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BRONX TIMES REPORTER, APRIL 1-7, 2022 BXR
BY TONY SALIMBENE
Just remembered! Korony
Post 253 is the proud sponsor of
a baseball team at Throggs Neck
Little League. Day and evening
games start soon in April at their
field by St. Frances de Chantal, so
let’s stop by and cheer them on.
Don’t forget the popcorn.
Another reminder, April’s
regular post meeting will be
the fourth Sunday at American
Turners since the third, April 17,
is Easter Sunday. Same goes for
the June meeting, the third Sunday
is traditionally Father’s Day.
Info on Memorial Day weekend
to follow, pretty much the
same as previous years, another
reminder-look sharp.
Until Next Time: The Commander,
his staff and all of us
from the units at your local Post
253, wish you all a Happy Easter
and Passover holiday season.
“We pray that those who guard
the public trust discharge their
duties honestly and well.”
BY FRANK VERNUCCIO
America’s justice system is
under full-fledged attack from
multiple quarters.
The practice of engaging in riots,
demonstrations, media pressure
and the like in an attempt to
influence the outcome of actions
before a court has become commonplace.
It is, in its essence, a
return to the medieval practice
of trial by ordeal. Either one has
a judicial system, with explicit
laws, rules and practices to determine
the outcome, or one has
anarchy.
Over the past several years,
controversial issues before various
courts have been the focus of
public disorder, often before all
the facts are known. News media
have essentially sparked much of
this by inadequate and rash reporting.
The most infamous example
involved the “Hands up, Don’t
Shoot” incident that took place
in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, in
which white police officer Darren
Wilson shot and killed 18-yearold
African American Michael
Brown. An exhaustive investigation
by the Obama Justice Department
revealed that Brown did not
surrender, and that the shooting
was justified. The investigation
revealed “Not only do eyewitnesses
and physical evidence corroborate
Wilson’s account, but
there is no credible evidence to
disprove Wilson’s perception that
Brown posed a threat to Wilson
as Brown advanced toward him.
… It was not unreasonable for
Wilson to fire on Brown until he
stopped moving forward.”
Despite that, “Hands up, don’t
shoot” has become a rallying cry
for those who would substitute
a mob mentality for the practice
of justice through deliberate and
fair court proceedings.
The media’s role cannot be ignored.
When news outlets insult
the intelligent of their audience
when they claim that burning
buildings, looting stores, invading
police precincts, attacking
courthouses, declaring “autonomous
zones” and beating up
passersby are acts of “peaceful
protest,” they give cover to the
criminals that perpetuate these
vicious deeds, and encourage
more of the same.
That is only one theater of attack.
Political action committees
(PACs) funded by George Soros
spent millions in what normally
would be considered lackluster
district attorney races. A Soros
PAC gave almost $1 million to
an obscure Texas DA primary
candidate, the leftist Joe Gonzalez.
As a result, he won his race.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt.
Gov. Dan Patrick criticized Soros’
involvement in the race, noting,
“He’s trying to change the
fabric of this country.”
Individuals are free to contribute
to whom they wish, but
when there is a coordinated effort
to construct an environment
in which laws are not enforced by
district attorneys due to the political
whims of their mega-contributors,
attention must be paid.
The refusal to enforce laws,
and the implementation of irrational
concepts such as low or no
bail policies have had a devastating
impact.
Providing a career criminal
with a history of violent offenses
with an easy way to return to the
community after committing his
latest assault on innocent people
isn’t a political statement. It is an
offense on common decency and
public safety.
The results are obvious.
Crime rates have soared. Stores
are closing throughout the nation.
Affected neighborhoods are
becoming retail wastelands. This
didn’t happen by chance. It is the
clear and direct result of a progressive
takeover of the criminal
justice system by extremist activists
in local legislatures, aided
and abetted by district attorneys
whose campaigns were specifically
funded by hyper-wealthy
progressive billionaires who seek
to fundamentally alter the American
system of laws.
