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Anonymous wrote:How can DC possibly confine such blatant by residency cheaters? And, really, so what if it takes Time, energy and effort to prove your residency? It takes all of the other DC citizens time energy and effort to earn the money they are paying in taxes to provide education to all of these non-DC children. Parents who have their kids in the public school system receive an enormous benefit by having their children educated for free. The idea that they might, in the seemingly worst case scenario, need to collect a bit of documentation, and even take a portion of a day off work, seems perfectly reasonable in terms of an investment in fraud protection. Do people really think that everyone else should squander their hard earned money paying taxes toward something that is wholly unnecessary, paying for the schooling of non-DC kids, because if they don't feel like getting their documentation in order and it showing up to register with their kid if necessary. Are people really that entitled?

Are you really this stupid? Is this really what you believe happens, or are you interning at the daily caller for the price of a metro smart card and it's almost happy hour?

Please explain what I stated that is incorrect. I am a DC taxpayer. Do my taxes not go toward the DC public schools? Is it the right of the DC school system to decide to spend my tax dollars educating non-DC students? Is there any reasonable circumstance that would prohibit someone from providing proof of residence after using minimal to moderate diligence? Please, tell me what I said that was incorrect?

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Not hard to show where you live. Come to my house. I'll show you my messy house, all my clothes, paperwork, ask the neighbors if I live here and so on.
Never seen people put up such a fuss and fight if they are not cheating.

This is how I feel. It's not hard to prove your residency. So report if you know of someone, and they can put to rest any confusion or questions. It shouldn't be a big deal to prove.

Actually, it is hard to prove residency. When I met my husband, he owned the house we lived in and had all the utilities in his name. Though we filed joint taxes as a married couple and my drivers license and registration carried my name and address, it was insufficient for registering my child. Very insufficient. We're three years in to public schooling in DC and each year, the schools we've attended have been hard core about seeing the person whose claiming guardianship and residency IN PERSON when they register a child.

If it's fair to resort to stereotypes - and it seems the "articles" and thousands of DCUM posts on the subject make stereotypes very fair - then I have to believe that the people with means to skirt this system are more likely well-off white people taking advantage of highly-regarded charter schools and DCPS west of the park. Yet these "reporters" couldn't be bothered with JKLM or Creative Minds, where there are certainly affluent white people "scamming our schools." Not to mention principals and parent teacher organizations looking the other way. These people are just not being followed home or having their government documentation researched and posted online.

Show of hands/posts, how many here are irked by their wait list number for Eagle Academy or Ludlow-Taylor?

I mean, if you don't see this sham excuse for journalism as a bigger problem in the interest of our kids, then I'm just frankly worried for our kids. I have resided and paid taxes in the District of Columbia for close to 30 years. But thinking about some nutcase vigilante targeting my kid for "investigation" because he's a brown kid getting out of the car of my MD-residing SIL who sometimes helps with childcare makes my blood boil.

And you go, Oh! If you're following the law you have nothing to worry about. Just answer the questions imposed on you and you're good to go! But the blatant racial bias expressed here and in the articles means I have a hell of a lot to worry about. Some fucking kook stalking kids outside of their school, taking photographs and posting them online? How is it that THAT fact doesn't disturb people?

I play the cards dealt. The racist vigilante stalking my kids outside their school dealt first.

Again - if there's anyone who can post pictures of these lowlifes that I can share with my kid's school, I'll be most grateful. We're longtime DC residents and taxpayers, but I'll be damned if I will accept this kind of harassment. It is far more egregious to me than people trying to do what's best for their kids - all the nonsense about "concerned and involved parents" is obviously a bucket of donkey shit.

Are all dc residents this angry and against stopping fraud?

I'm with this woman. I want to know who Watson and Taylor are. Not that hard to find out.

It has nothing to do with fraud. It has to do with the kind of people who stall children, all in the name of their "cause." Perfectly acceptable, one assumes, to have their own children stalked. After all, I'm sure their parents have done "something" wrong, and if not... why would they mind?

Anonymous wrote:The DC/VA license plate thing is not full blown proof. I have a neighbor who has owned his DC home for 20+ years and he has some sort of Uber/type business with cars registered in VA. Then I have another neighbor who either rents or lives in his father's home and he has MD plates. There are parents who are taxi drivers who drop their kids off.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm also not crying racism. Am more of a wasp than anyone named Rosiak.

But it is not okay to stall children. It is not okay to follow someone who "might" be guilty. The things the daily caller article you wrote listed as "proof" aren't even proof. The woman was at her ex's house at 6am? So? She drove in early to beat traffic. She declared bankruptcy in 1999, and although that means nothing in 2016, it makes her look bad so you threw it in. There's no actual proof in the article. I think you probably just got your own employer sued. I am sure it won't be the last time.

I assume the point about bankruptcy and collections actions was in the article because if you look at the court docket sheets under her name, you'll see her Maryland address is listed in those cases. Try it yourself - http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch//inquiry-index.jsp

Six cases spanning a 15-year period, all brought against her as a defendant in courts in PG County -- such suits are usually brought where the defendant resides.

And if she moved to DC in September, or December, or yesterday, her kids would be entitled to go to DC schools. Period. The end. Your "facts" are as "factual" as the 30k a year that the taxpayers pay for DC children. Not the right number either.

So why wouldn't she tell the reporter that she just signed a lease in DC in December, or yesterday? If I knew a reporter was getting ready to publish something awful and untrue about me, I would either cooperate and show them they were wrong or get a lawyer involved if they really pissed me off. Not complain afterwards that it was unfair.

I'm not her. I'm sure she's getting a lawyer.

