing is we
brought this up on the podcast before.
This is UHS. This is the organization that's

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building the mental health facility Temecula Valley over
here at Temecula Valley Hospital.
Which we opposed. But here's the thing that I want
to point out. Everybody talks shit about
Derek. Everybody talks about Derek.
He's a conspiracy, Derek. Derek.
I like, I want to find it. I want to find it where he's
like, watch dude. Next they're going to try to get
into the schools to provide somesort of some sort of counseling.

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Service. Just so they could just so they
could put the kids inside of those facilities.
And and like, I saw this and I texted him right away.
I was like, dude, you called it.They were laughing at us about
this. I don't know why though that's
not far fetched like because it was the messenger.
I don't understand. That, yeah, maybe.
But again, no. Offense, Sir, Sorry.

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You're good, you're good. But again, so basically UHS is
the organization that brought this mental health facility to
Temecula. It's going to serve all of
Riverside. County I am so.
Opposed So just to remind everybody, our opposition to
this was because we are going tobe pulling in all of the mental

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health people into Temecula and then they will be released from
the hospital. And if they're homeless or, you
know, do you think they're goingto get on a bus to go back to
Riverside or are they just go tothe riverbed here?
So again, this is something I tried to tell the community
about. We, we did a lot of a lot of

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talking about it. We went to the not the school
board, City Council to talk about it and address it.
Multiple people showed up. I wrote into the hospital
directly as well the Commission that was in charge of doing that
presentation. Yeah, I mean, it was.
Like, yeah, I'm not. Yeah, the presentation was a
joke. I mean, Derek and I went, they
did a community presentation andthey were like, laughing at our

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concerns. It was like, it was ridiculous
that this is like it was supposed to be like, let us, let
us put you at ease about this. But really, what it was was
like, we're doing this. We're doing it just so you know.
Yeah, they laughed in our face. And then so here we are.
They're trying to bring into ourschools substance abuse
prevention, intervention, education and rehab services.

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That is crazy. Not only is it crazy, this is
Temecula, guys. This isn't LA.
Yeah, this isn't San Diego. So this is in San Francisco.
It's Temecula, CA, We don't havethat problem here.
Right, right. But again, this is another way
to circumvent parents controls over our children because it

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would just allow our children access to this hospital and then
maybe they go, you know what, you sound like you have a mental
health issue. Maybe we maybe we're just going
to take you in for an evaluation.
Hey, are you over 12 years old? Signed here.
Yeah, and then that's it. And then it's done.
Nope, you know, So anyways, for those of you tuning in, this did

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fail. This did not pass 4 to 1 vote.
I'm sure you can imagine who theone vote was, Mr. Stephen
Schwartz, our our favorite. So I think that's great.
Yep, I think that's great. I applaud our board.
Yes, good job. Guys, the first time you guys.
Got way to go. You get a Gold Star, 1 gold.

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Star It's fucking September, guys.
Been in since December. Oh my God, that's true.
Yikes. And then I thought that there
were some really good comments on this adopt the resolution
response. And then, yeah, I don't know,

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were there any comments on that number one action item that you
talked about with with Chelsea that you wanted to go over or
no? I just find it interesting that
we are kind of having some regulars now, you know, it's
like, it feels like it's the same people again, kind of like
it was in the past. It's just the same things keep

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being said over and over. I I mean, not really because
it's, it's the same song and dance.
Yeah, you know. Yeah, I don't know.
I, I feel like, yeah, I don't know if I want to do the
comments thing this this time around because I feel like I
agreed with a lot of the comments and it's just going to

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be redundant. I think that we, we really
double tapped it. You know, I do want to talk
about this though, OK, about I made a post about this, but
action item number 2, adopt district accountability pant
plan presentation Superintendentand board evaluation documents,
you know, up neat got up there. OK.