Defiance of the law doesn’t just
exist on the local level. When an
American president, whose specific
duty it is to enforce the law, refuses
to perform his constitutional
duty, that sets the tone for lawbreakers
throughout the nation.
The U.S. has laws about how the
nations borders may be crossed.
Mr. Biden has wantonly refused to
abide by those measures. Like activist
DAs and rioters, he displays
contempt for the law.
CIVIC CENTER
Community Action
Civic Association
BY MARY JANE MUSANO
We had a great first meeting
of the year. Two great speakers
brought us interesting and important
information. Chrys Napolitano
spoke about the Throggs
Neck CSA as well as the area
farmer’s markets. It is a great
way to get proper nutrition so
that your body has what it needs
to help fight these nasty virus’
that seem to be with us to stay. It
is also interesting to learn about
uncommon fruits and vegetables
and how to prepare them.
Chrys also spoke about their
new internship program for high
school and college students. The
internships will include volunteering
at a local food pantry, assisting
at local farmer’s markets,
working on community health
projects, developing social media
and marketing content, creating
a plan for small business and
assisting with propagation and
plant management at local community
gardens. This is an invaluable
chance for young people
to get involved in the community.
But you must hurry because positions
are being filled very quickly.
For information on internships,
the CSA, the farmer’s market or
the food pantry program contact
Chrys at bronxfarmersmarket@
gmail.com.
We always try to make our
meetings not only informational
but fun. We had some giveaways
of fruits and vegetable seeds in
pots, all ready to be planted. To
add to the fun one of our wonderful
members, Woody Brundage,
brought packages of seeds
for our members and some great
magazines with information
about growing fruits, vegetables
and flowers. Thank you, Woody.
Getting your hands into the garden
soil and watching your seeds
and plants grow is rewarding
and a wonderful way to get back
to nature.
Nick Roloson, Councilmember
Marjorie Velázquez’s chief of
staff, attended our meeting and
spoke about the Bruckner upzoning.
He repeated what Councilmember
Velázquez has stated
many times at local meetings:
Our new councilmember will
vote “no” on this proposal. Her
support of this community’s opposition
to this proposal is crucial
to its defeat. Now, she must
garner the support of her colleagues
at the City Council by
explaining why this upzoning
would decimate our community.
Simply said, we do not have the
services to support it.
Nick also answered questions
about many community
concerns. The councilmember’s
staff is quite helpful. Whenever I
contact them I get a quick and informative
response. Nick invited
us to call the office for help with
any community concerns. They
are in the same building Jimmy
Vacca’s office was, 3040 E. Tremont
Ave., Suite 108 — 718 931-1721.
Letters to all of the voting
parties were available for our
members to sign. We must continue
to contact our councilmember,
the Department of City
Planning, the borough president
and the mayor so that they understand
how devastating this
upzoning would be to our community.
If you did not sign at the
meeting and would like to sign,
please contact me and I will drop
a packet off at your house. Also,
it would help if every member of
the City Council was contacted
by members of our community.
They can all be reached by
email. You can find their emails
online or call me and I will get
them to you — 718 792-6385 or mjmusano@
aol.com.
Please keep following the
Bruckner upzoning on social media
and in our column. Soon you
will be hearing about a date and
venue for the public hearing, regarding
the Bruckner upzoning.
It is absolutely crucial that this
meeting is very well attended.
We need hundreds of our community
members to be there to
express their strong opposition.
With 9,000 signatures on our petitions
and hundreds of letters
sent, this should be a very doable
goal.
Remember, there is strength
is numbers. We are a strong and
involved community. We can do
this.
CIVIC CENTER
Waterbury-LaSalle
Association
CIVIC CENTER
Korony Post 253
A NYPD officer and a woman walk past graffiti near the area known as the “City
Hall Autonomous Zone” that has been established to protest the New York Police
Department and in support of “Black Lives Matter” near City Hall in lower
Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., July 7, 2020.Photo by REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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