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Phase II of Joint School Construction
Board Legislation Signed by Gov. Cuomo
Legislaton beginning the second phase
of the Joint Schools Constructon
Board (JSCB) and authorizing $300
million for a district-wide school
renovaton project was signed Friday
by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
The new legislaton will codify the
board compositon into state law
and authorizes fnancing for up to 20
renovaton projects.
We are excited to have the legislatve
process fnished in Albany so the real
work of rebuilding our schools can
begin, said Syracuse Mayor Stephanie
A. Miner. Since my administraton
took ofce, we have made completng
the frst phase of school renovatons a
major priority and we have successfully
seen that happen in four of our
highest-need schools. I look forward to
working with the new board to make
these renovatons a reality.
The new board will include the mayor,
the superintendent, two members
appointed by the mayor, two members
appointed by the superintendent,
and one joint appointment. This
arrangement gives equal control to
the school district and the city of
Syracuse, which echoes the Rochester
Joint Schools Constructon Board.
The JSCB legislaton brings several
changes to the new JSCB, including
codifying the board compositon,
something that was previously set
forth by an inter-municipal agreement
between the school district and the
city.
The bill, primarily sponsored by Sen.
John DeFrancisco and Assemblyman
Bill Magnarelli, passed both houses
of the state legislature during the
2013 session. Sen. Dave Valesky and
Assemblyman Sam Roberts were both
co-sponsors.
This is a tremendous day for the
Syracuse City School District and our
students, teachers, staf and parents,
said Superintendent of Schools Sharon
Contreras. With the Joint Schools
Constructon Board legislaton being
signed into state law, we are ready
to begin the work of rebuilding this
next round of schools and creatng
21st-century educatonal learning
environments. I look forward to
working very closely with our new JSCB
board and beginning the renovatons
on our next slate of schools.
The average building in the Syracuse
City School District is 72-years-
old, according to a report from the
Conference of Big 5 School Districts in
2012. Five of the districts 35 buildings
were built before 1920.
The funding authorized by the bill has
been estmated to cover approximately
one-third of the districts identfed
building-repair needs. The legislaton
also includes language that requires
the board to value engineer any
individual projects that go over 10
percent ($30 million) of the total
funding allocaton.
Our community is plagued by aging
infrastructure and we cannot aford
to let that hamper the educatonal
opportunites for our students, added
Mayor Miner. The new JSCB will be a
critcal investment in the future of the
city of Syracuse.
Governor Andrew Cuomo
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Arrest in fatal stabbing of teen at Syracuse party
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) _ Police in
Syracuse have made an arrest in the
killing of a teenager stabbed in the
chest as a party dispersed.
Local media report that 17-year-old
Charles Pits Jr. was stabbed early
Sunday morning as people were
leaving a party in the recreaton room
of an apartment building. The high
school senior was pronounced dead at
Upstate University Hospital.
Syracuse police say several fghts
broke out as people lef the party.
Police say that 16-year-old Gilberto
Rodriguez of Syracuse was arrested
soon afer the atack and was arraigned
Monday on a second-degree murder
charge.
Police say they dont know if he has a
lawyer.
Passengers are very happy with the new
Transportaton Security Administraton
Pre-Check program which has been
expanded to select passengers who
are fying out of Syracuse Hancock
Internatonal Airport (SYR).
TSA Pre-Check is an expedited
screening program that allows pre-
approved travelers to leave on their
shoes, light outerwear and belt, keep
their laptop in its case and their 3-1-1
compliant liquids/gels bag in a carry-
on in select screening lanes.
Delta Air Lines, American Airlines,
US Airways and United Airlines now
ofer passengers who are eligible for
TSA Pre-Check the beneft of a faster
screening process at the airports
centrally-located security checkpoint.
Once Jet Blue Airlines is ready
operatonally to join the program,
passengers fying out of SYR will enjoy
the same courtesy.
Proponents of the program say TSA
Pre-Check provides more advanced
security and additonal convenience
for travelers.