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And her first two minutes and 20seconds, she talked about
everything else except this. And then she also talked about
the ACLU lawsuit. And the reason why that's
important is because I actually studied the lawsuit 'cause I, I
had it in my comments. And there's a portion in there

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that says specifically that thissettlement is not an admission
of guilt or anything like that, and it should not be construed
as such. And yet.
And, and again, she got up thereand talks about how her First
Amendment right was violated andDoctor K broke the law.

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The settlement that we have specifies that that is not the
case. We literally paid $24,000 of our
own money from the district for them to not paint it that way.
But every chance she gets up there, she does.

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And like, I just don't, I don't understand why nobody is
correcting her, especially if Melinda Anderson as a school
board president, because again, if you read that she can now be
sued like from the time that happened, which was last year,
three years. Upmeat is essentially a watchdog

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of our district, for the ALACACLUACLU, for the ACLU, for
that organization to make sure that they aren't breaking the
rules of the settlement. Well then she shouldn't be
breaking them by misconstruing the information.
Exactly, and that's my point. Bring it up.
Yeah. And and and, you know, and and

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then I see. I saw that for for that action
item, she went up there and talked about everything but the
action item. And then her last 40 seconds she
tried to talk about the action item and didn't.
She got an interruption. She got like 3 sentences out.
Didn't even talk about anything in action item 2.
So then when it came to, I want to say I think it was action,

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one of the action items, I thinkit was 14.
Yeah, it was action item 14. I had comments for and I knew
I'd have a lot of time left. So I tried to point that out,
like just, hey, just to let you know.
And I got cut off right away. So it's it's just the the
president should be aware that there's this lawsuit hanging

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over your head and that Lady that you just let do what she
wants up there seemingly is violating that the rules of that
lawsuit. So you should probably correct
that because as soon as you violate it, she'll jump all over
you. She'll jump all over you.
And I I almost wonder if that's why up neat's allowed to move

(37:12):
free Willy nilly up there. I don't know.
I don't, I don't. I don't get it.
It doesn't paint a good picture,especially to the public when
they're not fully informed, so they're just seeing it from if
they're there or online without any context.
But it's like you brought it up.You were immediately cut off.
She gets to talk about it the whole time when it had nothing

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to do with that item. Not not interrupted once.
Yeah, literally not once. Yeah, and, and again, like I
could have sit up there on the podium and been like, just suck
it now, you know what I mean? But I was like, all right, no
worries, all right. See ya, I'm going to talk about
it later. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah. Oh, don't worry.
Yeah, don't worry. I'm going to get my time.
Don't worry. I wonder.

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So it's just yeah. But it's it's, it's interesting
to me and the community should be made aware of this because
again, that's not the first timeI remember.
I remember one time in the middle of a meeting, she's like,
can I add something? And she just stood up and
started talking. She's.
Down. What are you doing?
Yeah, what the hell? It's just it's.

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Weird. It is weird.
And again, it can't be rules forthee, not for me.
We need to be fair across the board.
Whether we agree with what someone's saying or not, they
have a right to speak when it's their turn and don't interrupt
them. If you're not going to do it
with this constituent, you shouldn't do it with another.
It needs to be fair across the board.
That's where I have an issue. I don't care what was being

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said. I don't care if it was the
craziest thing I've ever heard someone utter, everyone has a
right to speak. Don't cut them off.
And if you're gonna cut them off, you better cut every single
person that's violating the exact same thing that you told
them to stop doing. Yeah.
I mean, as the as the president,yes, you should just be
consistent. Be consistent.
But yeah, I mean, I just, yeah, I've look, I've never talked

(39:04):
about up neat. I've never that post that I made
about her out of fact when I went and made gave the comment
is the first time I've ever usedher name and talked about her.
This is true. Actually, I've been I've been
very respectful. Like I know, for example, I know
that I know that Jeff Pack doesn't listen to our podcast.

