Virginia State Delegate Nicole Cole proposed a bill that requires a county government to automatically approve a budget set by the school board. Spotsylvania County government would only have the power to set the tax rate. What does that mean? Your taxes are going up because the Board of Supervisors is forced to approve a school board budget as is.

Bureaucrats and politicians never face the consequences of their bad decisions due to the supply of taxpayer money. That is the core problem with bigger government. The school division has no competition for taxpayer money. There is no incentive to improve education or eliminate bad products. Spotsylvania County Schools has problems with hiding information, allowing child XXX abuse to occur, or sweeping things under the rug. We have reported on a lot of this. Why reward that bad behavior by increasing taxes and increasing the size of government?

Smaller government solutions like school choice, where the taxes follow the student, creates a market that punishes schools that offer a bad product. If the product is bad, people stop buying the product. All the educational institutions both private and public in the market are forced to offer great products otherwise they go out of existence. Just imagine if taxes follow the student and Spotsylvania County Schools continue to hide the child XXX abuse issues. How many more parents would stop tolerating the bad behavior by Spotsylvania County Schools and take their child elsewhere?

Here is the relevant text in Nasty Nicole’s House Bill 412 – “the governing body of a county and the governing body of a municipality shall each prepare and approve an annual budget for educational purposes…………that meets or exceeds the funding levels set out in the needs-based budget prepared and approved by the school board and submitted by the division superintendent”

Spotsylvania County Superintendent Clint “DEI” Mitchell has other jobs outside his role as Superintendent. During public comment at the 1/12 school board meeting, speaker Wanda Stroh talked about this topic. We covered Mitchell’s other jobs in our October 13, 2025 article – https://spotsywire.com/2025/10/13/clint-mitchell-joins-longwood-faculty/

Maybe Clint “DEI” Mitchell’s $250K salary is not a livable wage so he needs other jobs. All these part time jobs mean he does not have enough time to solve the problems of the school division. Mitchell needs board approval before taking another part time job per his contract. The vote on January 12 was to cover for him because he had these other jobs without board approval for more than a year.

Former Spotsylvania County School Board member and state delegate Nicole Cole lost another court battle via forfeit. Here is the press release from the Founding Freedoms Law Center and a statement by former school board member Lisa Phelps

https://www.foundingfreedomslaw.org/news/victory-against-liberal-lawfare-in-spotsylvania

“As the former elected School Board member for the Lee Hill District of Spotsylvania County, Va. I am issuing the following statement after former Spotsylvania School Board member Nicole Cole voluntarily dismissed her $1 million lawsuit yesterday.. Cole was recently elected to serve as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing portions of Caroline County and Spotsylvania County. I think our citizens will be more informed in two years and reject the radical progressive antagonist.

I am pleased—but not surprised—that this frivolous lawsuit has now been voluntarily dismissed. From the beginning, this case was frivolous and non factual merit. The court had already dismissed all five claims on demurrer, making clear that the accusations against me were baseless.

This lawsuit should never have been filed. It wasted time, resources, and public attention that should have been focused on serving our students, teachers, and families. Attempts to use the legal system to silence or intimidate individuals for speaking truthfully about public meetings and public conduct undermine trust in our institutions.

I consistently acted responsibly and truthfully while serving as an elected official, and yesterday’s voluntary dismissal fully vindicates me.

Although my term on the Spotsylvania School Board concluded at the end of 2025, I remain committed to civic engagement and to supporting transparency and accountability in public service. Thank you to those who always believed in me and supported me. To those who believed the radicals, naysayers and media, I hope you do a deep dive into facts instead of allowing the intentional false media optics steer you.

Happy New Year!
May god bless you.
Lisa

Miguel Velasquez Velasco, the Spotsylvania County Schools bus aide convicted of child XXX abuse, will be in prison until he is a senior citizen or some idiot judge lets him out. Spotsylvania County School Board Chair Marxist Megan Jackson and Superintendent Clint “DEI” Mitchell have already started damage control. They put out a long-winded “cover your ass” email today.

• They failed to explain why they consistently refused a 3rd party investigation.
• They failed to explain the 14-day gap from when the incident was reported until something was done.
• They failed to explain why no one wanted to look at the video except the bus driver.
• They failed to explain why the “instituted the following safety measures” announcement couldn’t have been made 12 months ago
• They failed to explain how one does a background check on an individual that has only been in the country for less than a year as reported by Commonwealth’s Attorney Ryan Mehaffey

They failed to explain why they shutdown free speech during public comment when speaking about any of these issues. Remember when Mitchell told Jackson to “cut off her mic”? Remember when Marxist Megan cut off public speakers like Shamgar Connors from speaking about this?

