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The whole PC world is plagued by a lack of good standards. Some of the most frustrating standards problems are hardware-related. For example, what brainiac thought it was a good idea to make the FireWire connectors and USB connectors on motherboards identical? The motherboard manuals are usually careful to point out that if you mix these up, you can damage the motherboard. That's nice, but who made it possible to mix them up in the first place? Dumb.
It's just as troubling to see a continuing lack of good, comprehensive standards among Linux distributions. As with hardware, you can almost always find a way to make something work if you are careful and know what you're doing. But that's no excuse for the lack of standards across distributions, and the few inadequate standards that exist.
Here's what inspired this complaint. If you've been following my columns, you'll know that I've been trying to put together a MythTV box. I followed several how-to pages for installing special drivers for the tuner cards I have tried. Most of the published instructions, including those linked to by some hardware vendors, tell you to place firmware everywhere but the place Ubuntu stores firmware. Ubuntu looks for firmware in the /lib/firmware/<kernel version> directory. Most instructions tell you to put the firmware in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware. One card, the Hauppauge PVR-150/500, wants firmware files in multiple locations, including the /lib/modules/ directory. It uses different filenames depending on the version of the kernel and driver. I've tested three cards so far, and I finally ran out of patience and used a shotgun approach. I put copies of the firmware just about everywhere but my son's sock drawer. All the drivers work now. I have no idea which copies of the firmware files they are finding, but I don't care anymore.
Personally, I like the Ubuntu approach to locating firmware. Ubuntu uses udev, which many agree is superior to hotplug. It lets you install separate versions of firmware based on the version of the kernel.
Some may argue that this differentiation is what open source is all about. If Ubuntu's choice is good enough, other distributions will cream-skim it, and it will become the standard. Fair enough, but wouldn't it be more efficient for customers if the distributors simply agreed on such fundamentals as udev and where to put firmware? At least that way we'd be less likely to run across how-to pages that don't apply to our chosen distribution.
As much as I like this one thing about Ubuntu, Ubuntu is far from perfect when it comes to establishing or observing standards. Try to install a vanilla kernel on Ubuntu and see for yourself. You'll notice that you can no longer mount some disk partitions. Ubuntu, by default, installs and uses a logical volume manager (LVM) and enterprise volume management services (EVMS), one or both of which break how Ubuntu works if you use a vanilla kernel. I managed to fix the mount problem by editing the configuration files for LVM and EVMS to ignore all the drives on my system. The next version of Ubuntu will add ivman, yet another volume manager. I can't wait to find out what I'll have to reconfigure when the new Ubuntu is ready.
Unfortunately, my suggestion that distributors collaborate is utopian and unrealistic. They don't even work as a team in ways that would benefit them most, such as pressuring hardware vendors to preload Linux. When it comes to standards, most distributors aren't even willing to agree on a package format let alone build a package system where you could install a Mandriva RPM in Fedora without running into dependency problems. They can't agree on where to put firmware files or whether EVMS should be part of the basic system.
The best possible solution would be for all major distributors to build on a single base distribution. This was one of the original ideas posed when Linux Standard Base was first formed, but distributors rejected the idea in spite of the fact that it would save them all a lot of duplicated effort. Why are distributors disinclined to agree on a comprehensive standard distribution? Competition. A standard base distribution would lower the barrier of entry for new competing distributions. Put more bluntly, despite all the lip service Linux distributors give to how their commitment to open source and freedom empowers end users, they really do like having a degree of customer lock-in. Their lock-in just isn't as severe, obvious, destructive or effective as Microsoft's lock-in.
Don't get me wrong. I don't want to see the Linux market homogenized so much that distributions start to disappear. I'm glad there are many distributions from which to choose. I would simply like to see them differentiate their distributions at a much higher level, a level that eliminates needless compatibility problems. But I confess that there are times when frustration leads me to the temptation to start a crusade to get everyone to run Debian. What do you think?
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Lunch Bunch: Hot Diggity Dogs
From Big Apple to the Windy City, frankfurters find regional flair at Sonic
With the dog days of summer approaching, what would be a more appropriate trip than a culinary jaunt through American-styled hot dogs at Sonic, thanks to four dogs with a particular regional flair.
First stop — New York City, home of the busy body who knows a thing or two about food.
The New York Dog is a tasty treat. It is served on your standard hot dog bun with spicy mustard, sauerkraut and the pièce de résistance — the grilled onions.
All the flavors work well together, but the caramelized onions put it over the top as far as hot dog flavors go.
Windy City's offering, the Chicago Dog, trails the New York Dog by just a smidge.
The frank from the "Chi" has the most distinct assembling of veggies I've ever had on a hot dog. It starts with a generous coating of relish on the inside of a surprisingly excellent poppy seed bun. The hot dog is topped with what I consider "sports," or peppers that have a similar tang as a banana pepper, but with a little more kick.
The Chicago Dog also tickles the palate with a pickle spear, which adds a good, juicy salt flavor, and a tomato, which eliminates the need for sugary ketchup. Regular mustard tops off the experience, along with a dash of celery salt.
I'll be honest. I didn't pick up on the celery salt, or even know it was there, until I read a description on the Sonic website. So, take that comment with a grain of salt ... er, celery salt, if you must.
When I first bit into the Chicago Dog, I was surprised.
The flavors jumped at me, especially since the combination was something I never have had before on a 100 percent premium beef hot dog. It is a type of dog that entices you to take more bites, thus unlocking the flavors. This is the order for you if you enjoy a small garden on your frankfurter.
The next dog on the menu comes straight to you from Coney Island, N.Y. Sonic's Chili Cheese Coney will be familiar with the eatery's fans since it has been on the menu for a while.
I mean, who doesn't love chili-cheese dogs? Something about it says baseball games and family reunions, especially with a lot of people from the South who have their ideal hot dog created by the time they've graduated from elementary school.
I wish the cheese on the Chili Cheese Coney was a sharp cheddar instead of what I believe to be nacho can cheese. With the right cheese, Sonic could just about put any type of chili on it, and I would be more than satisfied — not to say the chili on this particular hot dog wasn't tasty. It was.