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I know that he sends up Neat to listen to it and then he gets
the SparkNotes from, I don't know, Jeff, Just listen it's.
Probably better and easier for you.
You want all those notes? Just listen.
It's shorter. Even speed it up so that is so
wild. I also know like and what's

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interesting is that now that it I gave public comment dude, I
always get DMS from and my requested box is so interesting,
you know, because I'll click on it and like.
It used to be a lot of like right wing people, like giving
me information and here's yes, here's this.
Yeah. Did you know, did you know that

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they're using our schools to bring in migrants?
You know what I'm like? Whoa, dude, I'm not talking.
It's called a. Conspiracy.
I was like, there's just things that I, you know, yeah.
I was like, oh, thanks for sharing, you know?
Thanks brother. Maybe next time.
But but also I get people from the left who say, Hey, I heard

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what you said, I just want you to know, blah, blah.
I have learned, like we think that Apni is like, you know,
'cause she goes up there and she's, she's very, dude, listen
to one of her public comments. She's very full of herself.
She'll start every comment abouther upbringing and her
grandfather and her history. And like, that's cool and all,

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but like, get get to the point, dude.
We don't want to hear we. Don't.
We don't. Want to hear your biography?
Just make your comments. Thank.
You and we've been thinking like, like all of us hear it.
And they're like, God, why does the left keep sending this lady
up there? Because she's the one that has
the most confidence and she knows no one's going to cut her
off. Here's what I've learned is that

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a lot of the left don't like hereither and I I had no idea.
Wow, Yikes. I had.
No idea. I was like, oh man, OK, well.
Damn, I'm glad I'm not that person.
Wow. That's so sad.
Yeah, right. Because we thought we were like.

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Yeah, they really go hard for her and they're like, we don't,
we didn't send her they're. Like we we're, we're in the back
cringing, too. Wowzers, that's embarrassing.
Well, so. So anyways, I just look, I'm not

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trying to be rude or disrespectful.
I'm just calling a spade a spade.
And The thing is, is like, and Ididn't get to, oh, here's
another thing is I was all aboutMelinda Anderson moving the
comments to the back. Of the meeting.
You still get your time. It's fine.
Yeah, totally. Until I watched her be too

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exhausted from this last meetingand cut all of us to two
minutes. She literally said how many
comments? There's 17 comments.
How many people are still here? There was maybe 8 of us, right?
So it's it's like it's half. It's half.
And and she wanted to do a minute and a half.
And they're like, right, give them two.
Yeah. And we got 2 minutes.
And so it's like I didn't get mypoint across, but the point that

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I was making is that we have this new advisory committee,
this community advisory committee, and three of the five
people on that community advisory committee are people
from one Temecula pack. Not a good look guys.
OK, this is supposed to represent the whole community.
Are you joking? One, it's who's ever appointing

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them, right? So it's not one person doing it
with all of them. But again, it needs to be
balanced and that is very biasedand one sided.
Obviously it's not fully formed yet.
We're well aware of that, but that's besides the point.
Yeah, well, I just think that I do like, you know, I've, I've

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messaged with e-mail and he knows how I feel about the one
Temecula Pack, the leadership. And again, I feel how I feel
about the pack because I've seenthem lie.
The way they lied and manipulated is why I started
this platform. People like that should have no
control in our community, especially not the school board.

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And then I dug into Mr. Jeff Pack and realized his story and
his relationship with his kids and his family.
He has no business around anybody's children.
OK. And so I have a personal gripe
with this guy that automaticallyand like inserted himself as

(44:05):
like this powerhouse. And no, we don't want that guy
as a board member. Fuck you, dude.
What's your leverage here? You know, all you care about is
your property tax and all you care about is your property
value. I have kids in the district and
I tried and I again, when I first started, I tried to reach
out to him. I tried to talk to him.
I think even mentioned that on earlier episodes.

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Yeah, he wouldn't even sit down with me.
So again, my feelings towards this guy have to do with the
fact that I just think he is nota good person.
He has no business having any say.
OK. And, and, and I've expressed
this, I, I've gone in depth withpeople in private about what I
know and why I feel how I feel including e-mail.

