We all know by now that Medicaid expansion in Maine has failed. That means that about 70,000 people in Maine will have to go without federally funded health care which the poor in other states are enjoying.
Well don't blame me because I didn't vote for LePage.
Exploring how Parental Rights are trampled on in the Nanny State of Maine.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Glenburn family upset after 13-year-old girl, older sister turned away from father-daughter dance
Controversy erupted in Glenburn after a 13-year-old girl and her older sister were turned away from the “Butterfly Kisses” father-daughter dance on Friday night.
The squabble has both sides questioning whether the concept of the father-daughter or mother-son dance is exclusionary and outdated in a time when fewer and fewer families have a structure considered “traditional.”
The squabble has both sides questioning whether the concept of the father-daughter or mother-son dance is exclusionary and outdated in a time when fewer and fewer families have a structure considered “traditional.”
Outdated or not, there's nothing wrong with it.
Auburn school, same-sex parents at odds over essay
Sixth-grader’s essay topic about her mothers not picked for group assignment
I have to stick up for the school on this one. Nothing against LGBT's but give it a break. We don't need to have your lifestyle shoved down our kids throats at school.
Ayla Reynolds Final Vigil
The mother of missing Waterville toddler Ayla Reynolds closed a chapter in the story of her daughter's disappearance.
- Final vigil held for missing Maine toddler
- ‘I need to take a break for a while’: Ayla Reynolds’ mother holds final vigil for missing toddler, says she’s stepping away from public view
- A birthday vigil for Ayla Reynolds
- Final vigil held for missing Maine toddler
Police and advocates call for end to child abuse
April is known as National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Police and advocates call for end to child abuse
Police and victims’ advocates explain the costs of child abuse and neglect during a Tuesday gathering at the State House to mark the beginning of Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Bangor man charged with felony assault of 1-year-old
Farmington parents charged with child endangerment
Parents of a young boy face child endangerment charges after several people reported a child under age 5 running down Route 4 on Thursday afternoon.
Man accused of tattooing teens
Berwick police have arrested a man who is accused of tattooing teens and possessing heroin and firearms.
- Man accused of tattooing teens
- Berwick man charged with tattooing underage boys, heroin and weapon possession
Bath man charged with threatening boys at elementary school, says he was defending son
A 34-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after police say he threatened a group of 10-year-old boys at a local elementary school.
Father accused of abusing, using shock collar on children
Ridiculous
- Police: Maine man used shock collar on kids
- Police: Shock collar meant for animals is used on child in Maine
- Police: Maine Man Used Shock Collar on Kids
This is apparently another one of those juicy stories that news reporters love to sink their teeth into.
Some people just shouldn't be parents.
April School News - Maine high school graduation rate increased for fourth straight year in 2013
Finally some good news to share...
- Maine high school graduation rate increased for fourth straight year in 2013
- Maine high school graduation rates
Being a drop out gets you nowhere in this day and age. Unless you're good at kissing ass of course.
School Lunch
School Lunch
So what else is going on with our schools this month? Keep checking back as I'll be updating this post throughout April.
- 6 Maine schools make national list of most challenging high schools
- As one Maine school excels on healthy lunches, others lack equipment to meet new nutritional guidelines
- Portland sixth-graders to watch film, participate in international project
- Saco eighth-grader wins Maine’s geography bee
- Bangor school officials seek to delay implementing new education system
School's Closing
- Monticello
The School Budget Mess
- Bangor
- Fort Kent
- Lewiston
- Portland
Administrator's
School Construction Projects
Opinion
Mainers to join in cloth-diaper-changing world record attempt
Pampers are so much easier to deal with.
- Mainers to join in cloth-diaper-changing world record attempt
- Frugal and practical: Cloth diaper use in Maine increases, follows national trend
- Cloth diapers more then just a money saver
To each her own I guess.
Driving Like An Idiot With The Kids In The Car
24-year-old Cheryl Gibson, a mother from Cornish was arrested this past week for driving either 123, 124 or 127 MPH on the Maine Turnpike in Saco depending on what news report you buy into. I'm not sure which one of these is accurate, but that doesn't matter because according to the police, these kids could have been killed.
So who is claiming what speed? Let's see.