And last but not least is the All-American Dog. We've all had it before. The pickles, the relish, the ketchup and the mustard. For me it's a little ho-hum. Technically, all of these can be made at home, but getting the All-American is like giving up when so many options are staring at you.
Maybe it's just not for me. I can see it being popular, though.
Patrons can't really go wrong with any of the $1.99 hot dogs, but I urge you to spread your wings and give your taste buds a little something to write home about, no matter what part of the country they are in tune with.
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Cumulative validation of bidirectional promoters in the cow genome. A set of confirmed bidirectional promoters from the human RefSeq annotations (Hg18 assembly) was mapped to orthologous positions in the cow genome. If the cow transcript data independently identified a bidirectional promoter at that same location (with ≤ 1,000 bp intergenic distance) these predictions were considered validated (purple bars). Otherwise the predictions were classified as low stringency (i.e., > 1,000 bp). The validation data are additive, accumulating information from the top to bottom of the image (i.e., from RefSeq, high stringency data to EST, high stringency data, respectively). Dark blue and and medium blue bars designate promoters that lack annotation for one or both of the two genes in the pair, respectively. Light blue bars designate gene pairs lacking an ortholog of either gene in the pair.
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Many studies have shown that the average adolescent doesn't get enough sleep, and that can cause physical and mental health issues. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is now recommending middle and high schools delay their class start times to 8:30 a.m. or later.
Dr. Judith Owens is a pediatrician and the lead author of the new AAP policy statement, "School Start Times for Adolescents." She tells Here & Now's Sacha Pfeiffer that evidence suggests early start times contribute to chronic sleep deprivation in teenagers.
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Norman Kammeraad is a West Michigan business owner who chairs the Committee to Restore Michigan's Part-Time Legislature. The group is calling for a two-month legislative session with salaries of $35,000.
If governing nearly 10-million people with a legislature that meets for just two months sounds impossible, take a trip down Interstate 75 and spend some time in the Peach State.
State lawmakers are back to work after a two week break.
Last December, the Michigan Legislature approved a bill that classified the gray wolf as a "game species." The act cleared the way for a debate over whether wolves should be hunted for sport. There are fewer than one-thousand wolves in the state's Upper Peninsula, and groups opposed to a hunting season want to see that population survive. Last week, the group "Keep Michigan Wolves Protected" submitted more than 253,000 signatures to the Michigan Secretary of State in a bid to put the wolf hunting question on the ballot in 2014.
State lawmakers are already sorting through bills introduced on the first day of their new session. They include ones that would boost funding for roads and make public information requests cheaper.
The 97th session of the Legislature opened Wednesday at the state Capitol. The formality of swearing in new lawmakers, choosing leaders, and picking seats played out as protesters picketed outside.
State lawmakers are not likely to move this year on a proposal to let people claim a fetus as a dependent on state taxes.
A number of high-profile bills are on the agenda for the state legislature's "lame duck session" before the end of the year.
State House Republicans are sticking with Jase Bolger.
A plan to change the way Michigan counties appoint public defenders is headed to the state Senate.
Michigan Democrats have not been able to prove House Speaker Jase Bolger and Representative Roy Schmidt broke the law in a party-switch scandal this year. That's according to the state Bureau of Elections.
WKAR's Mark Bashore takes a look at the contest between Andy Schor (D) and Tim Moede (R) in Michigan's 68th House district.
State Representative Bob Genetski will serve no jail time for his drunken driving conviction handed down last month.
The state legislature could soon make it easier and cheaper to file request for public information.
A bill requiring public schools in Michigan to make time to recite the Pledge of Allegiance is on its way to Governor Rick Snyder's desk.
The state Attorney General has stalled a plan to overhaul Michigan's public defense system.
The Michigan Senate has approved a compromise bill that would end state-provided health coverage in retirement for new public school employees and require current workers to pay more for their pensions.
Last summer, Ingham County Register of Deeds Curtis Hertel Jr. threw his support behind a proposal to reform Michigan's foreclosure practices. The measure is an effort to join 23 other states by enacting "judicial" foreclosure in Michigan.
Under the approach, a judge is assigned to personally review the details of all home foreclosures. Advocates say that exposes an often bewildering process to more scrutiny and reduces cases of wrongful foreclosure.
A battle over how Republicans in the Michigan House of Representatives count votes was argued Wednesday before the state Court of Appeals.
State House members held a hearing Wednesday on a federal law requiring states to set up a website to help people buy health insurance. The mandate is part of the Affordable Care Act.
Governor Rick Snyder says local governments in the 11th congressional district should not expect the state to help cover the costs of a special primary to replace Congressman Thad McCotter. The cost is pegged at about $650,000.
Governor Rick Snyder says he hopes Republican lawmakers will act before the end of the summer to create an online place for people to comparison shop for health coverage.
The governor and Republicans in the state House have been at odds over the health care exchanges called for in the federal Affordable Care Act. GOP leaders say they wanted to wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule before acting. Now that the court has upheld the law, Republicans say they still have a lot of questions.
The chair of the Michigan Democratic Party says a prosecutor's report shows his complaint of election law violations deserves another look. Mark Brewer says state House Speaker Jase Bolger and other Republicans used state resources to plot a lawmaker's defection to the GOP and put a fake Democrat on the ballot.
The Legislature's only session day in July was a magnet that drew protesters to Lansing.
Some state lawmakers are already discussing possible changes to Michigan's new fireworks law.
Hearings are supposed to begin this summer on plans to ensure poor defendants get a fair shake in the legal system.
A suburban Detroit mayor says a new ordinance under consideration in his city could challenge state law making powerful fireworks legal in Michigan.
There was a demonstration Tuesday at the state Capitol as abortion rights advocates protested legislation up for a vote this week.
A state House committee has approved a sweeping new set of restrictions and requirements on abortion providers and women who want to end their pregnancies.