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And recently e-mail is like defending him.
E-mail is like saying, oh, the pack wasn't that bad.
They were right, dude. And then I hear that e-mail is
meeting with Jeff Pack and hearing things, hearing things
like emails say, you know, sometimes Jeff gives me advice
and it's actually good advice. And it's like, so when I, when I

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put that piece of the puzzle to what we've seen since December,
yeah, the pack has been quiet because they don't have to go
after Jen and Joe, not with the mill up there doing their doing
the work for them. They don't have to.
And then you look at how did they get 3 of their people on
this committee? Right.

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What are we talking about? Yeah.
It doesn't look. Good.
It doesn't look good. And again, I'm not trying to,
I'm not trying to say that like this is corruption.
I'm just saying, yeah, I'm saying that that's what it looks
like given the information that's being brought to me,
right. So it's like again it like.
Optics matter. Yeah, and and again.
Hey, like Gary Audie, I'm, I'm sure he's a nice guy.

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I'm sure he's a nice guy. He's been part of the.
District. Yeah, he's been part of the
district. I think that's one of the
reasons why. He would advise 'cause he, he,
he's been on the inside. He knows how it all works,
however. Yeah, and, and, and, OK, and
I'll, and I'll say this, the other guy, I'm not going to say
his name 'cause I know him, I'veseen him, he's an involved dad,

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him and I, we don't really get along like that.
I've had multiple encounters with him but based off my
encounters he has done a good job not being a public person
and I think it has to do with his his career what he does for

(46:37):
work. So I have chose to not throw his
name out. And I commend you for that.
That's just a respect. Thing right there and and again
and again like that like I thinkthat that the guy I'm talking
about I think he is a consummateprofessional.
I think that, you know, even though I, I don't, he's, he's
bashed me online and, and, and you know, and, and we've gone

(46:59):
back and forth. I've said things that are nice
about him. We've been in the DMS, we've sat
at Starbucks, you know, like so you know, fine, like like fine,
right. But the up neat thing is what
gets me is like she shouldn't beon this.
It's a conflict of interest at the very least in my opinion,

(47:20):
especially with this whole lawsuit that's dangling over the
district. I think at some point we have to
have boundaries and draw a line somewhere with certain people.
You know, in general, it could be anybody, it could be me too,
you know, whoever. If there's certain conflicts or

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things that have happened in thepast that are currently
affecting the way that business is being conducted and how those
interactions are happening with that person, I don't know if
it's the the wisest thing to have them on any committee right
at this time. Right.
Yeah, at this time. Yes.
I'm not saying she can't contribute.
She's a constituent. She has a right, maybe just not

(48:01):
right now, but. And that's my point is like,
that's not your putting her on this committee is not acting in
the best interest of the. Community.
No, it's not. You're acting in your own best
interest for self preservation 'cause you don't want any
lawsuits. And then now here we are with
more. We have global spotlight.
There was a, there was, you knowwhat I mean?
Like there was a British podcaster talking about us, you

(48:24):
know, that's. Insane.
I can't believe we're having this conversation right now, you
know? Have you heard what's going on
in Temecula, CA? Like what the fuck?
Can you believe the school board?
You know? Like what?
I'm not going to say who sent itto me.
And I thought, I thought the fans would appreciate this.

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Whoever sent it to me, I watch it and listen to it.
And I just responded with like, a Paul Revere meme, Like, the
British are coming, you know? What are we even talking about?
I can't do it. I can't.
I just you know, so I you know, look this this and here's

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another thing is I actually reached out to doctor our
Superintendent, Doctor Woods. I reached out to Doctor Woods
and because I heard about this advisory committee after e-mail,
put Gary Audi on it. So I was like, hey, how do I get
in on this thing? Like like I would like to submit

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my name I think. He's the last one to pick,
right? Yeah, yeah, to.
To finish it. But, well, I, I think it's
already, it's already done. It's already.
Yeah, yeah. They they.
Have that's how much we don't know about the advisory
committee right now. They just have 5 right now and
they have their five. They had their first meeting.
Oh, OK. And he told me like, hey, I'm
confident in the people. The meeting went great.