John McCafrey, TSAs Federal Security
Director at SYR said, This risk-based
security screening concept enhances
security by enabling TSA to focus
our eforts on passengers the agency
knows less about, while providing
expedited screening for travelers
who volunteer informaton about
themselves prior to fying.
Eligible passengers for TSA Pre-
Check include U.S. citzens of
frequent traveler programs invited
by partcipatng airlines, U.S. citzens
who are members of a U.S. Customs
and Border Protecton (CBP) Trusted
Traveler program, Canadian citzens
who are members of CBPs NEXUS
program and passengers traveling
on a partcipatng airline who TSA
proactvely pre-screens using its
Secure Flight system.
Other U.S. citzens who want to enroll
will be able to apply for the program
through TSA later in the year.
The program, launched by TSA in
October of 2011, has seen more than
19 million passengers experience TSA
Pre-Check in the 97 airports that carry
the program. Three more airports will
be implementng the program soon.
We know that the vast majority of
passengers pose no threat to security,
McCafrey said. As TSA contnues to
move away from a one-size-fts-all
approach to transportaton security,
we are looking for more opportunites
to provide the most efectve security
in the most efcient way possible.
TSA Pre-Check Proving Popular at
Syracuse Hancock International Airport
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NY settles harassment suit with mortuary school
Syacuse, NY The New York Atorney
Generals Ofce has reported setling
a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment
of female students at the Simmons
Insttute of Funeral Services in
Syracuse.
Atorney General Eric Schneiderman
says the setlement with the for-
proft school and chief executve
Maurice Wightman includes $30,000
in resttuton to students and
employees who fled complaints about
discriminaton and harassment and
school reforms meant to ensure a safe
school environment.
According to Schneidermans
ofce, the Civil Rights Bureau
investgaton and lawsuit fled in
2011 followed complaints that
school policy unnecessarily barred
pregnant teachers and students from
certain actvites and alleging that
Wightman, who was designated to
receive complaints of harassment or
discriminaton, subjected students to
unwanted comments and touching.
LOCAL
National study shows NY 13th in
spending on health care for each prison inmate
ALBANY, New York A new study
on rising prison health care costs
shows New York 13th among states in
spending for inmate care.
The study by The Pew Charitable Trusts
and MacArthur Foundaton, examining
costs from 2001 to 2008, shows New
York spending rose 33 percent to
nearly $5,900 for a prisoners medical
care in 2008.
That distantly followed Californias
$11,800 cost per inmate, up 84
percent, and New Hampshires 306
percent increase to more than $9,000.
The report says inmates have higher
incidence of mental illness and chronic
and infectous diseases like AIDS and
Hepatts C than the general populaton
that are costly to treat.
New York was among the few states
getng Medicaid reimbursements,
getng $4.5 million through 2012.
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NY appeals judges ponder fate of stop-frisk ruling
By LARRY NEUMEISTERS
NEW YORK (AP) A federal judges
conclusion that New York City police
ofcers sometmes violate the
consttuton when they stop and frisk
people has made ofcers passive
and scared to use the crime-fghtng
tactc, lawyers warned a federal
appeals panel Tuesday as they asked
that the ruling be suspended while it
is appealed.
The three-judge 2nd U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals asked plenty of questons
but did not immediately rule in a
case that may be afected in a major
way by next weeks mayoral electon.
Democratc candidate Bill de Blasio,
who is leading in polls, has sharply
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critcized and promised to reform the
police departments stop-and-frisk
technique, saying it unfairly targets
minorites.
Atorney Celeste L. Koeleveld, arguing
for the city, said ofcers are hesitant,
unfortunately to use the tactc
anymore.
Atorney Daniel Connolly, making legal
points on behalf of former Mayor
Rudolph Giuliani and former U.S.
Atorney General Michael Mukasey,
told judges that city ofcers were
defensive, passive and scared about
using the technique.
This decision is bad law, he said. No
one counts on federal judges to keep
us safe on the streets.
