Today marks 56 years since the murder of four young girls at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. At the time this act of white racist terrorism was described in Martin Luther King Jr’s eulogy to the girls. “These children-unoffending, innocent, and beautiful-were the victims of one of the most vicious and tragic …
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Remembering On one of its worst days, America found its best self. Pete Buttigieg Follow Sep 11 · 3 min read I was a sophomore in college when the planes hit. My roommates and I sat transfixed on a futon, glued to the horror unfolding on NBC’s Today Show. Years later, I would find myself …
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Below is a letter I sent to Mayor Morgan, New Providence, which is on the agenda for the August 12, 2019 meeting. It is ,of course, prompted by once again frequent mass killing of innocent people. This has to stop. (Portions removed for privacy and brevity) August 7, 2019 Dear Mayor Morgan, Last year you …
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What we need in this country at times like these is a leader who brings strength, empathy, compassion and direction to our nation. We have seen this before in our history. Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, Reagans speech following the loss of the Challenger, LBJ’s address to Congress following the assassination of JFK. What did we get …
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It is time for all of us to ask ourselves: What is being done in my name? Just in the last few days we have experienced outrages which are nothing less than diabolical and evil. In just over a week the moronic, delusional person elected to lead us, has done the following: Abolished rules protecting …
Members of Congress have been prevented from entering facilities housing immigrants, including children. Others have been required to give 48 hours notice to attempt to enter a facility. What about a law that says, a Member of Congress may not be prevented from entering any detention facility for the purpose of conducting oversight. Or how …
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On June 10, 2019 Mayor Morgan and the New Providence Borough Council were asked to consider a ban on plastic bag waste in the borough. Mayor Morgan in his response to the issue said : “There are a few towns who have done this. . . it’s really a regional and state thing that would …
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May 6 2019. New Providence Borough Council Testimony on Affordable Housing I would like to spend a few minutes reminding everyone how we got to this point in New Providence and in New Jersey. It was in 1975 that the Supreme Court of NJ first laid down the mandate that all towns in NJ must …
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