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OK. He's like, I'm going to put you
on a list, OK, You're going to be on the shorter list is what
he told me. You know, but but here's The
thing is like, I didn't realize who was on that committee.
I didn't either until it startedcoming out of the woodwork.
So I was like, wait, what's? Going on.
So now that I, you know, now that I know that I, I want to
make sure that people understand.

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I don't even want to be on that committee anymore.
Well, we need. To we need to, we need to pick
people who are who have not beenin the mix with all this
nonsense and it's it's doable. It is there's.
Lots of people that want to contribute.
Yeah, one Temecula pack at its strongest was 500 people.
We're a community of like a. 100and 100.

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And something thousand. Yeah, come on, come on.
There are parents who will step up for this.
Do a public post through the district website talking about
how you're looking for communitymembers that want to be part of
this, you know, but instead we're letting the board members
pick and they're picking people who are in their buddy buddy
cool club. It's bullshit.

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We got to have full. Disclosure, I'm on a
subcommittee, so I'm, you know, I can only speak to so much
without looking like an asshole.So I'm all about transparency,
but it's not because I'm buddy buddy.
I just have been involved for solong.
Well, what's the subcommittee? Special education, right?
Yeah, and. It's ongoing.
In the district that are with the SPED students, yes, you've

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been involved in SPED. I I can't think of.
I'm just. In case someone tries to pull
the keyboard warrior. Shit.
You know, I'm on a subcommittee.Right now, right now, Up needs
pulling out her hair, erasing her notes.
She's like, damn it, I was gonna.
GPT type this up. Yes, I am.

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Oh my. Goodness, Oh my goodness.
But yeah, dude, I think that this next meeting is going to be
interesting. Very.
And again, this is going to air after that next meeting guys, so
bear with us. Yes, sorry.
It's it's my. It's my schedule.
No, it's OK. I mean, it's, it's all good.
We're we're doing what we can, but there are some things on

(51:59):
this on this agenda. That's that's interesting.
So yeah, I mean, we can't reallyspeak to it until we see what
happens at the meeting. I got invited on another
podcast. I'm a little annoyed because I,
I got invited to be a guest on apodcast on Tuesday and I had to
call and cancel today because the agenda dropped.

(52:20):
And I'm like, hey, dude, I was going to just watch the meeting
later, but I got to show up to this one just because it's, you
know, it's yeah, it's important.I want to, I want to see what
decisions we're making. You know, what's interesting is
the other thing actually is agenda item number 4, where they
were going to approve the administrative regulation for

(52:42):
the policy, but #3 got rescinded.
So they, they pulled like I had it.
And I've, I've told people in the comments about this, because
people have been critical of me of like my posts and like,
they're like, oh, you're trying to frame an argument And it's
no, no, no, I'm not. These are, these are questions I
already had. So like, and when we're done

(53:03):
here, I'll show you because you know, I, I had my comments typed
up, but I talked about how the administrator, because for those
of you who are listening, there's board policy, right?
They pass a parental rights, yayparental rights, but then
there's administrative regulation and the
administrative regulation is howit's implemented.
OK, So like when we last had theparental rights policy about how

(53:27):
you have to notify the parent ifa child wants to identify as a
different name or whatever, OK, The way it got implemented was
bullshit because there was a student that came out and then
that principal at that school basically told that's allegedly
this is what I heard. Allegedly the principal at that
school pulled that student and said retract what you said

(53:48):
otherwise I'm going to call yourparents.
And you spoke to that I. Spoke to that at a board meeting
and it's like, this is not what we signed up for.
No. So the fact that it's being used
as a bully tactic to push kids back in the closet, Fuck you.
Were those parents even ever notified?
Probably not, you know so. Again, allegedly we don't know,
but. Right.
So, so that's the thing for me is OK, what I've learned is the