More than a dozen Democratic Michigan House members have introduced legislation to repeal the state's "stand your ground" self-defense law after the fatal shooting of Florida teen Trayvon Martin.


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Of course we have to accommodate a visit from the in-laws as well. They want to come the first couple of weeks in Feb. Does this seem like an appropriate time? We're not that close with them and I didn't know if that seemed to soon and if I would be up to having them there then. Any insight for week-long out-of-town visitors would be helpful. Thanks!
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Of course we have to accommodate a visit from the in-laws as well. They want to come the first couple of weeks in Feb. Does this seem like an appropriate time? We're not that close with them and I didn't know if that seemed to soon and if I would be up to having them there then. Any insight for week-long out-of-town visitors would be helpful. Thanks!
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My sister just had her second and she was not shy abt letting everyone know that she wanted 2 weeks to bond with her son before she was bombarded by people. It ended up being longer because the poor thing spent 2 weeks in NICU, but when he got home the same rule applied (except for me and our parents, but we helped around the house).
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Since they're out of town, I would tell them not to book tickets or plan specifically until after the baby comes. Within a week, you'll probably know whether you can handle them staying with you or not and you'll be able to give them more specifics at that point. Tell them you would like to have some semblance of a schedule established so that they'll actually get to see the baby more.
You may want to consider having them get a hotel room and have their own entertainment and transportation if they're not the kind to help around the house or see you bf. They can then come over for 'visiting hours' whenever you and the baby are likely to be up for it. I would def make it clear that you're not planning on cooking for them or bending over backwards to keep them happy, you have other priorities and you'll be neededing your DH to help out as well, so he'll be mostly unavailable to them.
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My family lives out of town, and our policy is that if they come as more than one person right away, they stay in a hotel. They can come over as much as they want, but they can't stay at our house.
We have a small house, and my mom will come for about a week after the baby comes - probably the week after DH goes back to work (he will stay home with me the first week). My mom, sistser and nephew came up the day I had DD and stayed in a hotel. They went grocery shopping for me and helped out a ton, but stayed somewhere else.
In all honesty, if this is your first, consider asking them to stay at a hotel. Not that you don't want them around, just thing will probably go smoother without them around 24/7. You will be crabby, tired, moody, trying to get the hang of being a mommy. The added stress of houseguests is not always necessary!
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I think the timing seems fine. I've found that visitors are the easiest to manage when I know exactly what I need from them am not afraid to communicate what help looks like -- washing dishes, cooking meals, doing the laundry, washing bottles, playing with #1 so that #2 and I could nap, etc.
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Thanks for all the advice. I'm just going to have to lay down some ground rules from the start....or even before tickets are booked. It would be difficult for me to tell them to wait until the baby is born and then book tickets 2-4 weeks before your visit. They are planners!
It depends on a lot of factors, like several ladies have said. We have our master bedroom and living space downstairs and we have 2 big bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. My mom came right away and stayed 3 wks. DHs family live 23 hr drive away, they came about 2 wks later and stayed 2 or 3 wks. So a week overlap when both sides were here.
My mom is a morning person and got up at 5 am to help, and dh's parents are night owls and stayed up til 11 or 12 to help, so we had help almost around the clock. I really struggled with breastfeeding for the first several weeks and I found it difficult to relax and try to get her latched with a room full of company so I ended up bfing in my room which wasn't as comfy. But it was a good trade off for all the help!! And once everyone went to bed I could sit in the living room for the middle of night feedings. So I would evaluate how your house is set up, how private you are if u plan to bf, and how helpful they are.
This time my mom is remarried and a stepmom to a 7 yr old (who lives with them) so I will ask her to only stay the weekend or come when baby is 3 or 4 wks old, she will probably bring the kid with her and he is used to being an only and requires a lot of attention, don't want to deal with that and a newborn :)
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"candidate who was f&cked by corrupted party morons." equals unelectable.
"Ron Paul, close to perfect as one can get," but was unelectable, see your own list for reasons of his unelectablity.
Your list essentially comes down to "he was not one of them so they f&cked him". "They" told us in 2004 that he was unelectable, and they proved it 2 times.
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A small patch hit the PTR servers recently, following the much larger patch from two days ago.
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- These rubies have also had their bonus damage calculations changed, and will now add damage flatly to both the minimum and maximum values on weapons
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- Crafting
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There are many reports right now about missing items or gold from the AH. Blizzard guarantees nothing will be lost.
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The AH issues are being worked on but there's no ETA at this time as to when they'll be resolved. That's all the info we have right now. No one has lost items or gold though, transactions are just being delayed much longer than people are accustomed to.
Fan Creation of the Week: The Cosplay of Anna He
Fan Creation of the Week spotlights this wonderful Wizard cosplay created by Anna He. Blizzard managed to find her and ask her a few questions!
[blizzquote author='Blizzard' blue='http://www.diablofans.com/blizz-tracker/topic/252685-fan-creation-of-the-week-the-cosplay-of-anna-he/' battle='http://us.battle.net//d3/en/blog/8598416']This week's community spotlight showcases Anna He and her incredible Diablo III Wizard cosplay. Anna He was nice enough to answer a few questions regarding her experience with cosplay and the hard work that goes into pulling off a great costume and props. Read on for the full interview, and check out a sampling of photographs of her cosplay process and the final results below!
Q. How long have you been cosplaying?
I have been cosplaying for about 3 years.
Q. What made you decide to cosplay the female Wizard from Diablo III?
I was very unsure when I wanted to create a special cosplay for Pax Prime last year. I love video games, especially those with strong female characters, and had a few options to pick from. But when I saw the wizard concept art, I think I had an epiphany. Being fan of Diablo series, of course I would be the kick ass caster!! Why would I be anything else?!
I also found the background story of the Wizard Li Ming intriguing -- her character, her arrogance, her power, and her beginning are just amazingly developed! It is with this state of mind that I pour my heart into creating every aspect of the costume.
Q. How long did it take you to complete your cosplay?
This cosplay took about 250 hours.
