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Moron Covid Cult Parents Trying To Ruin School Year…Again

I really can’t believe we are back at this point once again. Almost TWO YEARS after the virus was released from a Chinese lab, and after mountains of evidence shows masks and social distancing do nothing, and after more mountains of evidence show kids are not at risk from this virus, and after ANYONE who wants the supposedly “awesome” vaccine can have one for free – people like this are still freaking out:

Your son is terrified because YOU terrified him.

Kids like this used to get wedgies. Now they get interviews on CNN. Newsflash – you’re gonna get sick, kid. It’s part of life. This is why science gave us immune systems.

This is a mental disorder. People like this should not be taken seriously in a sane society, and luckily in Lampasas they are the minority. Unfortunately, all is takes is a few loud morons like this to cause bad policies to be implemented by idiot school bureaucrats in the name of “safety”.

This kid wrongly believes that he will die from COVID if an airborne virus gets into his mouth, and that wearing a mask somehow will prevent that from happening. This is what the mask symbolizes to children. We have trained them to be afraid to breathe air because there is a killer virus lurking all around them that is looking for any opening it can find to get in their mouth. Keep the mask on or die.

He clearly doesn’t know that children almost never die from the virus. He doesn’t realize that he is infinitely more likely to die in a car accident than he is from COVID. He is not old enough to use logic like this on his own, so it’s up to his parent to be the adult and tell this child the truth. But she’s not doing that. Instead she’s exacerbating his fear and watching him plunge deeper into insanity.

If my daughter told me she thought the bogeyman was under her bed I would tell her she has nothing to worry about. If Veronica Rose’s son told her he thought the bogeyman was under his bed she would probably tell him that he was right, but if he wears a mask the bogeyman will leave him alone.

All it takes is a couple of moron, snowflake parents to start an avalanche. An avalanche that spooks our $170,000 per year superintendent to implement some new idiocy like mask mandates or remote learning – or worse. That is the LAST thing these kids need after being screwed last year.

The whole Facebook kerfuffle was started by THIS complete and utter moron – Chels LaJuan. The fact that this person is in charge of FOUR young lives as a single mother should scare the shit out of you. She is barely literate, has a low IQ and is ranting about how everyone needs to bow to her insane and illogical fears by re-implementing “online learned” [sic]:

This idiot ALSO wrongly believes that her kid will die from COVID if an airborne virus gets into her mouth, and that wearing a mask somehow will prevent that from happening. She thinks we should all have to accommodate her emotionally fragile offspring.

This Chels nitwit probably texts while driving, lets her kids wander freely around unprotected swimming pools without knowing how to swim, owns three pit bulls, and lets them play with plastic bags from the dry cleaners – but this VIRUS is what REALLY frightens her. This is a person who is incapable of rational thought and should not be in charge of four kids.

Online “learned” [sic] was a massive failure. Trust me, with you as a parent, this kid needs all the help she can get. Everyone needs to stop being such pussies. Stop getting your kid tested every time they sneeze. You are clearly a moron who can barely run your own life – don’t you dare try and call the shots for anyone else.

It’s all so “simply”! Just put these poor teachers through the useless bullshit of remote learning and impose all those costs again because this hood rat demands it:

These people are evil and you shouldn’t feel the need to be nice or cordial to them. Remember that they are trying to abuse your children, they are your enemy, and they should be treated as such. Under no circumstances should you attempt to find common ground with them. They seek to destroy your way of life, and you should seek to destroy theirs.

Home Values Rise 18%. Good Thing Talbert Handed Developers All Those Tax Dollars

The average homestead value within the City limits of Lampasas increased from $111,428 in 2020 to $131,691 in 2021.

[See Dispatch article HERE]

That is an 18% rise in just one year.

Back in 2018, when City council was busy handing Deorald Finney tons of tax dollars to “spur development” for his Stone Valley subdivision, the average value was around $97,000 – or a 36% increase in 3 years.

Finney himself promised houses that would sell for “between $150,000 and $175,000” but he is now listing them for between $200,000 and $250,000.