(54:12):
board policy isn't the end of the road for us.
It might be end of the road for the board members because that's
where you know what I mean. District now has to implement
those. Right how?
And that's how it's going to impact us as parents.
Correct. And it's 29 sites, guys.
It's not that simple. Right, right.
So when I looked at this AR, there were several loopholes,

(54:32):
several issues. Not loopholes there.
There were several issues, OK, One of them, for example, is
like, OK, it talks about how it it separated the students from
like if you have one of these waivers on file, you're
considered an accommodated student.
The rest of the population is considered general population.

(54:52):
So no accommodated student should be.
It says something like they shouldn't be, they shouldn't
feel like singled out because they're an accommodated student.
How would anyone know that? Though, Exactly.
And so that was one of the things that I had in my comments
is like, are you going to notifythese students about these

(55:15):
rights? Because you're now implementing
a policy where if they're accommodated, they have rights
where they have to be respected.So how would they know that they
have these rights if you never present it?
Which then pushes us into this weird activism secrecy.
Yep. OK, so you and you're ready for

(55:36):
this. So then also the administrative
regulation says that accommodated students will wait
outside once the general population leaves the locker
room. Accommodated students will get
approximately 5 minutes to change.
Hold on now, 3 minutes exactly is also approximately 5 minutes.

(55:57):
So you're saying that no staff member should single out these
students, but then you have these loopholes where staff
members can do that. Yeah, You know what?
I mean, allegedly that's what happened at James all day.
And again, I wrote these comments before that came out.
So when I heard that, I was pissed.
So and that's why. And that's what I was explaining

(56:17):
to people in the BMS is like, dude, I'm not just making this
up. Like I already saw this as like
a potential issue if we passed this.
And then it came out. It's like, yeah, look, staff
members are doing it right there.
You know what I mean? So.
So it's just, yeah, there there was, there's a lot and, and, and

(56:38):
like as parents, guys, we need to be locked in to, to what the
board is presenting and look through it with a fine tooth
comb and don't do it. Look it, I'm not, I'm not saying
like how some people do it. They go up there.
We already talked about it enough, but they'll go up there
and, and talk about like the specific finances and the
certain things. And it's like, dude, do it for

(56:58):
your best interest, right? Like things that are being
passed like like what does the administrative regulation?
What is it going to look like inthe schools?
How are they going to How? Is it executed?
Yeah, that's that's what needs, that's what we need to focus on.
It's not just the board passing it in the board policy, but the
administrative regulation is really where the the the rubber

(57:21):
meets the road on how your childwill be impacted.
So way more important to see what comes from that.
And so so yeah. And even in the comments, I
talked about how, you know, no student should be marked tardy.
You guys need to put that in here.
No accommodated student should be marked tardy.
And then it came out, oh, they're being marked tardy dog,
what do you? That's crazy.
Come on. Like so.

(57:42):
Again, it needs to be fair across the board.
Everyone should be treated equally.
I don't know why that's so difficult.
Well, even with the law, yeah, you're already accommodating.
So just give the give the time. Yeah, this is frustrating.
I've had AI had a parent that I like I, you know, I, I've, I've

(58:05):
gotten along with her. You.
Talking about me. Well.
Talk some shit, Danny. Well.
You know, what's funny is this parent actually has the same
perspective as you where she waslike, she was like telling me
like, no, you, you don't worry about accommodating your
daughter. Her dignity is more important
than some grade. You pull her out of the schools.
And I and I didn't respond, you know, 'cause I understand that

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perspective, but it's like, look, I don't my household and
our lifestyle, we just don't have the luxury.
To Oh, and honestly, I don't either.
I really don't. And, and I totally get that it's
an extreme, but the point that Iwas trying to make with that was
I'm not going to subject if thisis really going on and it's this
bad, I'm not going to keep sending my kid to school.