Q. What was the most challenging part of designing and creating your costume and props?
The most challenging part of my cosplay is also the most fun part. The whole back of the costume is nonexistent and totally open for interpretation. So I did research on historical Chinese costumes from the Tang Dynasty, keeping in mind that the front needs to match the back and how does it connect on the side seams, etc.
Q. We know that a lot of time and love goes into creating epic costumes, so what's your favorite detail of your cosplay?
I LOVE LOVE the collar detail on the garment. I spend a few muslin drafts and mock up to get the right shape and fit. I also made two full collars in case I mess one up!
Q. What materials did you use?
I used a bright red crêpe de Chine, a white crepe de Chine with white on white print, a red dragon and phoenix brocade, a black on black chrysanthemum brocade, vinyl leatherettes, 20 yards of handmade gold bias bindings and miles of rayon chainette yarns. I also used foam and jewelry components to make the crown and charms.
Q. How long does it take you to get ready for a photo shoot? What aspect takes the longest?
It takes about 90 minutes. The makeup takes the longest. Even though I already had a few practice runs before the shoot, it still takes great care to execute. And when you know that the photographer also gets down and dirty on his knees and elbows to get the best angle, you also have to give 200%!
Q. What tips and advice do you have for aspiring cosplayers out there, particularly those that are just getting started?
Plan ahead, ask for help, and set achievable goals in short stages! For example, I work full time as a project manager, so it is only in my spare time that I get to work on cosplay projects. I plan way ahead to make sure I have enough time to execute. I started the project planning, gather reference, resources, and how-tos in June to make sure I can finish it by September's Pax Prime convention. After that I set up smaller bi-weekly goals to make sure I am not running behind too much. It is no fun to get burn out on your cosplay, and it is definitely not awesome if everything falls apart at the end. I also ask for help from my friends who undoubtedly are more talented than I am. Their help and assistance also contributes to my cosplay completion.
Thank you so much again for this opportunity to share my cosplay!
You can see more of Anna He's fantastic work on her blog, and you can find out more about her latest updates on her Twitter. You can also check out Bill Hinsee's photography over on DeviantArt, Facebook, and his official website.
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Please help: Friend's business shut down by dshs over his CCP in WA state.
Bear with me folks,
this is a long story.
I would summarize it, but I think the whole story should be read.
What I am hoping for here is actual help. Well wishes are nice too! Random comments from the peanut gallery...well, they are to be expected, but do us no good.
He is contacting the NRA and several other organizations for legal help, but I thought a post here might generate some more suggestions, ideas, and perhaps resources.
Please help if you can, this is a terrible injustice!
My story of a summer month.
Spencer Lowell
on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 9:08pm
My name is Spencer Lowell. Im 28 years old. Ive grew up in and lived in Spokane for most of my life. After spending 6 years, working and going to University in Bellingham, WA, I returned to Spokane with my Bachelors degree in Business Administration. In my spare time I love snow skiing in the winter, going to live music concerts, and spending time at the family lake cabin in Christina Lake, BC. Im also an amateur artist, pioneering the art of Solar Pyrography, where I burn images into wood with magnifying glasses in the sun. Youll sometimes see me at parks demonstrating my artwork for the public, and usually a gaggle of excited kids clustered around the extra lenses and wood boards I bring for them so they can try it out. Ive been back in Eastern Washington for the past three and half years to start up an Adult Family Home (AFH) in Spokane Valley with my father. We named our AFH Valley Pines Retirement Home and have been in business since July of 2008. For those three years, I have served as both a night time caregiver for my elderly residents 3-4 nights a week, and also serve as the Business Operations Manager where I administer to all the business aspects of running a small business. With the economic downturn, it hasnt been easy at times, but we still make do. We care for 6 elderly residents, and employ 4 people from our local community.
Its unbelievable to me how I find myself in the situation that I am in. I feel that if I can just shine light on how everything happened in one complete story, that no reasonable person with common sense could think that we are bad people deserving of what has been done to us. The many events that have occurred over the past month have finally resulted in our AFH license being revoked by the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). At this time I am disbarred from setting foot on the premises. All of employees will be let go, and our six elderly residents will be evicted in less than 30 days. It's a long, sordid, and dastardly tale. Chock full of petty friendship squabbles, revenge, lies, manufactured evidence, an alleged marijuana grow operation, crooked cops, a vindictive child protective service agent, powerful government bureaucrats run amok, people's jobs lost, elderly people facing eviction from their home, and at the center of it all, is a law abiding man and his gun.
On August 17th, I was out doing some shopping at the hardware store to pick up some home improvement supplies for our retirement home, as we recently completed a renovation to our caregivers bedroom at our AFH. I received a call from my very frantic mother, Michelle Lowell, who operates a child day care, and has been a child care provider for over 25 years. She operates her child care center out of her home at 1623 S. Pines Rd. in Spokane, WA. Her business name is All Saints Child Care. My mother was very distraught, as her day care was in the process of being raided by Child Protective Service agent Ron Stewart, two plain clothes sheriffs deputies (Tammy Spitzer, and a male deputy as well, though we do not recollect his name), my mothers DSHS licensor Karen Cole, and a supervisory uniformed sheriff with the last name Martin. We are unable to obtain the male deputies name, or Sheriff Martins full name, as this information is contained within
Police Report # 11-255704,
and we have been informed that to get a copy of this report from the Spokane Public Safety Building will take 60-90 days because there are currently over 1,600 people in line to obtain copies of police reports. Naturally, our business will be long closed down in this time span.