Atorney Courtney Saleski, arguing on
behalf of the Sergeants Benevolent
Associaton, noted that stop and frisks
were down 50 percent in the frst six
months of this year compared with
a year earlier. She said ofcers were
afraid stops violate the consttuton.
That means consttutonal stops are
being chilled and thats not good for
the safety of the community, she said.
But lead plaintfs atorney Darius
Charney for the nonproft legal
advocate Center for Consttutonal
Rights noted that the drop in stop
and frisks came even before the judge
ruled and said it was accompanied by
a drop in murders and other crimes.
And Christopher Dunn, associate legal
director of the New York Civil Libertes
Union, said it would be premature for
the appeals court to stay the efect
of the lower-court ruling because the
police department thus far has not
been required to make any changes to
the program.
He said that if police ofcers on
their own are engaging in fewer
unconsttutonal stops, thats a good
thing.
During legal arguments that lasted
nearly three hours, two of the three
judges seemed concerned about
the manner in which Judge Shira
A. Scheindlin reached her August
fndings that the police ofcers have
systematcally violated the civil rights
of tens of thousands of people by
wrongly targetng black and Hispanic
men. She appointed an outside
monitor to oversee major changes,
including reforms in policies, training
and supervision, and she ordered
a pilot program to test body-worn
cameras in some precincts where
most stops occur.
Circuit Judge John Walker said
Scheindlin responded to the city
and police departments staunch
defense of the program as if they were
former Alabama Gov. George Wallace
standing in a schoolhouse door at the
University of Alabama in 1963 to block
the arrival of two black students.
He said reforms she ordered as part of
her fndings were broad and of the kind
that might result when the judiciary is
facing total hostlity on the part of the
authorites. He likened it to what had
to be done in the deep South in the
1950s.
Circuit Judge Jose Cabranes several
tmes questoned whether lawyers
believed a district judge would,
in efect, be running the police
department. And he questoned the
fairness of how Scheindlin ended up
with lawsuits challenging stop-and-
frisk tactcs.
Atorney Mathew Brinckerhof, a
lawyer representng a former assistant
atorney general actve in Justce
Department lawsuits that resulted in
similar court oversight of urban police
departments, told the judges that
Scheindlins remedies were similar
to successful remedies carried out in
Los Angeles, Detroit, Pitsburgh and
Cincinnat.
The stop and frisk tactc has been
critcized by a number of civil rights
advocates. More than 100 students
and actvists turned out at Brown
University on Tuesday for a lecture
by NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly on
Proactve Policing in Americas Biggest
City and shouted him down,
promptng the talk to be canceled.
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STATE
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By Lisa Dumas
Democratc candidate Mary Anne
Doherty, Mayor Stephanie Miners
top lawyer in the city law department,
and Republican candidate Romana
Lavalas, a prosecutor in the Onondaga
County District Atorneys Ofce, both
pointed to their extensive experience
and backgrounds as reasons why they
should be the next Syracuse City Court
Judge.
The two will face of in a batle for the
seat vacated by retring Republican
Judge Jefrey Merrill in the general
electon, Nov. 5.
Typically, city court judges hear cases
involving trafc tckets, low-level drug
crime, landlord-tenant disputes and
code violatons.
And, afer working as a city trial lawyer
for 12 years and now managing an
ofce of 24 people, Doherty said shes
prepared for the courts decision-
making process.
I know what the citzens are
concerned about, she said. Ive
prety much heard about it on a daily
basis. Ive appeared in city court quite
frequently, so Im very familiar with
that. In being a manager, Ive had to
make decisions. And I think you have
to be ok with the decisions that you
make. You make the decision, and you
know that one party will not be happy.
You have to be ok with that and move
on. Ive done that.

Doherty also said shes aware of issues
in the community like violence and
criminal misconduct, which can efect
the quality of life for some Syracuse
residents. She said she would carry
that knowledge over to her role as a
judge.