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To deal. With it, I'm still going to
fight for it while I pull them out.
And, and that's the other thing is it's subjective.
Like here, here's the thing thatmy personal situation is that
like when this came up, I spoke to my daughter about the, the,
the document about, hey, you know, what do you think about
this waiver? And she literally said, like,

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those were my bathrooms first. I'm not signing anything to
leave. So like, again, she doesn't feel
uncomfortable. She's not in this position where
she she can see a biological boychanging in front of her and
it's making her feel uncomfortable.
She's not. And if we're in that position,
well, then, then, then I'll address it for my daughter, you
know? But but yeah.

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And one more thing before we go out.
That's another thing that parents need to get better at.
We hide behind the board members, we really do.
We do, and I have comments aboutthat after.
You OK? OK, great.
Because I saw something at my daughter's school in a classroom

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I don't agree with. We emailed the teacher.
We made our presence known. We made sure it was clear if
you're going to be teaching things that are culturally.
What's the word I'm looking for that are culturally
controversial? We would like to know about it

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so we can also have those conversations at home.
We in my household, we have a certain set of values and a
certain set of beliefs. And if my child is going to be
introduced to material that conflicts with that, then I want
to know about it. And it's like, look that that
exchange was cordial. We told the teacher like, we're

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not trying to tell you that you need to take stuff out of your
classroom or nothing like that. You have every right.
We believe in the 1st Amendment.I understand there's different
opinions, but I also have a right to decide what adults are
spending time with my child. So I would like to know more
about your position on these things based on what I saw in
your classroom. And The thing is, is that

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teacher was equally direct. It it was we, we found common
ground. But what's more important is
like we got to make sure these teachers know, like my kid,
we're not playing that. So we have to be willing to have
balls and reach out to these teachers and, and, and make our

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presence known. They have no problem hanging up
the rainbow flag in their classroom.
That's their prerogative. We need to be equally wrong in
our convictions if we don't agree with that, right?
You know what I mean? If we think like, hey, that's
how you feel, that's great. Now how do you incorporate that
into the curriculum? That's what I want to know.

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I feel like a lot of parents seesomething and they're like, you
just assume the teachers woke, you know, and it's and it's and
then you you run to the school board member you make a comment
of it's like. Not the way to do it.
Stand up, stand up and make yourpresence known like you know you
can't be emotionally, emotionally bullied in the
silence 'cause you're afraid. You know this is a teacher and I

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don't know, don't work like that.
We have rights. You're dropping your.
Child off right? We pay their salaries.
Right. There should be No Fear there.
If you don't like conflict, I don't know what to tell you.
It's public school. Yeah, there's conflict all the
time. Everyday.
Yeah, So it's like you, you, you're right.
And that leads me into this partbefore we before we leave.

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I wrote it out, but I'll just kind of give basically a summary
of it. I've talked about it before on
the podcast and with community members and with you as well.
Parents need to be more involved.
At the end of the day, the reason we're in the position we
are with legislation is because of us.
At the end of the day, we're in the situation here in Temecula

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because of us. We cannot continue blaming the
teachers and the district and the administration when all
they're doing is their job underthe crazy, disgusting laws that
we have in California. And then we are in an uproar and
an outrage because they're doingexactly what they're supposed to
be doing. It doesn't make it right 'cause

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I don't agree with a lot of the crazy stuff going on here.
But I don't have the same problem as another parent does,
'cause I'm not going and speaking to it on a podium.
I'm not going and telling a trustee.
I'm at the school dealing with the teacher, like you said, and
the administration and, and having an understanding of
what's going on, what's expectedand how I want them to be

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operating. And if we're not agreeing, then
yeah, we have a problem, right? And they're aware.
I am that parent. I'm not going to let this just
go away. And I have speed kids.
So it's a whole other ball game.And then they're they have a
legal obligation because of the Ieps and all of that.
So it's a little different. But again, it's about
accountability. And at the end of the day, it is