Do you think the City had any clawback provisions in that “agreement” with Finney when they handed him over $100,000 in taxpayer dollars?? Maybe a clause that says “if you sell these things for a ridiculous windfall profit, you give us our $100,000 back”?

Hell no. Finney is going to see a roughly $2.5 million windfall from this deal. This is typical when idiot politicians like TJ Monroe, Chuck Williamson and Misti Talbert get involved in handing out subsidies: any profits are privatized and go into the pockets of developers. Any losses are eaten by the taxpayers.

That’s why they live in mansions while Talbert and Monroe have trouble adding 2+2 together.

Once again, we see proof the Talbert administration (along with TJ Monroe, and Chuck Williamson) was a colossal failure and waster of tax dollars.

Misti is gone as mayor, but don’t let out any sighs of relief. She is now running the LEDC….into the ground, as it looks from my point of view.

Clayton Tucker Is A Selfish Hypocrite Or a Liar. Take Your Pick

One thing that Chairman of the Lampasas County Democrats (and socialist) Clayton Tucker excels at is telling everyone how the world SHOULD be. He sees himself sitting on the throne telling everyone what to do to bring about his socialist utopia while doing absolutely nothing himself for his entire adult life:

“I will fight to end hunger!”. That is hilarious coming from a guy who claims to be a “farmer” AND a “rancher”. He has claimed both of those things for a very long time:

Seems to me, you don’t need to be a state senator or a politician of ANY kind to “feed the hungry”. All you have to do is roll up your sleeves, produce food, and then give it away or sell it really cheap. You even have FREE land and equipment that your grandpa (not you) owns and you pretend is yours!

Yet you don’t appear to do any of that.

So I have a few questions for Comrade Clayton, our local socialist who wants to “fight to end hunger”:

#1 – How many pounds of veggies or fruit have you donated from your “farm” to the local food bank (the mission over there on 4th street literally 5 blocks from your parents house where you live upstairs)?

#2 – How many pounds of meat have you donated from your “ranch”?

#3 – How much food have you sold at our local farmer’s market here? Seems to me that it is a great way to “support rural communities”, as you constantly blather about.

What’s that? Zero pounds of food donated to anyone?? So you’re just a selfish miserly asshole who keeps all his veggies and meat to himself without handing over a single thing to the poor and downtrodden??

OR…are you a lying asshole who actually ISN’T a farmer or a rancher but just pretends to be one so he has a better chance of being elected and sitting on his ass giving orders all day?

One or the other, douche bag. Take your pick.

Unemployed Socialist Bum Who Lives With Parents Now Head Of Lampasas County Democrats

Congratulations to the Lampasas County Democrats for appointing this socialist specimen to be the face of their organization! Clayton Tucker has alternately claimed to be a farmer, a cowboy and a rancher, but in reality he is none of those things. He’s just a 31-year-old trust fund dork who still lives with his parents:

Back when he wore a woman’s hat from Buc-ee’s gas station

Typical rancher’s build complete with spare tire and twiggy arms

The fake cowboy hat is a BIG part of Comrade Clayton’s costume. He uses it to try and convince the average Joe he is a hard-working cowboy/rancher/farmer guy. In reality, he is a socialist bum who lives off his parents:

Clayton Tucker’s Amazing Magic Hat Moves Around the Room

Comrade Clayton will have plenty of time to Tweet to the world in the name of Lampasas since he doesn’t have a real job….and never has:

Clayton Tucker Resumé – Light On Actual Work, Heavy On Bullshit

Well, he DOES occasionally go down to Austin and hold signs at rallies for socialists and communists, but that doesn’t exactly pay the bills. Luckily, Comrade Clayton HAS no bills, because he lives in an upstairs room at his parents house at 208 S Western Street.