My mothers child day care was being raided because an individual by the name of Stephanie Brough Williams phoned in a complaint to DSHS that my mother had been operating a marijuana growing operation at her child day care. If you were to know my mother as I do, you would probably think of this accusation as one of the most ridiculous notions youve ever heard too. Stephanie had even gone to the trouble to procure pictures that allegedly had been taken at my mothers house of marijuana plants. I was able to briefly see some of these falsified pictures (which were large color computer printouts on plain paper) while the licensors and Sheriff were attempting to figure out where the pictures might have been taken on the property. All of the pictures I noticed were closely cropped, and showed no surroundings around the marijuana plants, or any features of my moms property. I suspect they were probably just stock photos obtained by Google image searching marijuana plant. They quickly noticed I was looking over their shoulders at the pictures and ordered me to stop eavesdropping on what they were doing. As we later discovered, Stephanie apparently was upset at my mothers good friend Debbie Moheit for reasons I dont know. Apparently knowing my mother was good friends with Debbie, Stephanie called in the false complaint to DSHS in order to exact revenge upon Debbie, by hurting my mothers business.
On the phone, my mother requested I come over to her house right away, as she was very scared at the time, and wanted my help to witness the activities of the CPS agent, licensors, and deputies who wanted my mother to consent to a search of her property because the deputies did not have a warrant. In our similar industries of child care and elder care, we have a very low trust for DSHS licensors, as they will frequently try to give citations or close your business for reasons that are not supported by Washington State law, but instead rely on their own opinions and feelings.
Upon arriving at All Saints Child Care, I noticed the two plain clothes deputies outside the front door. I briefly asked them if they had a warrant. After they confirmed they did not have a warrant I went inside and met my mother downstairs in the childrens main play area who was with Ron Stewart (CPS agent) at the time. Maintaining a calm, non-hostile demeanor, I advised my mother not to consent to a police search, but to instead allow the CPS agent and DSHS licensors to conduct their search, which they are legally allowed to do any time they wish at your place of business. I stayed downstairs and quietly observed Ron Stewart and his interactions with the children. It was distressing to me to hear the children innocently ask Ron, Is Shelly (my mother) going to go to jail? while the CPS agent was questioning the childrent. After 15-20 minutes with the children, Ron went back upstairs to speak with the DSHS licensors (including Karen Cole), who had just arrived.
I quietly followed Ron outside, where I was met by the two plain clothes deputies. While separated from me, my mother had been pressured, and consented for her home to be searched by law enforcement, which was immediately commenced. My intention was to follow whatever licensors my mother requested of me, so that I could be a witness to their activities, while my mother accompanied the uniformed Sheriff Martin in the search.
However, once outside, I was confronted by the plain clothes deputies Tammy Spitzer and the accompanying male deputy. Tammy immediately began to interrogate me, in what I perceived as a hostile manner. I felt like Tammy had an agenda, and did not have my best interests at heart, so I provided my first and last name, but told her I was uncomfortable answering any other questions under the circumstances. She began to ask where I lived, where I worked, what my phone number and middle name was. I pointed out that I did not have to answer her questions because of the 5th amendment, and pointed out that she did not have a warrant to detain me at my mothers house.
I remained very cordial throughout the confrontation, but Tammy became increasingly hostile toward me. She threatened that if I did not give her my drivers license, she would arrest me for obstructing an official investigation and take me to jail. At this point, because they were in plain clothes, I asked for their law enforcement identification. Tammy held up her deputys license, which was EXPIRED. She hastily acknowledged that it was indeed expired, but tried to explain that she just hadnt gotten it renewed, and that she was an undercover cop which she seemed to believe justified her expired deputys license. Not being a lawyer, I did not pursue this point further. I again pointed out that I have the right not to answer questions, and that they did not have a warrant. Upon citing the 4th and 5th amendments, I was repaid with greater threats and hostility. Not knowing the finer points of law, and in fear of the threats to take me to jail, I gave them my drivers license.
They copied all of the information on my drivers license, and began to run my name through their computers. First, they looked up my criminal record, which is clean. Ron Stewart, the CPS agent had discovered that I worked at an Adult Family Home while he was with my mother, and joined the deputies while they were copying my information. Ron asked for, and the deputies gave him all the information that was on my drivers license. Ron also wanted the deputies to tell him which AFH I worked at, which I flatly refused to answer because I had the feeling like Ron was trying to find out where I worked so that he could take vindictive action against me for advising my mom not to consent to let law enforcement conduct a search of her home. I decided then that I would just leave the deputies and go back inside to assist my mom with supervising the licensors like I was asked to do.
As I was about to walk back into my mothers home, Tammy shouted out for them to stop me, as she had just found out (by running my information in their computers) that I was a concealed carry permit holder. At this point they became very nervous, and detained me from going anywhere. They kept their distance from me, but ordered me to sit in a patio chair and not put my hands anywhere near my pockets. I was then interrogated on whether I had a firearm in my car, which I answered no. Then they asked me if I was carrying a firearm on my person. I was very apprehensive of their hostile manner, and I told them that I was indeed carrying my Concealed Carry Pistol (CCP). While I was detained on the patio chair as I had been ordered to do, the male deputy informed me that if my hands got too close to my pockets that I would be shot.
At this point I was speechless at what was happening, and frightened. After a few minutes of the deputies watching me while making phone calls on their cell phones about me, I offered to decrease the tension, as I did not want to be shot by the deputies as they threatened to do. They had not tried to disarm me at this point, despite detaining me. I told them that they were obviously very uncomfortable with the fact that I had a CCP, and that they were detaining me from helping my mother because I had a CCP, so being the good person I am, I offered for them to hold my CCP so that I could be allowed to go back inside, as long as they PROMISED to give my CCP back to me at the conclusion of our interaction. Both Tammy and the male deputy agreed.
I stood up out of the patio chair, turned my back to them and told them my CCP was in my back right pocket inside a pocket holster and invited them to reach into my pocket to extract my CCP. I told them I I did not want to reach for it myself, as they had already threatened to shoot me if my hands got near my pockets. While my back was turned, they came up behind me, but instead of just extracting my CCP, they restrained my hands, took away my cell phone (which had been recording the incident stealthily) made me spread my legs, and then proceeded to give me a very invasive search, including groping my genitals through my shorts. I was scared and speechless about what was happening to me at this point and offered no resistance or complaint. After the search, they removed my CCP, spare magazine, and my Leatherman multi tool, and then ordered me to sit in the patio chair again and not move. I was suddenly surprised to see the deputy removing my CCP from its pocket holster, which I did not expect them to do. I immediately asked them to Please be very careful as they were probably not familiar with my Smith and Wesson Bodyguard 380, and told him that I keep my CCP chambered and hot. He snapped at me to Shut up and that he didnt want to hear me talk anymore. He removed the magazine, un-chambered the single round from my CCP and spread it all out on the patio table.
