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   Minnesota-funded daycare businesses donated to Washington candidate who   
   threatened to blow up school bus filled with children   
      
   Ari Hoffman   
   The Somali immigrant was the Director of the Equitable Development Division in   
   the City of Seattle's Office of Planning and Community Development, earning   
   over   
   $130,000 a year and calling herself a "bureactivist inside government."   
      
   A Somali candidate for King County Council in Washington state, who previously   
   threatened to blow up a school bus full of children and was later arrested for   
   allegedly assaulting parents at a school drop-off, received campaign donations   
   from daycare businesses in Minnesota. The donations to King County Council   
   candidate Ubax Gardheere, who is of Somali descent, are drawing attention amid   
   a   
   viral investigative report by independent journalist   
   Nick Shirley, who alleges widespread fraud involving Somali-run daycare   
   facilities in Minnesota.   
      
   Shirley reported that many of the daycares receiving millions in taxpayer funds   
   appear to have no students enrolled-this after visiting them and finding empty   
   storefronts. In one example, Shirley visited the Quality Learning Center in   
   Minneapolis, a facility reportedly receiving $4 million in public funding. He   
   found a misspelled sign reading "Quality Learing Center," a largely empty   
   parking lot, and no indication that children were present.   
      
   These daycare centers are government funded under a Minnesota program called   
   the   
   Child Care Assistance Program. Republican lawmakers have since called for   
   Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be "held accountable," citing the growing   
   scrutiny over the scale of alleged fraud linked to childcare funding in the   
   state.   
      
   According to an analysis of Washington Public Disclosure Commission records,   
   several Minnesota childcare providers donated to the campaign of the   
   controversial candidate:   
      
     a.. Lucky Child Care Center LLC (Minneapolis) - $2,000   
     b.. Sunshine Childcare Center Inc - $1,000   
     c.. MN Best Childcare Center Inc - $1,000   
   Adult care facilities also contributed:   
     a.. Adult Care LLC - $1,300   
     b.. A Helping Hand Senior Care Services LLC - $500   
   At the time, the Somali immigrant was the Director of the Equitable Development   
   Division in the City of Seattle's Office of Planning and Community Development,   
   earning over $130,000 a year and calling herself a "bureactivist inside   
   government." The out-of-state donations raised questions about why daycares and   
   senior care centers in Minnesota were investing in a county-level election in   
   Washington, and how such facilities had surplus funds available for political   
   contributions, particularly for a candidate with a history of serious criminal   
   allegations.   
      
   On January 12, 2010, Ubax Gardheere boarded a school bus filled with children   
   as   
   it prepared to begin its morning route to Chinook Middle School. According to   
   reports, she told the driver the bus could not leave and was captured on the   
   bus's   
   internal camera screaming at children that she could have a bomb or a gun and   
   they wouldn't know. As the children fled through the emergency exits, Gardheere   
   reportedly yelled that they were cowards and that she was "prepared to die," a   
   concept revered in Islam. Police arrived and arrested her.   
      
   Despite the widely publicized incident, Gardheere ran for King County Council   
   in   
   2021. After footage of the bus incident was obtained and published by The Post   
   Millennial, several progressive elected officials continued to endorse her,   
   including Democratic State Senator Rebecca Saldana, former Seattle City Council   
   member and activist Mike O'Brien, and then-Seattle City Council member Tammy   
   Morales. Morales and Saldana continued to support Gardheere even after the   
   story   
   went viral, as did Redmond City Council member Varisha Khan.   
      
   Gardheere also received support from left-wing organizations, including the   
   local SEIU and the Transit Riders Union, an activist group with a bus in its   
   logo. At the time, the Transit Riders Union was led by General Secretary Katie   
   Wilson, now Seattle's socialist mayor-elect.   
      
   Gardheere's legal troubles did not end there. After losing in the 2021 primary,   
   she was arrested for allegedly assaulting a parent picking up children at a   
   local school while yelling "Black Lives Matter" and "Free Palestine." Then,   
   shortly after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing more than 1,200   
   people, injuring thousands, and kidnapping over 250, Bellevue Police responded   
   to a report of a disturbance at Tillicum Middle School.   
      
   Parents had reported a tall woman wearing a hijab causing disruptions in the   
   drop-off area. A parent and her sons were holding signs opposing the closure of   
   the school when Gardheere allegedly grabbed a child's sign while shouting "Free   
   Palestine" and "Black Lives Matter." She then walked toward a man in his car,   
   dropping off his children. Bystanders recorded her standing in front of his   
   vehicle while holding the sign and appearing highly agitated.   
      
   According to the victim, Gardheere, while yelling, referenced children dying   
   overseas, suggesting the US was "killing children." He rolled down his window   
   and told her he understood the issue, but asked her to move so he could leave.   
   Gardheere allegedly dropped the sign and began pounding on the hood of the car   
   with both fists. When the victim opened his door and stepped out to tell her to   
   stop, police say Gardheere rushed him and bumped him with her body. The victim   
   said he believed she was pregnant, which led him to raise his hands in a   
   non-threatening manner   
      
   Police allege Gardheere then grabbed the collar of his jacket, pulled him, and   
   scratched the left side of his neck. She continued pushing and pulling him   
   across the drop-off lane until the victim pushed her away. As he returned to   
   his   
   vehicle, Gardheere allegedly moved toward the open driver-side door and   
   attempted to sit in the driver's seat.   
      
   https://thepostmillennial.com/minnesota-funded-day-care-business   
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