The excessive arrogance and result of the public education monopoly can best be summed up with the Fairfield City Schools bond issue which just failed recently in the November 2013 election. The vote was close, but after a recount it held and the tax increase was defeated. But the school simply declared that they would put the issue on another ballot six months later in May of 2014, when fewer people were thinking about elections. Their not so subtle message to the tax payers of Fairfield City Schools is that they can get their money from the tax payers, and will eventually no matter how many times they must put the issue on the ballot. State run schools like Fairfield, Lakota, and Little Miami operate as a monopoly so tax payers have no choice but to put up with the antics—and lack of respect that these administrations have for the communities they reside in. In the case of Fairfield—“they” want new school buildings and have already made plans for the money they don’t yet have.
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The school district was pushing a 2.62-mill bond issue so it could move forward with construction plans on those buildings. The bond issue was designed to pull $19 million from the state of Ohio to help with construction of new schools. The bond issue was intended to generate $61 million for the project. Most of the media covering the issue simply covers the symptom of the problem, but avoids the problem because of the controversial nature of doing so. The 61 million pound elephant in the room is the source of that controversy—that voters turned down the tax, the “state” is ignoring those results and is imposing upon the residents of Fairfield another vote—then another—then another—then another until it passes. This happens because Fairfield City Schools is a government monopoly no different from a license bureau, the IRS, the NSA, or the Executive Branch in WashingtonD.C. The State acknowledges that the administration at Fairfield wants new school buildings, so the government monopoly has set up a system to implement the acquisition of the needed funds by hook or crook. One way or another—the voters will be defeated eventually and the school will gain the ability to rob their desired money from the community they reside in—by legal means ordained by the “STATE.”
Channel 9 at least covers the stories. If they hit any harder they would be black listed by the institutions in covering the feel good stories that make people happy—and view the local news, like the story of the Lakota band performing in the Macy’s Parade on Thanksgiving. Or the Fairfield football games which tend to unite a community behind the common cause of public education. It is too difficult for them to do a report about how the schools are using the poor children as public relations chess pieces for the ultimate goal of raising taxes and imposing themselves upon the communities that are forced through monopoly rule to support them. The implications of such admissions require courage, and a change in how society educates its children—and nobody is ready to deal with that. So the crimes continue to be committed, and voters are ignored, abused, and disrespected in every way possible.
For Fairfield schools to propose before the official count was even final from the previous election that they will pursue another tax increase in May of 2014 is an arrogance that can only come out of a monopoly that views the tax payers as their personal slaves. There is no gentler way to put the issue. It’s not slavery in the classic sense with plantation owners and human beings placed in literal chains—but the same basic ideal is at play here—property owners are chained to inefficient government schools by law, and beaten financially not with whips—but elections until the product of their labor is forcefully confiscated for the benefit of the State. The tax payers who voted NO in the last election—will be ignored and forced to the voting booth until they give up—which is no different from beating another human being with a whip on a plantation until they comply to the master holding the whip. If any reporters reading this disagree—explain the difference other than the typical progressive framing of the slavery argument to advance discrepancies of race relations. Slavery isn’t about the color of a human being’s skin—it’s about what kind of shackles control the behavior of other human beings. In the classic case it was actual shackles—in the modern sense it is virtual ones—those owned by banks, politics, and the collective will of democracy.
Is it any wonder that voter turn out is so low? People see how the game is played. During the last Lakota election, it was a numbers game. No Lakota Levy had defeated three previous attempts, but eventually people just stopped showing up. Most people figured—“what the heck. If we vote it down, they’ll just come back in May with another attempt—or August, or next November. They’ll never stop until we give them the money—so why even show up to vote?”
That is exactly what the “State” wants people to feel. “They” want their subservients—the tax payer—to know their place—to know that the beatings will come until they submit because there is no place else for them to go. If Fairfield residents decide to move from their homes to Lakota, Mt Healthy, Mason, Lebanon or anywhere in Ohio, they will be greeted with the same oppressive system of public school financing—the same limited choices—and the same beat downs during every election. So the only option available to tax payers is to submit to the authority of the State and the whims of the school board backed by radical unionized government employees.
If it’s not slavery—then what is it? What better way is there to describe such a system? There isn’t one, and the mainstream media really doesn’t have an answer to the problem either. Since children are used as extortion pieces, the media compromises and focuses on the feel good aspects of public education instead of the root of the problem which is the slave-like relationship the tax payer has with public schools like Fairfield. The intention of an election is to let the majority determine the shape of their community through a democracy. When the tax payers voted NO on the 2013 levy, they indicated that they rejected the proposed 2.62-mill bond issue. They decided through an election that they did not want new school buildings. Yet, Fairfield, since they didn’t get the money decided that they’d simply put the issue on the ballot a few months later and try again rather than revise their plans. The will of the voter was ignored and the State backed school imposed themselves upon those tax payers with the gentle reminder that the tax payer works for the school; it is not the school that works for the tax payer. The relationship is one of slavery where the tax payer is forced to provide the effort of their labor to the school regardless of whether they want to or not. When a vote is ignored—which is what is happening—the indication from Fairfield and the state of Ohio which supports that public institution is that the institution is the master—as the tax payer is the subservient. There is no other way to view the situation. It’s as bad as it sounds because the literal meaning of elections that are manipulated or ignored is that the State is in charge of every life that feeds it—and that relationship is best explained as a master living off the effort of its slaves. Everyone who pretends otherwise is helping the system continue to abuse the people suffering under the tyranny of injustice known throughout the public education industry monopoly represented here by Fairfield City Schools.
