BY AL D’ANGELO
It’s our turn, don’t let
it slip buy. Don’t sit buy
and allow racism to rule
the day. I don’t know
about you, but I have
had it with the racial
rhetoric, and I urge you
to reject it when you go
to the poles. Racism cannot
solve racism it can
only make it worse and
further divide us. Can
you see a pattern? Can
you see the politics of division?
Asians are vilifi
ed because they take
up too many seats in specialized
schools. Maybe
they should be looked up
to for their work ethic
instead of being vilifi
ed for it. White Americans
are accused of having
white privilege and
are pitted against Black
Americans, Jews and
Palestinians are pitted
against one another.
Those who are trying
to stop illegal immigration
are anti-Latino and
on it goes. Sadly, the
fl ames of division and
hatered are being fueled
by many of our elected
offi cials. The politics
of division has gone far
enough. We, as voters,
must reject any candidate
who uses race to advance
his or her agenda.
It is time to stand up and
say, “WE ARE BETTER
TOGETHER”. Judge
your candidates on their
deeds not their words.
Ask yourselves what
have they done for their
communities before
they got into politics. To
many of us judge a person
by their looks rather
than their substance. It
is disgraceful when less
than 25% of eligible voters
go to the poles. In our
last Mayoral election
only about 23% of eligible
voters cast a ballot
– that means 77% of
stayed home. In local
elections as few as 5,000
votes can put a person
in offi ce therefore don’t
use the excuse “my vote
doesn’t matter”. Don’t
be confused by ranked
voting. Vote for the candidate
you feel can best
serve your concerns
and those of your community.
If only one suits
your purpose, then just
vote for one. You do not
have to rank all the candidates.
Please do your
homework; it’s time to
take our community
back and enjoy the diversity
that is Morris Park.
CIVIC CENTER
Community Action
Civic Association
BY FRANK VERNUCCIO
Politics over the past
several years has been
contentious. It is about to
get far worse.
The sinews that have
held the nation together
in the most divisive times
are becoming unglued.
This is not the result of
two sides dueling due to
sharply differing views.
It is, instead, a deliberate
attempt by the radical
Progressive movement
to tear down long
cherished institutions,
the capitalist economy,
and the personal and economic
safety of the citizenry
in order to rebuild
the country in a Marxist
paradigm.
The hard left’s goals
could not have been
achieved at the ballot
box over the past seventy
years, so a patient
program to gain leadership
positions in key
professions was begun.
A German Communist
student activist named
Rudi Dutscke advocated
a “long march through
the institutions” in 1967
to establish the conditions
where success could
nevertheless be achieved.
The strategy has proven
successful. The fi elds
of journalism, education,
and the media were
eventually dominated by
those in sync with hardleft
ideology, and they are
now fully exercising their
power.
Students are being
taught, contrary to fact,
that America is terrible
nation. They are intentionally
blinded to the reality
that a free market
economy provides more
prosperity to a greater
range of the population
than socialism. Journalists,
consciously or
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not, have a adopted theA
Progressive tenet that
truth is subservient to
the pursuit of ideological
goals. Hysteria-inducing
charges of “Russian Collusion,”
“Systemic Racism,”
and imminent environmental
collapse
are diligently published.
The entertainment media,
heavily infl uenced
by China, pushes this forward.
Legitimate questions
concerning the misdeeds
of leftist politicians,
as well as sheer factual research,
are ignored. Massive,
long-term violent
acts of rebellion against
legitimate authority perpetuated
by Black Lives
Matter and Antifa are obscured.
The movement has entered
a new phase, with
the goal this time being
a permanent hold on elective
offi ces by suppressing
contrary voices and
disrupting the elective
process. This is being
done in a variety of ways.
There can be little
dispute that voter registration
rolls and ballot
security rules across
the nation are fl awed
in ways that benefi t the
Left. A Pew Center on the
States study found that
2,758,578 individuals were
registered to vote in more
than one state. In addition,
12.7 million records
nationwide are out of date
and include over 1.8 million
records for people
who are no longer living.
Approximately 24 million
registration records,
or nearly 13% of the national
total, are estimated
to be inaccurate or no
longer valid. Hans Spakovsky
has revealed some
districts with 10% phony
registration addresses,
and aliens ineligible to
vote. The vehemence
with which Progressive
politicians attack legitimate
border security is
directly related to their
bid, seen in a number of
large cities to give them
the vote. Relevant also is
their fi ght against rational
measures for appropriate
identifi cation before
casting a ballot.
The worst is yet to
come.
Passage of H.R. 1,
which would legitimize
efforts to subvert reasonable
ballot security measures,
is a distinct possibility.
The American Republic
has been unusually
successful, thanks to the
genius of a Constitution
that protects all while
allowing the majority
to govern. Numerous attempts
to eliminate the
Electoral College have
been made, with the intention
of disenfranchising
more conservative,
smaller states. The abuse
of federal agencies, such
as the Internal Revenue
Service to harass groups
such as the Tea Party,
and the Department of
Justice to attack right of
center think tanks and
political fi gures were begun
under Obama, and
have been renewed by
Biden. These abuses will,
at least for the next two
years, escalate.
Progressive-led media
will continue to use a variety
of methods to attack
opponents, including
censorship against those
who question their political
actions.
The language emanating
from Leftist politicians
is deeply troubling.
The use of the phrase “seditionist”
is no longer restricted
to January 6 participants,
but to all who
don’t follow their beliefs.
Recently, White House
adoption of the phrase
“Climate Emergency” appears
to be a code phrase
leading to a justifi cation
of imposing restrictions
on the free market.
Will America weather
this storm?
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mixed-use, and paired M1/R districts. The review process would allow
the Commission to ensure that new hotels do not create significant conflicts
with surrounding development. The existing special permit provisions that apply
in M1 districts, which require the Commission to make findings specific to
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BY TONY SALIMBENE
I hope we all remembered
Flag Day!
Too bad it was rainy.
Post 19 did a good deed
in their neighborhood
where a Flag was
needed, thanks Commander.
We should fl y our
U.S. Flag every day,
it can be a chore but
our country and vets
are worth it, no? And
thanks to my neighbors
on Revere. Many
houses have a Flag fl ying.
Stick type Flags
might be a quick fi x.
They are real representations
of our Flag
but a bit easier to use
without disrespecting?
The little Flags in red,
white and blue fl ower
pots look great. Sounding
like Martha Stewart
here!
We don’t want
the Flag to touch the
ground because in
battles of old, the Flag
showed troops which
way to go so as not
to get surrounded/
fl anked (and loose!).
A free Black sergeant
from the 1st Massachusetts
Regiment held
our Flag high though
shot several times, so
his unit would follow it
and survive.
Until Next Time:
Teach this. Spread the
word. It’s not a piece
of cloth, it represents
all of what we believe
in. Old Glory, a Grand
Old Flag, symbol of the
greatest democracy experiment
and the item
draped over the caskets
of our deceased vets!
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Morris Park
Community
Association
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