Comrade Clayton is already vaxxed, but like a good little Brown Shirt commie, he STILL wears a mask

He loves, loves, LOVES Robert Francis O’Rourke and Bernie Sanders. Like, REALLY loves them:

Right hand on Robert’s ass, left hand holding man purse stuffed full of commie literature. Classic

Comrade Clayton is a HUGE fan of all of the following:

The Green New Deal, Critical Race Theory, forced masking and vaxxing, open borders, sanctuary cities, government takeover of health care, “free” college for everyone, universal basic income, unsecured elections with zero photo ID, Big Tech censorship of “misinformation”, abolish the filibuster.

Remember, every time Comrade Clayton goes to Austin rallies or gets interviewed by some liberal rag, he will be SURE to utter the name of our town right along with his socialist schemes and policy demands!

Awesome!!

The Goldfish Swim Tonight: 8-23-21 Council Meeting

A weem-a-way, a weem-a-way, a weem-a-way, a weem-a-way

In the fish bowl, the pricey fish bowl, the Goldfish swim tonight!

Oooooh, oooooh eee-ooo-wam-a-way.

Join us on Gab.com – for live commentary. Find us at The Original Lampasshole.

On tap tonight – more budget talk.

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Friday Humor

Two alligators were sitting at the side of the swamp near the lake. The smaller one turned to the bigger one and said, “I can’t understand how you can be so much bigger than me. We’re the same age; we were the same size as kids. I just don’t get it.”

“Well,” said the big gator, “what have you been eating?”

“Politicians, same as you,” replied the small gator.

“Hmm….Well, where do you catch them?”

“Down the other side of the swamp near the parking lot by the Capitol.”

“Same here Hmm…. How do you catch them?”

“Well, I crawl up under one of their Lexus cars and wait for one to unlock the car door. Then I jump out, grab them by the leg, shake the shit out of them, and eat ’em!”

“Same here.” says the big gator. “Do you eat Democrats or Republicans?”

“I eat the Democrats,” says the little guy.

“Ah!” says the big gator. “I think I see your problem. You’re not getting any real nourishment. You see, by the time you finish shaking the shit out of a Democrat, there’s nothing left but an asshole and a briefcase.

Pope Already Collecting Extra Tithes On $2 Million ‘Business’ Park Debacle – Another $53,700 Flushed

Well, it didn’t take long for another of my predictions to come true.

Back on June 8th, I predicted in a post that….

Guys like Pope Eckermann are not stupid. Once the big $2 million dollar project is well underway, the LEDC and City council will not even blink at a few “cost increases” of $60,000 here and $86,000 there. That’s how these things work. He knows that morons like Chuck Williamson and Total Joke Monroe will fall victim to the Sunk Cost Fallacy, because they have done so repeatedly in the past.

Now let’s take a look at the packets (page 1, Item V) for tomorrow night’s monthly LEDC meeting:

V. Discussion and possible action regarding Additional Services Amendment No. 2 from Eckermann Engineering Inc to provide additional consulting civil engineering services for the Business Park….Phase I

Hell, the ink on the $1.5 million loan isn’t even dry yet, and Pope Eckermann is already collecting more tithes and dispensations for the project! Don’t worry though, it’s only a measly $33,000 (page 9) for this “Amendment number two”:

You’ll also notice that it’s “Amendment number TWO” – the first amendment was $20,700 (page 13).

See how it works?? I mean, I called this thing two months before it happened. Another $53,700 down the toilet in a blink. TJ Monroe and LEDC President Misti Talbert will never stop a $2 million boondoggle for a mere $54,000. Pope Eckermann knows this. Expect to see several more “amendments” before this is all over.

I can’t help but notice that the $54,000 they just set on fire is close to the additional amount I calculated they needed to pay lifeguards to keep the pool open – instead of closing it two days a week and two weeks early. But hey, I’m sure the “business” park will generate TONS of jobs when it’s all done in like 27 years.

Ain’t that just like government morons! Wreck and shortchange the jobs we have now (lifeguards) for some bullshit pie-in-the-sky 17 years down the road. Makes total sense!

Without a doubt, Misti Talbert is the biggest money-wasting moron to ever hold any office in this town. She is truly unparalleled.

