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Immediately after making the most of a traditional St. Patrick’s Day lunch of corned beef and cabbage, contemporary new potatoes and tossed garden salad, Medeiros was launched to far more than 40 people today at the Fraternal Corridor in Hanford.

The team bundled Kings County Superintendent of Educational institutions Todd Barlow, Hanford Town Council member and Vice-mayor Diane Sharp and Sgt. Nate Ferrier, community details officer of the Kings County Sheriff’s office.

“I did not consider the way [Valadao] was voting represented our persons,” reported Medeiros, who speaks fluent Portuguese. “I do not imagine he represents the Central Valley.”

Medeiros took problem with the congressman’s alternatives in supporting Democrats on immigration laws.

“I think [Valadao] works also much with Democrats who don’t feel in what his constituents believe,” he claimed.

Medeiros reported he considers Valadao a good friend. In reality, he experienced been chopping the congressman’s hair for the earlier 15 several years — right until Valadao voted to impeach Trump.

Married for just about four many years and the father of three grown little ones, Medeiros spoke fondly of his wife Amy, whom he met in elegance school.

Medeiros, who immigrated to the Central Valley from the Azores when he was 2 several years outdated, is of Portuguese descent.

“A ton of individuals immigrated in the ’60s,” he explained of the family’s relocation to the United States. “I have 6 siblings. My father would tell the tale, ‘At moments we had to make your mind up which adult did not try to eat so we could feed the children.'”

The son of a dairy-farm worker who milked cows for a dwelling, Medeiros reported the family moved to California to obtain function.

“My dad’s complete philosophy was, ‘We’re not in this article to just take anything at all. We are below to function hard,'” Medeiros reported, adding that his father refused to settle for welfare added benefits.

“I’m a hairdresser,” he claimed. “I grew up milking cows and I started out hairdressing out of superior school. I’ve owned my very own business for the past 40 years. I am nevertheless undertaking it 40 hours a week and campaigning on the side.”

In addition to Valadao’s determination to impeach Trump, Medeiros’ problem about the U.S. instructional procedure prompted him to run for Congress.

“Our education method requires support,” he explained, pointing to his two phrases on the Kings-River Hardwick college board.

Addressing the Rotarians and their company, Medeiros emphasized Christian beliefs and instructional traditions. Describing himself as an optimist, he claimed COVID-19 has taught modern society valuable classes.

“COVID has offered us insights into many factors, significantly faculties,” he claimed. “It has opened our eyes. I think we have wonderful educators undertaking the greatest with what they have.”

Nevertheless, Medeiros said the community has not been proactive enough toward education — until finally now. He said COVID has compelled moms and dads to get stronger interests in the community-instruction technique, in particular curriculum. People today choose way too substantially at face value, he said, notably when it will come to what is remaining taught in educational institutions.

“I want to obstacle you in this,” he claimed to the Rotarians. “We have to get associated in our school methods. We really should know who our representative is in every school district that we stay in.”

Usually, Medeiros said educators will make possibilities that are opposite to what parents want.

“Our faculty system is just an additional govt agency that does what it wishes if no a single techniques in,” he mentioned. “Good quality people today, left unchecked, remaining unsupervised, will make errors.”

As an case in point, Medeiros cited COVID vaccinations. He thinks mom and dad should have a say in irrespective of whether their small children are vaccinated at faculty.

“They want to pass laws that claims a 12-yr-old can get a vaccination without parental approval,” he said, noting in the earlier parents had to give permission for a faculty nurse to give their kid aspirin.

Medeiros also criticized California lawmakers for attempting to eliminate the necessity that universities acquire funding primarily based on daily attendance.

“They want to improve the way educational facilities are funded,” he said. “AB 1609 no for a longer time demands each kid to be at college to be counted.”

As an alternative, Medeiros stated the law — if passed — would average out classroom attendance and ascertain college funding based mostly on cumulative facts.

“If this monthly bill passes, then districts no for a longer time treatment if your kid’s in school,” he reported. “It has to be stopped.”

Medeiros complimented the Rotarians for staying perfectly-informed members in their communities.

“Sitting down on the sidelines is no longer appropriate,” he claimed. “We have to be involved. I imagine it can be time that each citizen of Kings County, in the San Joaquin Valley, in the condition of California, rises up to a new stage of involvement.

“My problem to you now is to be lively,” Medeiros told the Rotarians.