I think the safety, the crime issues in
the neighborhood; Ive lived through
that with people that have come to
our ofce, Doherty said. I just think
that Im familiar with all of that, and I
will bring that experience with me to
the bench.
Doherty beat Louis Levine in the
September primary, garnering a
substantal 4,725 votes. As for her
opponent, Lavalas said its the 14
years shes spent as an assistant
district atorney in DA William
Fitzpatricks ofce thats evidence of
her qualifcaton. In additon, she said
she also understands the issues that
are important to the community.
The fact that Ive spent 14 years
in criminal court is huge, she said.
Insofar as landlord-tenant issues,
those neighborhood issues; many
of those issues involve a fair amount
of negotaton. If you dont deal with
things on a smaller level, neighborhood
issues become criminal justce issues.
Additonally, Lavalas said becoming
a judge had been her singular career
goal since graduatng from college
and, ultmately, she aimed to uphold
the honor of the court.
Ive dealt with people who feel above
the law, she said. But there are also
people who feel below the law, and
very disenfranchised. A judge protects
the integrity of the system. Ive been
known as a fair and reasonable
prosecutor, and I will bring the same
to the bench.
Lavalas also stated that Doherty
did not have experience in criminal
court, however, according to reports;
Doherty said she gained experience
in criminal court by representng the
police department in cases brought
against the city.
Lavalas ran unsuccessfully for City
Court Judge in 2011 against two
incumbents.
Its important for a judge to be fair-
minded and reasonable, someone who
uses common sense, and someone
who is not going to pre-judge anyone,
Lavalas stated.

In additon, Doherty said being a good
listener, having a good temperament,
and compassion, were all qualites
she would exemplify as a judge.
The positon comes with a 10-year
term and startng salary of $139,200.
The pay will be raised to $145,000 in
April 2014.
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NATIONAL
By JESSE WASHINGTON
The usual scenario involves suspicious
glances, inatentve clerks or rude
service not handcufs.
Yet when a black teen said he was
wrongly jailed afer buying a $350
belt at a Manhatan luxury store, it
struck a nerve in African-Americans
accustomed to fnding that their
money is not necessarily as good
as everyone elses. Shopping while
black, they say, can be a humiliatng
experience.
Much atenton has been paid to
the issue over the years Oprah
Winfrey complained that a Swiss
clerk did not think she could aford a
$38,000 handbag, and even President
Barack Obama has said he was once
followed in stores. But according to
shoppers interviewed Monday, many
people dont recognize how prevalent
retail discriminaton is, and how the
consistent stream of small insults adds
up to a large problem.
Its one thing if you dont understand.
But dont ever tell me it doesnt
happen to me, said Natasha Eubanks,
who shops ofen at high-end stores in
New York City. You cant assume it
doesnt happen just because it doesnt
happen to you.
Sometmes, Eubanks said, it takes
clerks more than fve minutes to simply
acknowledge her presence. Or they
brush her of afer a token greetng. Or
they ask her queston afer queston:
Youre a black girl up in Chanel. They
want to know what youre doing here,
and what you do for a living.
She says she has dealt with this type
of treatment at least 20 tmes in New
York City.
I dont look like that typical chick
who walks into that type of store,
said Eubanks, owner of the celebrity
website theYBF.com. It feels
diferently than when you go into a
store and are treated properly.
Trayon Christans problem was not
how he was treated when he went
into Barneys New York it was what
happened aferward. In a lawsuit fled
last week, the 19-year-old said that
he bought a Ferragamo belt at the
Manhatan store, and when he lef he
was accosted by undercover city police
ofcers.
According to the lawsuit, police said
Christan could not aford to make
such an expensive purchase. He was
arrested and detained, though he
showed police the receipt, the debit
card he used and identfcaton, the
lawsuit said.
Afer Christans lawsuit was fled,
another black Barneys shopper
said she was accused of fraud afer
purchasing a $2,500 handbag, and the
black actor Robert Brown said he was
paraded through Macys in handcufs
and detained for an hour afer being
falsely accused of credit card fraud.