Business Park Additions To Running Total Cost: $53,700

Finley’s Idea: More Gov Workers, Higher Utility Rates, Higher Gov Spending On Questionable Projects

Our $140,000 per year (plus benefits) city manager has come up with some unique ideas NEVER before dreamed up by overpaid government bureaucrats: spend more money and raise more money!!

From the 8/16/21 Dispatch:

The Lampasas City Council has expressed interest in funding several renovation projects in the proposed Fiscal-Year 2022 budget to include the Hostess House, pavilion and skate park.

In August of last year, the estimate to fund approximately five projects totaled around $940,000.

Last Monday during a workshop session, City Manager Finley deGraffenried indicated the updated estimate increased to $1.9 million.

Hey, what’s a million bucks among friends, right? It was only a year ago they said it would be $940,000. You can’t expect a guy with years and years of experience and a $140,000 paycheck (plus benefits) to be able to predict the cost of stuff to within 150%. C’mon man!!

A HUGE chunk of that is the idiotic Hostess House “facelift” – which I said LONG AGO was going to be another boondoggle. They told us it just needed “a few minor repairs”. I laughed at that.

That was WAY back in October of 2019.

NOW, they are talking about spending $1.4 MILLION for those “minor decorations”. City Council buffoon Cathy Kuehne even said they should do it right, “even if it costs a little more”. Spoken like a woman who has spent her life collecting government paychecks!

Finley also suggested the City hire three new bodies – police, fire and a ridiculous “communications/IT” person. You know, because of all the new houses being built by developers being subsidized by hundreds of thousands of tax dollars from Misti Talbert and TJ Monroe.

Finally, they need to pay for all of this. Finley suggests……wait for it….raising electric and water rates. That is always the “go to” way to pay for shit. I mean, bumping up the rate by .002 per kilowatt-hour doesn’t sound like much, but it will add about $200,000 to the City coffers. He also suggests raising the water rate by $.05 per 1000 gallons. That would add about $160,000 to City coffers.

To summarize: hey, we were off by a million on our needless projects, we want to add three new bodies (PLUS benefits!!) AND we think we should soak the citizens for another $360,000 through higher utility rates.

Truly a great plan! Like a Swiss watch, if I understand it correctly.

Proof Of An Underworked IT Department

I wanted to repost this a stand-alone post so nobody missed it way at the end of the previous post. I find it fitting that I post this on the two year anniversary of hackers wrecking about $40,000 of City equipment in a massive ransomware attack.

Hopefully, City council will read this thoroughly before acquiescing to Finley’s ridiculous suggestion that we need a combination “IT/Communications” person on the payroll. Trust me – the IT Department is underworked as it is.

The Story of an Underworked IT Department

About three years ago, when I was stewing about the IT Department blowing almost $100,000 on an A/V system for City council, I was contacted by a former City employee – a guy who worked under Monica in the job that Kristy Acevedo currently holds. I’ll call him Mister X. I met him for lunch in Round Rock as I had a hell of a lot of questions for him.

Here is the gist of what he told me:

#1 – Monica is wildly unqualified. The guy who was Monica’s underling BEFORE Mister X apparently quit because he couldn’t stand the fact that his “boss” didn’t know what she was doing. Apparently he left for a nice career in the private sector. This was about the same time I decided to file Open Records Requests for all of Monica’s certifications. She had none of the certs you would expect for an “IT Department Head”. If our IT Department head was more skilled, we likely wouldn’t be hiring TSM and other “consultants” all the time to actually do the work that needs doing.

#2 – Mister X told me that during his time with the City as Monica’s “network admin”, she was forced to take a leave of absence for family reasons for a couple of weeks. I know this is true because I know the circumstances behind it. So basically, Mister X was left on his own for several weeks AND he was still fairly new to the job.

One of the IT Department’s main jobs is “taking tickets” and completing whatever task is on them. For instance, the library may “write a ticket” saying they have a laptop that isn’t working and then either Monica or her underling go over there and try to solve the problem. This is probably 90% of their work. They get tickets from other departments (police, fire, library, City Hall administration, etc) and go solve the problem. In this way, you can see how they spend their time and how many tasks they completed.