The Spotsy Wire was the first media outlet to cover this story back in September 2024. Here are the past articles we wrote on this issue https://spotsywire.com/category/miguelvelasquezvelasco

Shamgar Connors has been instrumental to bring more attention to this issue. Here is an interview he did with Potomac Local News https://www.youtube.com/live/l9KmCO6Nmic

The sentencing for Miguel Velasquez Velasco, the Spotsylvania County Schools bus aide convicted of child XXX abuse, occurs on Friday November 21 at 9am. He faces up to 200 years in jail for his crimes. We hope the judge does not give him a light sentence. The abuse incidents occurred during the tenure of Superintendent Clint Mitchell.

Here is a link to past articles covering this story – https://spotsywire.com/category/miguelvelasquezvelasco

Spotsylvania County School Board member Lisa Phelps sent a FOIA request to FOIA officer Dennis Martin for Superintendent Clint “DEI” Mitchell’s credentials. These credentials are public records. Below is a screenshot of that FOIA request. The email speaks for itself. There was no request for personal information such as a birth certificate, social security card, passports, or immigration status.

Yet, Mitchell displayed fake outrage by making a long-winded rambling speech at the November 10 school board meeting. He shared and showed personal information such as his passports, social security card, immigration status, etc. The woke 5 school board members, Marxist Megan, Crackpot Carol, Lying Lorita, Radical Rodas, and Nasty Nicole, gave Mitchell a standing ovation at the end of his speech. During public comment, Mitchell’s supporters claimed “racism” and that he did not owe the public any explanation on his credentials. The Free Press and the Advance portrayed this entire situation as “racism”.

We can see through the performative politics of Mitchell. We believe he coordinated all of this to make a political argument. Mitchell by his own admission stated his role is political. We captured that moment on video back on December 15, 2024 (link below). None of this surprises us. Are we supposed to believe the schools are not political and that people are being mean to Mitchell ?

https://spotsywire.com/2024/12/15/clint-mitchell-is-a-politician/

At the November 10th school board meeting, Spotsylvania County Schools Superintendent Clint “DEI” Mitchell ranted about his academic credentials and anyone questioning his immigration status. The reporting of this story by local “news” sites such as the Advance and the Free Press incorrectly portray this as a racist attack. Neither site did any basic research. If the Advance or Free Press did an actual FOIA request of Lisa Phelps emails, they would know that Phelps never requested any documentation on Mitchell’s citizenship or immigration status.

School Board member Lisa Phelps sent the Spotsy Wire an email to set the record straight. Below is a screenshot of that email. It is clear that Superintendent Clint “DEI” Mitchell engaged in performative politics to drive a deceptive narrative. Anyone with a prefrontal cortex can see thru Mitchell’s political antics because all you have to do is FOIA Lisa Phelp’s emails. We believe Mitchell engaged in a deceptive narrative to distract from all the child XXX abuse issues and first amendment violations in Spotsylvania County Schools.

Here is the speech by Amanda Monroe from the November 10th school board meeting. Monroe states that Superintendent Clint Mitchell told the Fredericksburg Free Press that she was banned from working at a school because she was interfering with an investigation by school administration. Monroe disputes that claim by providing an audio recording of a conversation between her and Mitchell. In the recording, Mitchell says she was welcome back at the school she was banned from. This contradicts what Mitchell stated in the Free Press article.

For more context, here is the Amanda Monroe’s speech from the October 13th school board meeting: https://spotsywire.com/2025/10/19/amanda-monroe-exposes-corrupt-spotsylvania-schools-administration/

Spotsylvania County School Board Chair Marxist Megan Jackson responded to our inquiry about banning Shamgar Connors from speaking at school board meetings. Here is our response to Megan Jackson’s response in the screenshot below.

Here are some of Shamgar Connor’s previous speeches at Spotsylvania County School Board meetings

https://youtu.be/p17UqVu0fI4

https://youtu.be/M3s3dafo_Cs

https://youtu.be/g4sx8tDvb7s

https://youtu.be/mul-vbGO-n4

https://youtu.be/hpD8x9SMZYQ

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Megan,

Thank you for writing to the Spotsy Wire. The limits of free speech are restricted to the categories of defamation, threats of violence, obscenity, or lawless action. We listened to your speech. We also listened to all of Shamgar Connors speeches. Shamgar Connors did not come close to entering into any of those forbidden categories.