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up to us as parents. I'm not saying, hey, you're all
failing. That's not what I'm saying.
What I'm saying is you need to be more informed.
If you can't be more informed ona community level, you need to
be in your children's classroom.And obviously I don't mean
literally in their classroom. Just pay attention to what's
going on every day, ask questions, be involved enough so

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that things like this with the locker room, because a lot of
parents didn't even know and some still don't because they're
not in the know with social media and in these walk outs and
protests. They're just they're not.
They're too busy trying to survive right now as as is
everyone, right? But at the end of the day, we
cannot be going over to the board and lashing out on them

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about their missteps or, you know, the workarounds that
they're trying to accommodate for everyone.
They are held to the law. They took an oath.
We don't get to pick and choose when we want them to abide by
the law and when we don't. Now that brings me to my next
point as well. If the majority of Temecula
citizens want our board to violate the law, that's fine.

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Say that, but also understand the consequences behind that.
We're going to lose a lot of money doing that.
If you're OK with that, fine, that's fine.
We'll just waste all the money in lawsuits.
And then not not to forget aboutwhat we already experienced,
where the demographic who isn't going to be OK with that, no
matter the minority they are, they are going to put roadblocks

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in the way and pointless lawsuits and make it even more
difficult. Correct.
So, you know, it's yeah. My thing is, is we cannot ask
our board members who are not legislators.
They are holding a public seat because we put them there to
represent us. They cannot pass laws.
They have 0 influence when it comes to that.

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And some people will argue, yes,they do have influence.
They can write a letter, we can come together.
I understand all that. It still makes no difference.
You know, people aren't going tolike me saying that, but it's
the truth. You want it to be changed.
You as the parent, as the personthat's going to the podium,
upset that the school board members can't change the law,
call your legislators, go to Sacramento, get the community to

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be involved to make those changes with the law because the
board members cannot do that. They'll never have that power.
And people need to understand that we can't uphold them to
something they cannot change. Their hands are tied.
We don't have to like the laws here, but it's up to us to
change it. So we have to pick our battle.
I would love to see this energy go towards changing the law and

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speaking with our legislators rather than screaming at our
board members. They're not getting it right all
the time. That's evident.
We talk about that every time wecome on the show.
But at the end of the day, it's up to us as Californians to make
that change. Otherwise, we're going to keep
getting upset. We're going to keep having the
same culture wars, the same this, that and the other thing

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until the law changes. Yeah, and, you know, being
involved in in the classroom andlike interacting with the
teacher. Look, when I first got into
this, I thought, like a lot of the teachers are woke.
They're not. I've learned that they're not.
They're not. I've learned that a lot of
these, a lot of these teachers follow the law and don't like it

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as much as I don't correct, you know, so.
But what are they supposed to do?
Yeah, exactly. But again.
But again, if you step up and get engaged and make your
presence known, correct, you'll know what teachers like you,
what teachers believe in your value.
Share your values. And connect with each other.
Yeah, yeah, you we got we. We can't just write everyone off

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as left wing extremists. It's not because we see one
teacher outside James L Day witha camera, right?
It's like I just get that teacher's name.
I will ensure my children will never have that teacher.
Never and. Never.
And that's it. And that's the end of it.
Problem solved. So that's what we got to do.

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We got to step up. We have to be more engaged and
zoom in, zoom in on it. We do, and we just have to pick
our battle. I'm not saying anything that
anyone's done with or on the left or the right is wrong.
Everyone's right here, but take the energy where it's actually
going to make the impact and thechange, not just get the
attention what is going to change by what you're doing.

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Yeah, it's not going to be screaming at the board members,
I can tell you that, right? Go change the law.
Even though we're going to see that on Tuesday.
For sure. Guaranteed for sure.
I hope they're ready. Danny will be there to chew your
asses out. I promise that'll be nice today.
That'll be nice. All right, guys.
Thank you so much for tuning in,Cole.

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It's always a pleasure. Thank you.
We'll see you guys later. Bye.