I was going to name this article Part 3 of The Case for Nurse Terese, but things often don’t go as planned, and such is life. And let it be known that Mr. (John) Stephen is still due some acknowledgment for why he is NOT the correct replacement for Ted Gatsas.
With the candidacies of Bob Burns and Ryan Terrell already addressed, a new “has been” has entered the ring: the elderly former Senator Reagan.
Keep in mind that the retiring Ted Gatsas, 73, pointed out that it’s time for the next generation to take over in his announcement, so why replace him with someone older? Many of us have been lectured to, as kids and by people of Senator Reagan’s cohort, about having something nice to say, so I will start with that and get it out of the way. Senator Reagan, 77, was one of the good guys on 5/5/22 when the Senate killed HB 1080. That bill was a vax exemption that had to do with the uniform combining of medical, religious, and conscientious objections to employees being forced to roll up their sleeves. I won’t spend much time going into the details, but it’s all covered in approximately the 10th hour of this YouTube video of the Senate.
In a nutshell, Jeb wanted his beloved CMS money and strong-armed his peers to vote for it. Senator Reagan, one of the five dissenters, retired a month later during filing time, and Howard Pearl now occupies his seat.
Moving on to the heart of the matter, I’ll be that meme guy seated at the ruffled tableclothed cafeteria table in an outdoor Harvard Square-type setting. The caption says whatever it says, followed by “change my mind.” My womanly intuition says that Chris Ager and the 10 Water Street brass recruited Senator Reagan to steal the non-Uniparty vote and I will explain here.
Not only does dissent against the Jeb agenda, as noted earlier, appeal to that voter base, but he also voted for pot. I don’t have the bill number(s) handy, but someone who does is encouraged to put it in the comments if desired. I personally don’t give much bandwidth to pot bill voting records, but I recognize that it’s a hot-button issue that stokes passion among many. There are lots of liberty-minded groups that have a common enemy: the Democrats.
Think of the Dems as Central Powers or Axis Powers if you’re a history buff, depending on what wartime era interests you. Groups like YAL, AFP, FSP, Libertarians, etc., are micro subcultures, to put it respectfully. Senator Reagan, who people should be asking what he’s been doing for the past two years, is the 10 Water Street big fishing net cast upon the aforementioned groups and their “adjacents,” to use enemy camp parlance.
Do NOT fall for the bait. Senator Reagan was also an opponent of Parental Rights and crossed party lines in senate roll calls. Just like I tell the Melanie minions, a voting record is a voting record. She voted for an income tax, and Senator Reagan voted against the 2022 Parental Bill of Rights. The record is there for the looking up, if desired.
In my lay perspective, time is of the essence, so I want to send this public service message to District 4 voters and people with ties to them: Do not fall for Senator Reagan. Let him stay in political retirement and vote for Nurse Terese.