- 123 MPH
- WCSH 6 - Mother charged with criminal speeding, kids in backseat
- Miami Herrald - Trooper: Woman hit 123 mph with kids in backseat
- 124 MPH
- US Top News Today - Maine woman arrested after hitting 124 mph on turnpike with kids
- Kennebec Journal - Maine mom accused of driving 124 mph with children can still drive
- Propaganda Press Herald - Cornish driver arrested for endangering kids
- 127 MPH
- NewsCastic (Whoever they are) - Maine mother stopped for driving 127 mph with 2 kids in car
I doubt that the discrepancy between the news reports will help her in court or in her upcoming child abuse investigation by Maine's Child Protective Services who will always pick the bigger number to make things appear worse.
April Pedo's - Guys who should be beaten while in jail.
Thank Goodness we have Governor Paul LePage looking out for the safety and welfare of our children and keeping us and our children safe from all of these sick and filthy pedophiles out there.
Maine's jails are apparently filling up with these scum bags, many of whom come from respectable positions in society. For example, former Maine State Police chief Andrew Demers is now facing a charge of gross sexual conduct.
I also think that the news media people get off on making you all paranoid. If they had their way you'd be thinking that there are pedophiles everywhere. And they are everywhere.
- Former police chief indicted on new charge
- Former head of state police faces new criminal charge
- Ex-Maine State Police chief indicted in child sex assault
- Former Maine State Police chief faces elevated sex assault charge
Of course the news media around here loves a good juicy story like this. It's how they get the stupid people to buy a newspaper. After all, the normal among us is simply not interested in reading about politics or why our taxes keep going up. It's just not as important as the blood and guts child abuse stories that keep popping up.
I also think that the news media people get off on making you all paranoid. If they had their way you'd be thinking that there are pedophiles everywhere. And they are everywhere.
Anyway it's important to expose these scum bags because they do often take positions where they have easy access to children. The infamous story of a teacher or a coach getting busted for having sex with a student, for example, often pops up...
- Maine teacher, softball coach charged with gross sexual assault
- Waldo tech center instructor charged with sexually assaulting student
and...
You can find the really creepy ones lurking around our schools...
My heart goes out to the victims, and for the pedo's... I hope they like their new jail cells. Here are the one's you'll be reading about in April. I will update this post throughout the month.
- Cameron Starkey
- Maine man admits to sex with girl, 13, police say
- Norridgewock man accused of sexually assaulting teenage girl
- Zachary Garrison
- Dylan Thorner
- Darrell Crosby
- Jefferson Man Arrested for Unlawful Sexual Contact With a Juvenile Relative
- Jefferson man arrested, accused of sexually assaulting young child 8 years ago
- Scott Daigle
- Christopher Graffam
- Benjamin Rossignol
- Arnold Hill
- Nicholas Cheese
- Englishman who photographed sexual assault of 13-year-old in Bangor gets 17 years in federal prison
- Englishman sentenced to 17 years for porn involving Maine girl
- Eric Bard
- Earl Leathers
- Holly Morrison
Don't let these guys near your kids.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
LePage pushes awareness, prevention of child abuse in Maine
This is kind of an oxymoron if you ask me.
Yet he cuts off services to parents that help keep kids safe in the home...
Yet he cuts off services to parents that help keep kids safe in the home...
- Child, family services organization shuts down program in Bangor, Harrington, Saco
- Maine May Shut Down All Inpatient Drug Rehabs
The most cost effective way to keep kids safe is to provide services to the families while they are still in the home. It's also best for the kids.
but he is against that because it requires tax money to be spent on various "welfare programs."
He would much rather spend an additional $4.2 million to keep kids in foster care, while blaming it on a drug abuse epidemic, when really the reason that most kids are removed is because the parents are poor.
This is not saying that there are not cases where children need to be removed from their homes, as there are, but that should be an absolute last resort. Foster care damages the kids. They come out of it all messed up.
- Mercenary motherhood (Article by Mary Callahan who led Maine's child welfare reform efforts under Gov. Baldacci, published in the Los Angeles Times)
This is not saying that there are not cases where children need to be removed from their homes, as there are, but that should be an absolute last resort. Foster care damages the kids. They come out of it all messed up.
- Wabanaki Truth and Reconciliation commissioners set first visit to tribe
- Father of slain baby is accused of murder
He said he and his wife adopted Collins-Faunce in 1997, after the boy had been in six foster homes over the course of five years. Collins-Faunce is now 23.
Police say in court papers that Collins-Faunce was physically and sexually abused while in foster care, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and has been taking medication for it.
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