TOGETHER FOR REDLANDS are dangerous, anti-family radicals;
and their comments at The January 27th RUSD prove it.
Written by Peter Michael Hall
January 30th 2026
After
a few RUSD Meetings that were calm, peaceful, and ended pretty quickly; the
last meeting was back on the brand that had become all too ubiquitous over the
last year; that of being loud, chaotic, and lasting well into the night. The
group known as TOGETHER FOR REDLANDS has become well known for causing a ruckus
during Redlands City Council and School Board Meetings; over the last year they
made an unfortunate habit of packing the meeting room for school board
meetings, and having members slander, insult, and verbally abuse The School
Board; specifically President Michelle Rendler, Board Clerk Jeanette Wilson,
Board Member Candy Olson; and sometimes Superintendent Juan Cabral.
A
favorite tactic of theirs is to spam The School Board with Agenda Item Cards
for the first public comment section of the meeting; because anybody can fill
out one card for each agenda item and then speak about each agenda item that
the school board is going to vote on; the maximum allowance of speaking time
allowed is three minutes, but depending on the number of speakers, and the
number of agenda item cards, for the sake of brevity, speaking time can and has
been lowered to as much as 45 seconds per person, per agenda item. During the
second half of public comment, you can only fill out one speaker card. TOGETHER
FOR REDLANDS loves to filibuster The School Board by spamming them with so many
agenda item speaker cards that The School Board is forced for the sake of time
to cut every speakers comment time; and then they complain about the school
board restricting the speech of Redlands residents, and making the meetings run
too long, knowing full well that these are the consequences of their
filibustering.
The
January 27th RUSD Meeting was one of the longest, craziest, and poorly mannered
that I’ve ever had the displeasure of attending; TOGETHER FOR REDLANDS members
interrupted The School Board multiple times during their discussion on agenda
items, and though President Rendler admonished them multiple times to be quiet,
she never asked them to leave, or ordered them removed, even though it was her
prerogative, and she should have.
But
even worse than their actions at the school board meeting, are some statements
made by a few of the most well known and influential members of the group. I
was particularly troubled by the comments of Michael Paisner, who in one of his
four agenda item comments accused Board Member Candy Olson of not seeing
children as human beings; and claimed she said children are the property of
their parents; he also seriously championed the idea of letting minors at the
extremely young age of 12 navigate the health care system on their own; and
keep their medical records private from their parents. I strenuously object to
this idea which unfortunately is already codified into California’s State Law;
I object, because who pays for these hypothetical children’s medical bills?
Their parents, or otherwise specified legal guardians, and since they’re the
ones financially responsible for their children’s medical bills, then they have
the right to access their children’s medical records on demand; but Michael
Paisner and other members of the misnamed group TOGETHER FOR REDLANDS would
place a wedge between children and their parents; and separate them entirely if
they can; and all under the guise of providing children with their
Constitutional Rights of Freedom of Speech and Expression, and privacy from
unnecessary intrusion, search, seizure, etc.
Bea
Hamilton, another prominent member of TOGETHER FOR REDLANDS, actually
interrupted Super Intendant Cabral twice at the meeting before this last
meeting and accused him and The School Board of committing HIPAA violations
while they were discussing new board policy 5141.5 regarding mental health care
for students at school; members of TOGETHER FOR REDLANDS have made it bad habit
to complain about unfair treatment at the hands of The School Board; they claim
they’re constantly singled out for punishment because of minor violations, such
as being forced to leave meetings after saying things Board Members don't like.
I have seen unfair treatment towards TOGETHER FOR REDLANDS members by the
school board; but this treatment benefits and rewards them rather disadvantages
and punishes them. Bea Hamilton should have been warned to be quiet or leave
after he twice interrupted Super Intendant Cabral; but nobody seemed to notice
or care, especially the first time, and Super Intendant Cabral only mildly
reacted to the rude interruption the second time.
The
members of TOGETHER FOR REDLANDS need to be put back in their place; they need
to be made aware that the rest of us are tired of their shenanigans, of their
constant need for attention, of their endless emotional manipulation, insults,
and veiled threats of retribution
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