Since I had been disarmed now, I stood up to go inside, upon which they stopped me again. I pointed out that they had disarmed me, and had agreed to let me go help my mother after they had done so. They reneged on their agreement and continued to detain me on the patio chair outside. It was obvious they were not going to let me back into the house at this point, and they said I could have another gun inside my mothers house, which was their reasoning for my continued detainment. I was obviously not going to be able to help my mother any further.
We were informed that the search had then been completed, and no marijuana grow operation had been found. However the licensors, CPS agent and sheriffs deputies remained for a couple more hours after I was able to leave to continue with their investigation. With my mother having been vindicated, I then asked if I was free to leave the property completely, upon which the deputies agreed to let me leave. I asked for my CCP to be returned to me, as they had agreed to do in good faith, and they refused, despite the fact that they had already cleared my mother of wrongdoing. They informed me that they would have to confiscate the CCP and take it to the police station. I politely refused to leave without my CCP, so I sat back down. Tammy went off to the back of the house, and the male plain clothes deputy stayed with me to watch me. I realized I was going to have to convince the deputy to return my CCP, so I had a 20-30 minute conversation aimed at showing the deputy that I was a good person, that I was law abiding, talked with him about my philosophy of carrying a concealed pistol, and my philosophy about the use of lethal force for defense. I also told him the story of my having survived a home invasion 20 months earlier because I had my CCP on me inside my home. I told him how I drew my pistol on the perpetrators, but never had to fire my weapon because they ultimately left without attacking me, and related how relieved I was that I did not have to discharge my firearm, even on violent men inside my own home.
During our conversation, Tammy briefly returned to where I was talking with the male deputy. Ron, the CPS agent came out the front door, and looked very anxiously at my CCP and ammunition laid out on the patio table in plain view. He made a remark to Tammy about my CCP. I was horrified to hear Tammy tell Ron that I had been armed the whole time I was with him, and that I could have shot everyone up inside. Ron was also was very distressed that I had an extra magazine of ammunition.
After our conversation, the male deputy was more at ease, and agreed that I could leave with my CCP, but would personally place the unloaded pistol in the trunk of my car so I could not get to it before leaving. He also ordered me not to return to my mothers house for the rest of the day. I later found that he had kept one of my defensive hollow point rounds, and never returned it to me. After he had locked my CCP in my trunk, they allowed me to leave the property.
But it didnt end there.
Later that night, despite my mother having been exonerated of all the accusations of growing marijuana at her day care, Ron Stewart called her at her home, and inferred that he would make her life difficult if she did not divulge what Adult Family Home I worked at. My mother, afraid of what the CPS agent might do to her, told Ron where I worked.
It was two days later, after what I assume to be a complaint filed by Ron Stewart to my DSHS licensors about me, that Sylvia Shauvin (DSHS Complaint Investigator) raided my AFH in the company of two law enforcement officers. I do not positively know that Ron Stewart filed the complaint, because DSHS will not share any information about who filed the complaint, what Ive been accused of, or how I was portrayed by the accuser. It seems obvious that it was Ron Stewart though given his phone call to my mom two days prior, and his behavior at my mothers house on the 17th.
Elder care DSHS licensors are a separate department from child care DSHS licensors. I was not at the retirement home at the time, so I heard that the police who came to the door and asked for me left almost immediately upon finding I was not there. Sylvia then came in to conduct her investigation. My father James Lowell, is the provider/owner of the AFH, and came down to meet at the home with Sylvia. James felt good about the meeting, and showed the DSHS licensor the locked cabinet that I built myself inside the caregivers bedroom where I store my firearm when I am not carrying it at work. The only WAC (Washington Administrative Code) that pertains to firearms in adult family homes simply states that, Keep all firearms locked and accessible only to authorized persons. This is why I built a locking gun cupboard three years ago before I started carrying a CCP, and because I would never leave a gun unlocked when not on my person at work simply for safety reasons. We expected the investigation to end at that time, since the licensors plainly saw our locking gun cabinet, putting us in compliance with the law.
But it didnt end there.
I started hearing from my employees that Sylvia had been calling them, expanding her investigation to include questions about what kinds firearms I had
at my personal residence, whether I kept them loaded or not at my personal residence, which of them I bring to work, whether I show my firearms to my elderly residents, and other questions about my personal life outside of work.
Sylvia (I suspect) even had my mothers DSHS licensor Karen Cole call my mother and ask these same invasive questions that should be far outside the scope of their investigation. My mother refused to answer Karens question about the kinds and types of firearms I own. Sylvia called me a few days later. I remained very cordial, and even apologetic, and stated that I did not feel comfortable answering her questions over the phone due to the types of questions about my personal life she was now asking. I cordially offered to meet her in person to answer some questions so that I could record the conversation for my protection, and because I was considering some type of legal action. Before I could explain to Sylvia that the legal action I was talking about was intended for the deputies that had detained me at my mothers home and their reprehensible behavior that day, Sylvia quickly said she had to talk to her supervisor and hung up.
During the next day or two, I had drafted an email to send to Sylvia to request a copy of the complaint filed against me, as I still had no confirmation of what I was being accused of, only suspicions. I heard that if I asked specifically for a full and timely disclosure in writing, that DSHS would be required to give me a copy of the complaint filed or face some sort of fine if they did not furnish it to me within 5 days. This request was all for the purpose of filing a complaint against Ron Stewart, and the deputies that accosted me on the 17th. I have attached a copy of my request to this deposition.