Well, as it turns out, while Monica was gone and Mister X was in charge, he was absolutely FLYING through all the tickets. No tickets ever piled up and he was making short work of everything. Mind you, he was doing HIS job AND Monica’s job by himself.

Mister X told me that Monica did NOT like this development at all. She told him point blank to slow down and stop being so fast and efficient (I am paraphrasing here). She told him that she needed the network admin job to look harder and more complex because she wanted to add yet another employee to her “department” (sound familiar??) and that would be hard to do if ONE GUY was currently able to handle all the tickets thrown at him.

Let me repeat that: when Monica took a couple weeks off, the new guy was SO fast and efficient that Monica actually told him to slow it down because (a) it made her look bad and (b) it would hurt her case to Finley that she needed to hire another underling!!!

Now, you may call this hearsay. Maybe Mister X made ALL this up for no reason. Perhaps, but I don’t see why he would. Luckily, I have other evidence of Monica acting in a devious and self-serving way, so it makes me think that Mister X’s story is true as well. If it came down to it, I suppose we could always track down Mister X and get him to admit it again.

Now, why do I think the story is true? (Besides the fact that I have seen the IT Department incompetence for myself?). Because this isn’t the first time Monica pulled a sneaky stunt to serve her own interests. I have actual emails written by Monica during the A/V debacle that show she was trying to HIDE the true cost of the bloated system from City council.

To wit:

New Info Emerges From City Hall Emails – Did City Manager and IT Director Deliberately Keep City Council in the Dark Over Exorbitant Cost of A/V System?

Here are some excerpts:

“Monica Wright SPECIFICALLY discouraged Anelundi from giving any hard numbers during his council presentation on March 13, 2017…going so far as to write in her email: “as far as budget numbers go, we won’t mention that to City Council Monday night” then adding that “the City Manager wants Council to know what all is involved with this project….if they know the capabilities of the A/V system, the components and equipment needed to achieve what we want, hopefully their jaw will not drop when we ask for approval.”

“When the time came in July 2018 to actually go and ask for the ludicrous sum Azbell wanted for this vanity project, Monica appeared to have reservations about the cost again, writing in an email to Anelundi: “I am hoping they just award the contract and move on“

These emails were written by Monica herself. I had to hire a lawyer and make a lot of noise to get them. I’m sure Monica never thought those emails would see the light of day and I’m sure that now that I’m on the scene, they are all a LOT more careful with what they type onto City email servers. But as you can see, the damage is done.

City council: just say NO to Finley’s request for another IT worker. If you REALLY want to improve the department, fire Monica Wright, make Acevedo the IT specialist (no department title) and pay her a little bit more. If something is beyond her abilities, pay TSM to do it.

In other words, the exact same situation we have now but without the $103,000 cost of having Monica Wright sit at her desk all day typing emails and changing printer cartridges.

IT/Communications Nerf Position Not Needed – Part II

So, we’ve already seen that a new “communications” position is a complete waste of money.

But maybe we need a new IT person? Ummm…no. I’ve already spilled a lot of ink on this, but here are the basics:

We ALREADY have two employees (nearly $200,000 in salary and benefits – see page 24) and essentially a third employee: TSM Consulting. TSM has been paid $1,800 a month for at LEAST the last five years to remain “on call” to do network support, even though we have a “network administrator” (Acevedo) whose job description is exactly that.

Month after month – $1,800 retainer to TSM signed by “MW” – Monica Wright

City handbook description of “Network Admin” job held by Acevedo

That $1,800 is just a retainer! When there is actual work to do, the City gets jammed for thousands more for TSM to do the job!

City billed ANOTHER $2,000 for the month of Feb 2016 to do troubleshooting! Of course, the word “troubleshooting” LITERALLY appears in Kristy Acevedo’s job description above.

Hard to believe?? In just the last 18 months, the City has paid TSM Consulting over $64,000! You can download the documents below:

TSM-payments-2020-and-2021 Download

FURTHERMORE, the IT Department had their workload reduced GREATLY less than two years ago! How?