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Anonymous wrote:How can DC possibly confine such blatant by residency cheaters? And, really, so what if it takes Time, energy and effort to prove your residency? It takes all of the other DC citizens time energy and effort to earn the money they are paying in taxes to provide education to all of these non-DC children. Parents who have their kids in the public school system receive an enormous benefit by having their children educated for free. The idea that they might, in the seemingly worst case scenario, need to collect a bit of documentation, and even take a portion of a day off work, seems perfectly reasonable in terms of an investment in fraud protection. Do people really think that everyone else should squander their hard earned money paying taxes toward something that is wholly unnecessary, paying for the schooling of non-DC kids, because if they don't feel like getting their documentation in order and it showing up to register with their kid if necessary. Are people really that entitled?

Are you really this stupid? Is this really what you believe happens, or are you interning at the daily caller for the price of a metro smart card and it's almost happy hour?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm also not crying racism. Am more of a wasp than anyone named Rosiak.

But it is not okay to stall children. It is not okay to follow someone who "might" be guilty. The things the daily caller article you wrote listed as "proof" aren't even proof. The woman was at her ex's house at 6am? So? She drove in early to beat traffic. She declared bankruptcy in 1999, and although that means nothing in 2016, it makes her look bad so you threw it in. There's no actual proof in the article. I think you probably just got your own employer sued. I am sure it won't be the last time.

I assume the point about bankruptcy and collections actions was in the article because if you look at the court docket sheets under her name, you'll see her Maryland address is listed in those cases. Try it yourself - http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch//inquiry-index.jsp

Six cases spanning a 15-year period, all brought against her as a defendant in courts in PG County -- such suits are usually brought where the defendant resides.

And if she moved to DC in September, or December, or yesterday, her kids would be entitled to go to DC schools. Period. The end. Your "facts" are as "factual" as the 30k a year that the taxpayers pay for DC children. Not the right number either.

So why wouldn't she tell the reporter that she just signed a lease in DC in December, or yesterday? If I knew a reporter was getting ready to publish something awful and untrue about me, I would either cooperate and show them they were wrong or get a lawyer involved if they really pissed me off. Not complain afterwards that it was unfair.

Anonymous wrote:How can DC possibly confine such blatant by residency cheaters? And, really, so what if it takes Time, energy and effort to prove your residency? It takes all of the other DC citizens time energy and effort to earn the money they are paying in taxes to provide education to all of these non-DC children. Parents who have their kids in the public school system receive an enormous benefit by having their children educated for free. The idea that they might, in the seemingly worst case scenario, need to collect a bit of documentation, and even take a portion of a day off work, seems perfectly reasonable in terms of an investment in fraud protection. Do people really think that everyone else should squander their hard earned money paying taxes toward something that is wholly unnecessary, paying for the schooling of non-DC kids, because if they don't feel like getting their documentation in order and it showing up to register with their kid if necessary. Are people really that entitled?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm also not crying racism. Am more of a wasp than anyone named Rosiak.

But it is not okay to stall children. It is not okay to follow someone who "might" be guilty. The things the daily caller article you wrote listed as "proof" aren't even proof. The woman was at her ex's house at 6am? So? She drove in early to beat traffic. She declared bankruptcy in 1999, and although that means nothing in 2016, it makes her look bad so you threw it in. There's no actual proof in the article. I think you probably just got your own employer sued. I am sure it won't be the last time.

I assume the point about bankruptcy and collections actions was in the article because if you look at the court docket sheets under her name, you'll see her Maryland address is listed in those cases. Try it yourself - http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch//inquiry-index.jsp

Six cases spanning a 15-year period, all brought against her as a defendant in courts in PG County -- such suits are usually brought where the defendant resides.

And if she moved to DC in September, or December, or yesterday, her kids would be entitled to go to DC schools. Period. The end. Your "facts" are as "factual" as the 30k a year that the taxpayers pay for DC children. Not the right number either.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm also not crying racism. Am more of a wasp than anyone named Rosiak.

But it is not okay to stall children. It is not okay to follow someone who "might" be guilty. The things the daily caller article you wrote listed as "proof" aren't even proof. The woman was at her ex's house at 6am? So? She drove in early to beat traffic. She declared bankruptcy in 1999, and although that means nothing in 2016, it makes her look bad so you threw it in. There's no actual proof in the article. I think you probably just got your own employer sued. I am sure it won't be the last time.

I assume the point about bankruptcy and collections actions was in the article because if you look at the court docket sheets under her name, you'll see her Maryland address is listed in those cases. Try it yourself - http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch//inquiry-index.jsp

Six cases spanning a 15-year period, all brought against her as a defendant in courts in PG County -- such suits are usually brought where the defendant resides.

Yes, and the case from 2013 lists her Maryland address. The same address, I believe, where the reporter spotted her car.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm also not crying racism. Am more of a wasp than anyone named Rosiak.

But it is not okay to stall children. It is not okay to follow someone who "might" be guilty. The things the daily caller article you wrote listed as "proof" aren't even proof. The woman was at her ex's house at 6am? So? She drove in early to beat traffic. She declared bankruptcy in 1999, and although that means nothing in 2016, it makes her look bad so you threw it in. There's no actual proof in the article. I think you probably just got your own employer sued. I am sure it won't be the last time.

I assume the point about bankruptcy and collections actions was in the article because if you look at the court docket sheets under her name, you'll see her Maryland address is listed in those cases. Try it yourself - http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch//inquiry-index.jsp

Six cases spanning a 15-year period, all brought against her as a defendant in courts in PG County -- such suits are usually brought where the defendant resides.

And if she moved to DC in September, or December, or yesterday, her kids would be entitled to go to DC schools. Period. The end. Your "facts" are as "factual" as the 30k a year that the taxpayers pay for DC children. Not the right number either.

Always plausible rationales, always excuses. The reporters tracked her home. If she has proof that she's a DC resident, then produce it.