The speech you made to justify banning the free speech of Shamgar Connors was focused on your feelings. That is subjective. One person can take offense to something that another person won’t take offense to. It’s the speech that one subjectively interprets as most offensive that the first amendment is designed to protect.

We remember your speech from the 2022 school board meeting where you criticized Chairman Twigg about free speech rights. You were loud and disruptive and offended many. If you are the champion of free speech, you certainly could not be offended by Connors speech because your behavior was worse.
We are concerned that you infringed on free speech by using subjective personal standards outside of the forbidden speech categories previously listed. We are further concerned that you illegally used the color of law to throw Shamgar Connors out of school board meetings and to enforce a no trespass order. You can not criminalize first amendment protected activity. When you stated the following comments in your speech, you are clearly using these feelings as a pretext to restrict Connors speech

“this speaker continues to push the boundaries with his comments”
“i was shocked by his speech”

We understand that you do not agree with the content of Connor’s speech and that manner in which he expresses that content. However, you escalated things by engaging in viewpoint discrimination when you made the statements below

“if you come to the podium and make a mockery of very serious harm violence and crimes against children as if you are making a joke about it, I will ask you leave this room immediately
“You are more than welcome to address these very serious concerns with us as several people have no issues because they were able to do it without making light of it.”

Shamgar Connors was not making a mockery of child abuse victims. He was using satire to make a mockery of the actions or inactions of the school board and school administration. Let us suppose that Shamgar Connors was making a mockery of child abuse. It still does not justify removing him or trespassing him because Shamgar’s speech did not contain threats, lawless action, or defamation.

The courts have ruled in favor of first amendment protections of public speakers.

Isaiah

In a highly provocative letter that infringes upon the First Amendment, Spotsylvania County School Board Chair Marxist Megan Jackson issued Shamgar Connors a no trespass order. Connors, a frequent speaker at school board meetings, expresses his grievances against the school board in a creative way to attract attention. Connors has spoken about major issues including the coverup of child abuse issues, racism by the Superintendent, and the coverup of the recent Miguel Velasco Velasquez child XXX scandal.

The no trespass order is clear retaliation against Shamgar Connors shedding light on these issues. Spotsylvania County Schools cannot engage in viewpoint discrimination or control the manner by which Connors expresses himself. There is no right to not be offended as that would be a subjective standard.

The best defense against free speech one disagrees with is better speech instead of the censorship of speech. Jackson could not counter free speech with better speech. Jackson simply censored the free speech because she has no defense on the coverup of the child abuse scandals !

Here is a recording of a conversation between Spotsylvania County School Board candidate Amanda Monroe (Berkeley district) and school board candidate Rich Lieberman (Lee’s Hill District). The conversation discusses the 12-day delay between the parent reporting the child abuse in the Miguel Velasquez Velasco case and when something was done by law enforcement. He agrees with Shamgar Connors, the same man that Marxist Megan Jackson censored at a school board meeting from speaking about this case !

Why didn’t the administration do something? Lieberman says the administration needed to do something. Did Lieberman not like the handling by the Sheriff Department? Why did Lieberman not mention anything publicly about this child abuse scandal?

After Spotsylvania County School Board Chair Megan Jackson used the color of law to infringe on Shamgar Connor’s free speech based on her subjective claim that the speech was racist, the following exchange regarding first amendment rights occurred in the lobby. This exchange was captured on Deputy Fleming’s body worn camera.

Citizen: “Didn’t you swear to uphold the constitution?

Deputy Fleming: “Am I going to tell my boss no?”

Citizen: “Which is it, your constitution or your boss?”