Sylvia and DSHS never responded to my full and timely disclosure request. They did however call my father, James Lowell, and told him of the request, read it to him, told him that they were going to start involving upper management at DSHS, and threatened to revoke our license unless we met in person for questioning. Meeting in person was exactly what I had wanted to do all along, and I had already requested it specifically to Sylvia, so I readily agreed when my father proposed a date and time, though I set the expectation to my father that I would not answer any questions regarding firearms I own and keep inside my personal residence to the DSHS investigators.
We met at the adult family home, however, the DSHS investigatos (Sylvia, and her supervisor whos name I dont have) would not exit their vehicle to meet with us until police arrived 15 minutes later to escort them while they were in my presence, a sign that they believed I was a very dangerous person. Two Spokane Valley police officers arrived, and escorted us into the AFH. The Spokane Valley Police officers were very cordial. At this time, I started recording everything on my camera phone for my own protection. We briefly stopped inside so that the investigators could again see my locking gun cabinet where I store my firearms when Im not carrying. They did not ask me to unlock and open the gun cabinet where my home defense shotgun was currently stored, for which I am grateful, as a home defense shotgun can appear very intimidating to those who are gun shy or are in-experienced with firearms. They would not remark on anything to show what they might have been thinking, just took some notes and thanked us for showing the locking gun cabinet.
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So that the police presence would not disturb residents or guests, we had our meeting out on the patio, while the police officers stood out in the back yard to supervise. I was asked if I had a weapon on me at that time, and I told them I didn't, as I had just driven into town from a vacation weekend at our family lake cabin at Christina Lake, BC. Normally I carry every time I'm out of my home, but because I can't carry in Canada, I did not have my CCP that day.
The meeting was very cordial; the DSHS investigators were also very cordial and non-hostile. They had also dropped all of their questions they had been calling my family members and employees about my personal firearms that I own and keep in my personal residence. Mostly their questions were about why we find it necessary to carry a firearm at work, and what firearms I have brought to work. I also keep a home defense shotgun, loaded with bean bag rounds, permanently stored at the adult family home (up until now) locked in my gun cabinet. When asked what made it a "home defense" shotgun, and how it was different than a hunting shotgun. I explained that it had a longer magazine tube, a door breaching choke, a pistol grip with extendable but stock, and a flashlight attached to the front for proper identification of targets. In their documentation, they refer to it as a "modified" shotgun. Every feature on my shotgun is store bought and completely legal. It does however look incredibly intimidating. My philosophy about a home defense firearm, is that the more "intimidating" it looks, the less chance you'll ever have to use it, because you stand a better chance of scaring away an attacker without having to discharge your weapon.
After 30 minutes or so, the police asked if they could leave, and the investigators said they were fine and gave them permission to leave. My father and I were very relieved after the 40 minute meeting. The meeting went well, and we had believed that we expressed our views on firearms, and answered the investigators questions to their satisfaction. Despite our having complied with the firearms laws, my father further offered the DSHS investigators to adopt a no firearms policy in the AFH, as long as we could substitute the firearm with a Taser and pepper spray. The investigators said they would consider the offer. We expected the matter to be closed soon. I also have a full recording of this meeting.
But it didn't end there.
Over the next week, Sylvia made a couple of calls to Tracy Michelbook, our resident care manager to get copies of our resident's care plans. We are accustomed to requests for our residents care plans by DSHS during every normal inspection by our licensors, and thought nothing of it. Little did we know, that they were collecting the information because they were planning to revoke our AFH License.
On September 13th, my father received the notice, and was called down to the DSHS office to be informed our adult family home was being shut down, and that I was no longer permitted to enter the facility, presumably because they have decided that I'm a danger to the residents, and that James Lowell was not fit to be a provider because he knowingly allowed me to carry a concealed firearm while at work caring for elderly residents.
That is the story. I have recordings on my cell phone of the encounter with the deputies in August, as well as recordings of the meeting with the DSHS investigators. I'm grateful that I have the recordings of the interactions, because the deputies, DSHS personnel, and the CPS agent Ron Stewart are painting me as a belligerent, un-cooperative, and dangerous person who owns a gun. The recordings plainly show I am non-hostile, non-belligerent, and quite cordial to everyone, despite how they were treating me. I reviewed the recording of the meetings, and I can't understand how anyone of sound reasoning and common sense could possibly be doing the things they are doing to me, or to my employees, and to my residents. I never thought it could happen to me. That regardless of my responsible gun ownership, clean criminal record, that I've been carrying a CCP at work for 3 years incident free, and that I am among the 2% of the gun owning population that takes formal firearm training classes (I have over 100 hours of pistol and home defense shotgun safety and defense training from Ed Santos at Center Target Sports in Post Falls, ID) I have been labeled a villain. A criminal. My business has been shut down. My employees will lose their jobs. My elderly residents will be evicted from their home. My livelihood is in jeopardy. Since I've been disbarred from the AFH, it is doubtful that DSHS will ever allow me to work in the elder care industry again, and permanently label me as a dangerous person in my DSHS background check if I ever tried to seek employment related to elder care, child care, or any health industry DSHS oversees in their regulatory duty.
I tried looking into legal help from an attorney, and quickly discovered how many thousands of dollars it would cost for me to access the law in any useful way. I'm not a rich person. I pay my bills like any other citizen. I have a small and modest home I bought last December, but I'm proud of it, as it is my first home I've ever owned. But the cost of accessing the law for an average man like me is just too great. So I can only hope that I can find help wherever I can.
I hope my story will be read by many. I hope my story will reverse all of the awful things that have been done to me, my employees, my mother, my elderly residents and to liberty this past month. If not, America is not the bastion of freedom that I thought it was, and our bill of rights in the constitution is nothing but hollow words written in some old document that no one cares about anymore. I can barely write this paragraph without breaking down and crying.
In closing, I'd like to quote some words that I still remember from childhood.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. These words were spoken as wisdom, and warning. The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we are all damaged." ~Captain Jean-Luc Picard
God bless you and yours,
Spencer Lowell
Note: I, the poster of this thread am a friend of Spencer Lowell, I am not him.
PLEASE, help if you can! these bureaucrats and gun grabbing cops are out for blood. I have known this man for years, and I vouch for him. He is not dangerous (unless you are trying to kill him with a lethal weapon!)
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Good lord man your friend was detained because he wouldn't shut the crap up.
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uh, Get a lawyer? Sorry, can't offer any more advice than that.
If it's as you say, it sounds pretty rotten. However, in these types of things, I generally find that the truth is somewhere in the middle, rather than coming down 100% on the police's side, or 100% on the complainants side.
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Good lord man your friend was detained because he wouldn't shut the crap up.
As I said comments from the peanut gallery are not helpful.
You familiar with the right to free speech? He doesn't have to shut up, he can protect his family from an unlawful search with his words all he wants.
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uh, Get a lawyer? Sorry, can't offer any more advice than that.
If it's as you say, it sounds pretty rotten. However, in these types of things, I generally find that the truth is somewhere in the middle, rather than coming down 100% on the police's side, or 100% on the complainants side.
Thanks Indy, he's got one lawyer and is hunting for more, it's a matter of funds on that front.
I do agree, it usually is somewhere in the middle, and cops generally do perceive people who are well educated in the law and resistant to an investigation as a threat. I understand why some cops see things this way.
Please do note, he recorded audio of the incident, so I am sure it will eventually vindicate him, (or not.) I haven't heard the audio.
What we are hunting for is someone like the A.C.L.U. who would take this case on for free to battle the possible corruption in these state agencies if indeed it is warranted. While the A.C.L.U. HAS taken on several gun related rights issues, they may not be the first choice for obvious reasons.
I appreciate the replies, please keep them coming folks.
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Several years ago, I took a former employer to the Labor Board for refusing to pay me what he owed me. I prevailed & received a judgement plus interest. However, the first three hearings were canceled & rescheduled because I was told "they were unable to find a police officer to attend the meeting with us." I asked why that would be necessary. They explained, "Your employer said they're afraid of you because you own guns and
are an armed robber."
Ha ha, good one - a convicted felon & gun owner. (Apparently, just saying "I own guns" wasn't enough to get a cop to attend the meeting, so they just added the armed robber bit to make the situation more desperate). What they really wanted was to keep delaying the hearing to frustrate me & hope I'd just drop it. Didn't work; it just made me more determined.
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Is there a question in all this? "Please help" doesn't make the grade on that. What, specifically, are you asking for help on?
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From the peanut gallery, But as was said his trouble stems from his inability to keep his mouth shut. He should have left the area not get in a pissing contest with the officers. This is usually an unwinable situation. He may win in the end but it is now going to come at a high cost. As no marijuana was found there is a very good chance that it would have ended right there but his interference with the police doing their job was the cause of his problems.
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Your friend dug his own hole. So many thoughts come to my mind:
1. Spokane, WA is a bastion of gun hating liberals. How did your friend expect CPS, DSHS or the LEOs to behave?
2. He carried a concealed firearm to an active day care center; never a good idea even if it's his mother's home. Children were still present.
3. As soon as he knew Sheriff's deputies were at the scene, he should have unloaded his firearm and placed it in the trunk of his car.
4. As soon as he felt the deputies were not behaving professionally, he should have requested a supervisor--especially after determining the credentials of one of the deputies was expired.
5. Your friend erred greatly when he interjected himself into the situation. Let the DSHS/CPS folks look around. They find no MJ, the allegation is deemed unsubstantiated and everyone's happy.
6. Nothing good ever comes from pissing off DSHS or CPS. Their investigatory standards are pretty lax. All they need is suspicion and they will gnaw on that like a dog with a bone.
7. I'm surprised that the Washington Administrative Code allows for firearms in elder care facilities.
8. No one has the right to run a day care or a elder care facility. If DSHS even suspects that something is amiss, they will find any reason to shut you down. (Look! Cockroach dropping on the kitchen floor! Unsanitary!!)
9. To describe a shot gun as a "home defense" shot gun does beg the question as to how it would differ from a hunting shot gun. It would have been better described as a standard shot gun purchased for home protection. Just because you and I know what we are talking about doesn't mean that others will. Communication requires that we use terms and language the other person will understand through the filter of their own biases.
10. Your friend owns a business and doesn't have a lawyer on retainer already? Amazing. In our litigious society, an on-going relationship with a good industry-specific lawyer is a must; especially one who already knows how to deal with DSHS. As to money, that's the cost of doing business.
Hope it turns out well for your friend, but it all could have been avoided.
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Those who insist on skating on thin ice may or may not get a cold bath. In this case, he should have stayed away from the thin stuff. If he has the money, he may come out on top. Hopefully he will come out on top. Given where this happened, he'd probably best be prepared for not coming out on top.
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LoadToda: valid points in there. Can't say I agree with all of them, but some are spot on. To clarify, the business belongs to his family. I appreciate that one of the first comments states he should have just shut up, and I hope that folks commenting after that are basing their opinion on what they read.
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Sam Spade: Suggestions on who to go to for legal help. The NRA is first on the list. I was hoping someone else might have some ideas.
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Sam Spade: Suggestions on who to go to for legal help. The NRA is first on the list. I was hoping someone else might have some ideas.
Armed Citizens Network, which has a strong presence in Seattle. They probably won't help themselves (more oriented to self-defense issues) but they'll be tied to local people who can.
And to the side: tell him that carrying bean bags in a home defense shotgun is moronic.
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Critics say districts would simply eliminate valuable programs for groups of student populations that categorical status is meant to protect. The state has some 50 programs that range from classroom size reduction to career-technical.
"We like a lot of these earmarked reasons. They serve a diverse educational need," said Jeffery Freitas, secretary-treasurer of the California Federation of Teachers.
Freitas said the teachers union was heartened that Brown emphasized designating money to keep K-3 classes to a maximum of 24 pupils, although he noted that is still a large number of students and districts are not mandated to use the funds for that purpose.
Huff said he liked the idea of more local control, but would like to see more accountability if school districts were going to have more control over funds.
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