It doesn't say he's a leftist, but if it looks like shit and smells like shit it's most likely shit!
The Dixie fire is over a half a million acres, with only 30% containment, meaning, only one end has burned out while the rest of the fire continues to spread North and East.




A former college professor living out of his car is accused of setting fires near the area of the massive Dixie Fire in Northern California.

CBS Sacramento reports forty-seven-year-old Gary Stephen Maynard was arrested Saturday for setting fire to public land. He's accused of setting the Ranch Fire near the Mendocino National Forest.

US Forest Agents began investigating the former Santa Clara University and Sonoma State University criminal justice professor on July 20 when he was spotted by someone acting strangely near the Cascade Fire.

Investigators were quick to place a tracking device on Maynard's vehicle looking for answers for who or what sparked the Dixie Fire, the largest single wildfire in California history. They also found additional evidence he might have stoked more fires.

"The two small ground fires were each determined to be acts of arson and, indeed, classified as two additional arson fires," wrote one investigator.

Another court document read:

"He entered the evacuation zone and began setting fires behind the first responders fighting the Dixie fire. In addition to the danger of enlarging the Dixie fire and threatening more lives and property, this increased the danger to the first responders. Maynard's fires were placed in the perfect position to increase the risk of firefighters being trapped between fires. But for the dedication and efforts of U.S. Forest Service investigators working around the clock to track Maynard, those fires would not have been discovered in their infancy."

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/former-college-professor-arrested-setting-fires-near-dixie-blaze

Former college professor living out of his car. Pretty good indication he is a leftist. I wonder why he is a "former" professor?

Quote from: supsalemgr on August 12, 2021, 08:01:58 AMFormer college professor living out of his car. Pretty good indication he is a leftist. I wonder why he is a "former" professor?

Too crazy for Marxists?
I tried searching for: "Santa Clara University professor Gary Stephen Maynard was fired from"

But nothing came up.

Might have been forced to quit.  That would be my bet.
Depends if he had tenure; it is very hard to fire one with that.

Quote from: Solar on August 12, 2021, 08:11:29 AMToo crazy for Marxists?
I tried searching for: "Santa Clara University professor Gary Stephen Maynard was fired from"

But nothing came up.

Quote from: winterset on August 12, 2021, 08:46:59 AMMight have been forced to quit.  That would be my bet.
Depends if he had tenure; it is very hard to fire one with that.

What I did find was, he was standing in for a tenured professor for two semesters.
That's it, no info beyond that, or the other college he taught at.

Quote from: Solar on August 12, 2021, 08:48:54 AMWhat I did find was, he was standing in for a tenured professor for two semesters.
That's it, no info beyond that, or the other college he taught at.

Maynard was an adjunct faculty member in the sociology department of Santa Clara University from September 2019 to December 2020, the university said in a statement.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/10/ex-santa-clara-university-professor-charged-with-setting-blaze-near-dixie-fire/

Adjunct means no tenure.  You have to have a certain amount of teaching hours to gain tenure.  I also think you have to be suggested by other faculty for tenure.  Toy  (My daughter was a adjunct professor at the Junior College level)

Quote from: Solar on August 12, 2021, 08:48:54 AMWhat I did find was, he was standing in for a tenured professor for two semesters.
That's it, no info beyond that, or the other college he taught at.

Sounds like he was a substitute teacher. A sure leftist, padding his resume'.