Deputy Fleming: “My boss signs my paycheck and I got to have a paycheck”

Deputy Fleming said the quiet part out loud. The Deputies are there to enforce Sheriff Roger Harris political positions instead of protecting the constitutionally protected rights of citizens. His paycheck is more important than the constitution. It is interesting that Roger Harris has no problem with deputies violating first amendment rights by removing citizens here in 2025. When a similar issue occurred in 2022, Sheriff Roger Harris stated the following to NBC4:

“When the chairman of the school board says to the deputies, ‘I’ve heard enough. You can get ’em out of here,’ the morale of the deputies over the past several months has just decreased rapidly, and when we’re asked to do things that are obviously a violation of the First Amendment … It’s a depressing job to be there and be treated — to see the public treated the way they are by members of the school board, primarily the chairman“

Does Roger Harris feel the same way now? No because his political priorities of supporting the far-left take priority. Harris has endorsed many candidates such as Megan Jackson, Larry Dibella, Rich Lieberman, and others. If Larry Dibella gets on the school board, will he make school board policy based on Sheriff Roger Harris political priorities? Dibella earns nearly a $100,000 salary according to GovSalaries. If Dirty Dibella is elected, he will take his orders from Sheriff Roger Harris.

https://youtu.be/2L-k6-9_lVw

The Shamgar Connors speech can be found here – https://spotsywire.com/2025/10/13/megan-jackson-infringes-on-first-amendment-rights-again/

At the October 13 school board meeting, Amanda Monroe spoke about the corruption within Spotsylvania County Schools. Monroe talked about how she was employed as a substitute teacher. When a problem with her child occurred, the school administration attacked her and she lost her job. Then she explains the conversation she had with Superintendent Clint “DEI” Mitchell. The corruption is there for all to see.

Jennifer Craig-Ford, the candidate for Spotsylvania County School Board in the Battlefield District, apparently loves drag queen shows. At least that’s what the pictures from Craig-Ford’s Instagram show us. These pictures give the voters insight on the real Jennifer Craig-Ford. She has those far-left San Franscisco values. Just imagine drag queen story hour introduced to all Spotsylvania County elementary schools.

Are these the values that the voters want for Spotsylvania County schools? Out of the three candidates running for school board in the Battlefield District, Craig-Ford is the candidate farthest to the left. The other candidate James King associates with the far-left. The only sane candidate in the Battlefield District is Nick Ignacio. At least he advocates for common sense in the schools instead of drag queens.

Ready for the plot twist? Sean Steinway, Bryce Reeves, and Brett Pritchett endorsed Jennifer Craig-Ford. Pritchett was the former Spotsy GOP chair. Reeves and Steinway have been endorsed by the Spotsy GOP. How do you endorse a far-left school board candidate who promotes drag queens or the trans community? Oh wait, maybe they aren’t being honest with who they are. Maybe Steinway, Reeves, and Pritchett enjoy the drag queen alternative lifestyle?

Spotsylvania County Schools Superintendent Clint Mitchell has joined Longwood University as an adjunct professor. He started his adjunct professor role in August 2025 according to his LinkedIn profile. According to the Longwood University website, he is in the education and counseling department.

We guess Mitchell’s full-time salary with Spotsylvania County schools is not enough money, so he has to work two jobs. The commute from Spotsylvania County to Farmville VA must take a lot out of him. Maybe that is why these child sexual abuse issues keep happening under his watch because he has no time to address them working two jobs.

School Board member Lisa Phelps shares her experience from the inside of the school division in Spotsylvania County, VA in the book “8 Things to Know about Running for School Board”. Phelps shares her concerns about school safety in the book. The book came out in January 2025. Buy your copy today on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Things-about-Running-School-Board/dp/B0DRSKCNQ9

The Spotsylvania County Republicans support school board candidate Larry Dibella. Mo Petway, leader of the local Spotsylvania chapter of the NAACP, donated over $11000 to far-left candidates according to VPAP. In 2025, Petway made a $1500 donation to Nicole Cole, a $500 donation to Stacey Carroll, and a $1000 donation to Larry Dibella. Petway is no friend to conservatives. Why make a large donation to Dibella unless Dibella supports far-left causes?

Birds of a feather flock together. Planned Parenthood, Abortion rights groups, unions and other far-left organizations have publicly endorsed Cole and Carroll per the screenshots below. Petway has donated to far-left democrats such as Michael Bush, Raymond Bell, Dawn Shelley, Baron Braswell, Josh Cole, and Lorita Daniels. Now they are all linked together with Larry Dibella !

Is the Spotsylvania County Republicans full of low IQ individuals? Has the Spotsy GOP gone woke? Why is the Spotsy GOP supporting a candidate with strong ties to far-left community activist Mo Petway? Why hasn’t Dibella disavowed Mo Petway? Maybe it’s because Dibella is a RINO that supports far-left causes.