Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Living in Italy Tested Us. Why our Abruzzo Stone Home Sat for a Year

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttM9BWk8pIM

Election Day Voting Guide -- Irving ISD Bond Election

 Irving ISD just had a bond proposal a few years ago and is $1.1 billion in debt. These bond proposals would add $1.5 billion more debt, ballooning its total debt to a huge $2.6 billion: https://irvingherald.com/.../behind-the-bonds-a-cabal-of...

The bonds are pushed by WRA Architects, who were hired as consultants to push the bond election through: https://irvingherald.com/.../irving-isd-hiding-bond...
Irving ISD has not kept up with the maintenance on their buildings, choosing to spend the money on high salaries instead: https://irvingherald.com/.../the-context-for-the-irving...
The "education cartel" of contractors does this all over the state. It's the reason property taxes are so high: https://youtu.be/9DfGCI_Ox8s
High property taxes make life unaffordable for working people and hurt the ability of young people to make a start with their lives. Seniors unaffected by increases are only passing along the costs to young working people. The shameful advertising campaign that promotes the bonds to seniors creates a moral hazard: https://irvingherald.com/.../the-context-for-the-irving...
The "Vote for ISD Kids" campaign is funded by the big contractors who stand to benefit from the building projects: https://irvingherald.com/.../behind-the-bonds-a-cabal-of...
The gigantic new schools the contractors push to build to enrich themselves actually make neighborhoods worse in the eyes of residents: https://irvingherald.com/.../negative-impact-of-big-bond...
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Anthropic Isn't Just a Company, It's a Payoff

 https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/why-anthropics-filing-crushed-tech