Jackson G. Voss

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Jackson G. Voss

Jackson G. Voss

@jacksonvoss

New Orleans Katılım Kasım 2009
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Jackson G. Voss
Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
The shell game is: (1) we have surpluses - we won’t use them to raise teacher pay, we’ll use them to pay for tax cuts instead; (2) we cut taxes, we no longer have surpluses, now we can’t pay for pay raises; (3) we aren’t raising enough revenue, now we must cut public services
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Jackson G. Voss
Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
Important to note, especially when they say this is why they can’t give teachers an actual pay raise post-Amendment 3, that the reason revenues are projected to be down is because the Governor and legislature have been enacting big tax cuts and exemptions for corporations
Melinda Deslatte@MelindaDeslatte

BUDGET: Senate Finance begins this morning with Chairman Glen Womack reminding legislators that the Revenue Estimating Conference has downgraded the state's income projections, which means less money to spend. Background on the forecast changes: parlouisiana.org/wp-content/upl… #lalege

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Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
… for the school districts that they already know would NOT be able to realize sufficient savings to keep pay stable and add $250 a year per employee. The article does a better job explaining this, but this headline is misleading as best here. nola.com/news/education…
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Jackson G. Voss
Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
This was a “allow us to rob Peter-to-pay-Paul situation,” that would have given a $250 raise per teacher and staff member at most - and that’s only if the state’s estimates of savings per school district were fully realized AND the legislature also added additional funding …
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Jackson G. Voss
Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
Sorry, but this is just not true. What the legislature and governor were offering was a hostage situation - dissolve these education trust funds or we’ll cut pay. We all deserve better - cut out the corporate giveaways and give Louisiana teachers and staff an actual pay raise
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Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
@Taniel I think it may be a situation where it’s a little funnier from here in Louisiana (given the specific context of this being about which candidate barely slipped into a runoff in a closed Democratic primary), but absolutely agreed - better to get things right
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Taniel@Taniel·
@jacksonvoss This is actually a major issue with how this convo goes. Most calls that are too early end up working out; that doesn’t mean it was correct to make them when they were made, for the aim media calls are for. Reason AP calls later is certainty, not cause they’re bad at it.
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Taniel@Taniel·
DDHQ has become so relied on at this point, I really hope they’ll see it’s fine (that it’s necessary) to go slower even if it means you occasionally aren’t first. The point here has to be to bring absolute certainty to a count, and that’s not the pattern, and can’t be with rush.
Dj@DjsokeSpeaking

Yeah, being “right” doesn’t make a call good or acceptable, and it’s been an insane pattern of early calls recently Seattle mayor NJ11 primary And now tonight, where the result is currently a 0.08% margin Speed isn’t a substitute for accuracy 🫩

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Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
Bobby Jindal eventually ran off to Iowa and New Hampshire every chance he got, but at least he mostly waited until he got re-elected before he made that a regular thing
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Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
Actually very funny for the Governor of Louisiana to get his butt kicked on a series of constitutional amendments (for the second time) and immediately high-tail it to Greenland in an effort to generate Fox News hits theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…
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Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
@skooks I would agreed with that; imo, as has often been the case, Louisiana serves as both the most obvious illustration and incubator of projects and forces much larger than our state and local politics. Which, for me, is why our state and local responses to are particularly important
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skooks@skooks·
@jacksonvoss Could make a similar argument about the whole country, though. Which suggests a much larger and even more fundamental problem.
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Jackson G. Voss
Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
In my view, the major takeaway for Louisiana electeds from the now consecutive failures to pass constitutional amendments should be that there is a need for a new approach to politics in the state. No more governing from on high and expecting the people hand over more power
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Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
Turns out, disinterest and exhaustion and confusion on the part of the people are not consent for centralizing power and dismantling or rethinking the constitutional order on the fly. Go figure
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Jackson G. Voss
Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
… Nearly half our legislature took office without earning a single vote; our statewide officials were elected in one of the lowest turnout elections in modern state history. And yet everyone pushes ahead as if they earned sweeping mandates while people weren’t paying attention
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Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
For the second time in two spring elections, Louisiana voters have overwhelmingly seen through the constitutional amendment chicanery. It’s time Louisiana give its school teachers and staff real permanent pay raises without the cheap tricks.
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Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss

Personally think it's wrong for the legislature to punish teachers and school staff with a pay cut because they failed to persuade / fool voters into adopting a constitutional amendment that doesn't actually provide those folks a pay raise (for the second time in two years)

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Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
@WinWithJMC I did, and agreed with your assessment - feels like not much this year will be easily comparable (for any number of reasons) to past years. But suppose the same can be said for nearly every election we’ve had so far this decade, for one reason or another
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John Couvillon
John Couvillon@WinWithJMC·
@jacksonvoss You may have seen this already, but I posted this earlier this morning. 2022, with all due respect to Dr Ed, is not an analagous election comparison:
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Jackson G. Voss
Jackson G. Voss@jacksonvoss·
What’s the point of comparison here? As far as I can tell, there was no statewide election in 2022 for people to early vote in before November of that year
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