Rich Hoffman

So, I was watching Star Wars: A New Hope today, and ended up thinking of your many pointed posts on Star Wars, which I love. The viewing of the original trilogy is a Holiday tradition in our house, as the Empire Strikes Back is one of the best Christmas movies ever. So, that lead me to wonder over here and your posting on a subject very near and dear to me. So, I didn’t expect to your view for this levy to be any different to any other levy. However, it doesn’t answer the real issue at hand, First off, I think they announced the levy again for the Spring because deadlines need to be made for the State and County to get it on the ballot, and ensure they didn’t lose their State match. Knowing recounts can vary in length, I think it was prudent to state their intentions early.
But, the real issue here is that their plan is thoughtful in terms of their objectives for acquiring the new buildings. The cost appears to be in line with the formulas for construction costs, as it is the states responsibility to inform them of what the costs are. These are funds that will be lost if the levy doesn’t pass and would be going to another district. These buildings are continuing to deteriorate, and the costs to continue to repair is essentially putting good money to bad. I am more than happy to document instances of why I think the evidence tilts in favor of the need for the buildings. With hearing stories of parts of the ceiling having to be cut out and replaced, as to ensure they do not crumble into the schools. Leaky roofs that damage newly purchased equipment that clubs purchased with their own fundraisers, seats that collapse in the auditorium of the Freshman school, or classrooms not serving their original purposes. Closets and bathrooms converted into offices and students in buildings designed for half of their capacity. Below is a link to videos and photo albums of some of the buildings that would be replaced. I am sure many of these conditions wouldn’t be acceptable for a prison, so I’m not sure why it is acceptable for future productive members of society. I understand many people have an issue paying for anything that they did not choose to pay for themselves. But, students didn’t ask for the passage of time to be so unkind to these facilities, and allow them to go replaced for so long, or even for the way their schools are funded or structured. If there is a different funding model that could be proposed, I would be all for listening. But, the funding model that provided the funds for this project was redesigned by the Kasich administration, and they have allocated funds specifically to this project as they felt it was worthy. So, I guess you have an unholy alliance of the School District and our Republican governor seeking to get these types of projects completed.
Well, I hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving and have a Merry Christmas.
http://www.fairfieldcityschools.com/apps/album/index.jsp?dir=departments/182687&backLink=/apps/pages/index.jsp%3FuREC_ID=182687%26type=d&backTitle=Bond+Issue+Facts
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxJRXoI_-R_oWDqc5LECiRA
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And the same to you. Star Wars does make good family tradition.
The voters still rejected the bond. If they want buildings with leaky roofs and other issues, they voted that way. That’s what they should get.
I’m not crazy about Kasich. He’s too weak kneed. He’s not Republican enough for my taste.
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Fair Enough… And, today will be Empire Strikes Back. Have you ever thought about penning a book on the political theory of Star Wars.
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For our wedding nearly 26 years ago my bachelor party was watching The Empire Strikes Back with the grooms party. We had popcorn, soft drinks, and potato chips and had the time of our life. I think it may be one of the best films ever done and I include Citizen Kane, Its A Wonderful Life, and Lawrence of Arabia in that statement. I have thought hard about a book like you mentioned–obviously I scare Lucasfilm. My opinions are not neutral and large companies like that stay out of the mix. With Star Wars, Lucas took all the issues of the day and placed them in a different frame of reference and set them like an old story…………A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Under Disney the lack of political affiliation will be worse. They always have to be careful. I worry that by pointing out what the mythology is really about, that Kennedy will be forced to move away from the message, so I haven’t went down that path and likely won’t. A blog is one thing, a published book is another. It would be like explaining the magic tricks and I’m not sure that would be a good thing. I’d rather see the magic that is about to happen with the new films have their full impact without being tainted by too careful of an analysis. I know it did not make them happy when Glenn Beck started making similar comparisons like he did in The Overton Window. They didn’t like it either at Lucasfilm when Reagan called his missile program Star Wars. Politics and mythology go together, just not in the same bed. At this stage of my life, I’m too political. I’d rather not be, but its the requirement of our age.
Even people who disagree with the politics of the day can find common ground with something like Star Wars–which is why I share it. When you find common ground, you can build off it, which can be good. I was happy after a lot of my controversial statements that Lucasfilm still has me on their press release list. I wouldn’t blame them if they took me off, but they didn’t. I respect that. They stand for things there, but they keep those values in fiction where people who don’t see eye to eye in the real world can still find common ground………like you and I in this situation.
A lot of people worked for the Empire. They weren’t bad people. They just wanted a check, and when the Republic turned into the Empire, they didn’t just become villains because the Emperor grabbed tyrannical power. The system itself is the villain and the people get caught in the mix when they help support a structure that imposes itself upon others. I personally think we’d do well in this world to have a bunch of Jedi Knights who can help make everything work in a Republic by keeping politics honest. But that is just a fantasy. : )
Enjoy the movie with your family. The snow outside makes warm movie days like that a treasure kids never forget. Which is why we must do them when we can…………… If I had to do it again, the bachelor party, at the stage I’m at today where we could take a trip to Vegas and blow $10K to $20k like some people do now, I’d pick Empire Strikes Back under the same conditions in less than a second. No question about it, even though I’ve seen it maybe 200 times by now.
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