Mere months after our It Department allowed hackers to hold the City’s computers ransom and wreck tens of thousands of dollars of equipment, the police department “coincidentally” decided to take all of their data storage OUT of the hands of Kristy and Monica. In hindsight, probably a wise decision. But it WAS costly. From the Dispatch on 11/5/19 (page 10):

“The council voted unanimously to purchase a cloud-based video storage system for the police department. The police department’s existing video storage server is starting to fail, Montgomery said. He added that if the city bought a new physical server instead of using the cloud-based system, the new server would last only about four years.

The cloud-based system will keep data secure, allow for backups and make video-related work more efficient, Montgomery and Information Technology Director Monica Wright said.

The initial cost of the cloud-based storage system is $7,000. In addition, the per-month storage cost – based on the amount of total data the police department stores now – will be about $270, Montgomery said. Recurring annual costs – including software updates and support — will be $10,620.”

So apparently the City paid seven grand AND a recurring $10,260 (likely to increase 5% per year, if history is any guide) to take those duties AWAY from Monica and Kristy – and hand them over to a more trustworthy third party.

Somebody with a brain clearly realized Monica should not be trusted with important stuff like the police servers. When Monica ruins City Hall equipment, it can be swept under the rug by a pliable City Manager…but if police servers get bungled, very bad things can happen. Like gigantic lawsuits over lost body cam footage and stuff like that.

Either way, the police department is probably one of the biggest, if not THE biggest user of technology in the City. I mean, it sure ain’t the dog pound or the golf course requiring all the server tech! Bottom line? HUGE reduction in duties for the IT Department.

STILL not convinced the IT Department is overstaffed and underworked? OK – one last story to get you there. I have kept this story up my sleeve for over three years, but maybe now is the time to reveal it.

**UPDATE** – The Story of an Underworked IT Department

Here is the gist of what he told me:

#1 – Monica is wildly unqualified. The guy who was Monica’s underling BEFORE Mister X apparently quit because he couldn’t stand the fact that his “boss” didn’t know what she was doing. Apparently he left for a nice career in the private sector. This was about the same time I decided to file Open Records Requests for all of Monica’s certifications. She had none of the certs you would expect for an “IT Department Head”. So there is that. If our IT Department head was more skilled, we likely wouldn’t be hiring TSM and other “consultants” all the time to actually do the work that needs doing.

#2 – Mister X told me that during his time with the City as Monica’s “network admin”, she was forced to take a leave of absence for a couple of weeks. I know this is true because I know the circumstances behind it. So basically, Mister X was left on his own for several weeks AND he was still fairly new too the job.

One of the IT Departments main jobs is “taking tickets” and completing whatever task in on them. For instance, the library may “write a ticket” saying they have a laptop that isn’t working and then either Monica or her underling go over there and try to solve the problem. This is probably 90% of their work. They get tickets from other departments (police, fire, library, City Hall administration, etc) and go solve the problem. In this way, you can see how they spend their time and how many tasks they completed.

Mister X told me that Monica did NOT like this development at all. She told him point blank to slow down and stop being so fast and efficient (I am paraphrasing here). She told him that she needed the network admin job to look harder and more complex because she wanted to add yet another employee to her “department” (sound familiar??) and that would be hard to do if ONE GUY was currently able to handle all the tickets thrown at him.

Now, you may call this hearsay. Maybe Mister X made ALL this up for no reason. Perhaps. I don’t see why he would. But I have other evidence of Monica acting in a devious and self-serving way, so it makes me think that this story is also true. I suppose we could always get her former underling to admit it himself.

Now, why do I think the story is true? (Besides the fact that I have seen the incompetence for myself??). Because this isn’t the first time Monica pulled a sneaky stunt to serve her own interests. I have actual emails written by Monica during the A/V debacle that show she was trying to HIDE the true cost of the bloated system from City council.

To wit:

New Info Emerges From City Hall Emails – Did City Manager and IT Director Deliberately Keep City Council in the Dark Over Exorbitant Cost of A/V System?

Here are some excerpts: