Joe Guzzardi

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In Tennessee, controversial House Bill 793 and SB 836 that allow Tennessee school districts to deny enrollment to illegal alien students have taken another step toward becoming law. The bills would give permission to Tennessee schools to verify that, before enrolling them, children are citizens or have legal immigrant or visa status. Schools could then deny enrollment to the children who cannot prove their status or charge them tuition.

1 week ago | patch.com | Joe Guzzardi

The death knoll for Los Angeles has clearly rung. On April 4, Los Angeles County reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 sexual abuse claims that allegedly occurred in juvenile facilities since 1959, more than 65 years ago. Los Angeles is the County’s seat.

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1 week ago | patch.com | Joe Guzzardi

Last month, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order that called for election integrity, a constitutional right which assures that ballot box irregularities do not dilute Americans’ votes. In his EO, the president noted that “the United States has not adequately enforced federal election requirements that, for example, prohibit States from counting ballots received after Election Day or prohibit non-citizens from registering to vote." The EO mandated proof of citizenship.

1 week ago | patch.com | Joe Guzzardi

On March 17, Major League Baseball celebrated its Opening Day but, alas, not on U.S. soil. In one of its innumerable money grabs, MLB’s first games that counted in the season’s standings have been played in Mexico, Sydney, Tokyo, Seoul, and San Juan. Opening Day was once considered an informal national holiday, hopefully a sunny, spring day to eat peanuts, popcorn and Cracker Jacks while watching great baseball.