A school board member in Tuolumne County, California “read in Revelations that I was going to be executioner for God and kill your children"

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    1 year ago

    Vassar was appointed to a vacancy on the three-member board in 2015 and won elections in 2016 and 2022.

    So this guy wasn’t even elected. Someone just put this obviously crazy person in a position of power. God bless America.

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      He won two elections, as noted in the bit you quoted, in 2016 and 2022, after initially being appointed

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        1 year ago

        Might have been running unopposed. That’s pretty common with school boards.

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    The Modesto Bee

    Tuolumne County

    the Union Democrat newspaper

    Belleview Elementary School District board

    six miles west of Twain Harte

    I love an article where none of the handful of geographic clues mean anything to me. These sound like names in a fictional universe. Without just googling, I’m guessing Washington state.

    Edit: Ahhhhh, California. “Modesto” should have been my strongest clue.

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      What is the diagnostic test for euthanizing people who are “that far gone” and who gets to administer it? Also, how do we get around that pesky eighth amendment?