For Yvonne Chan, the reports were a
painful reminder of when she worked
in a liquor store in a predominantly
white Massachusets town. Every few
months someone would be caught
stealing, and about half the tme it was
a black person.
You fnd yourself watching black
people. (The stealing) only happens
once in a while, but it changes your
percepton, Chan said.
Chan, a graduate student, always
tried to remind herself not to act on
stereotypes, but, Like it or not, Im
going to have a preconceived noton of
races from my experiences. As much
as I would like to force my brain not to
think like that and put everyone on an
even playing feld, stereotypes play a
role in our society ... we skew the view
of people as individuals.
Those skewed views can afect who
gets arrested for retail thef, said
Jerome Williams, a business professor
at Rutgers University who has studied
marketplace discriminaton.
Many people justfy racial profling
by saying that black customers are
more likely to steal. But one study
has shown that white women in their
40s engaged in more shoplifing than
other demographic groups, Williams
said.
The reason they dont show up in
crime statstcs is because people
arent watching them, said Williams.
Statstcs showing that black customers
steal more are not really an indicaton
of whos shoplifing, he said. Its a
refecton of whos getng caught.
Thats a refecton of whos getng
watched. It becomes a self-fulflling
prophecy.
Dido Kanyandekwe knows he is being
watched. But I joke with them; I see
them looking at me and I say, Hello, I
see you! And I wave, said the 18-year-
old college student in New York City,
who was in Barneys on Monday buying
a $600-plus pair of Italian designer
sneakers.
Most black people dont have the
money to buy stuf at Barneys, said
Kanyandekwe, the son of wealthy
parents, before paying for the black
leather shoes with a credit card. But
that does not mean all black people
are not able to buy these things.
Black people are not the only ones
who can face unequal treatment
in stores. Hispanics have made the
same complaints. And Sher Graham,
a white woman who lives in Mobile,
Ala., says black servers in the fast-food
restaurants she visits ofen wait on
black customers frst.
A few months ago, she said, a black
cashier started talking to black women
standing in line behind her about
their order. When I brought this to
her atenton, she just shrugged her
shoulders and completely ignored me.
This acton happens more tmes than
not here in the Gulf Coast region,
Graham, a consultant and speaker,
said in an email interview.
Yet if the number of complaints is any
guide, the experience is most common
for African-Americans.
Candace Witherspoon, a wardrobe
stylist in Los Angeles, went to a store
in Century City last April to buy a purse
and shop for one of her celebrity
clients. She was wearing a T-shirt
and jeans. In a leter to the company,
Witherspoon said the sales associate
barely greeted her, then ignored her,
in contrast with her treatment of
white patrons.
As the other customers lef, she said
Thanks ladies for shopping. Have a
good day. When I lef she gave me a
nasty look and didnt say anything,
Witherspoons leter said.
Toni Duclotni, who runs a fashion
web site in Los Angeles, recently went
to a Beverly Hills department store
intending to spend about $4,000
on shoes. But she took her business
elsewhere afer being ignored.
Its frustratng to be constantly
ignored and people pretend it doesnt
happen, she said.
To her, the soluton is simple.
They rush to judgment, they jump
into it assuming something without
speaking to a person, Duclotni said.
Theyd be surprised if they just walked
up and said, Hello, can I help you fnd
something? Theyd be surprised.
___
Associated Press writer Verena Dobnik
in New York contributed to this report.
Barneys case stirs talk of Shopping While Black
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Recently, I have received
feedback from many adults
and young people in Syracuse
who say they have been
feeling isolated, insignifcant,
underappreciated, and
underrepresented. These
statements have been given by
individuals who are minorites,
as well as individuals who
are not members of minority
groups.
From every ward and district
in Syracuse, the race-relatons conversaton seems
to come up every day. And, no mater what the
conversaton is about initally, inequality and
race are two words that are likely to be mentoned
before its end.
Whether it is camoufaged or stated in politcally
correct terms, this includes menton of religious
scriptures, womens issues, and/or LGBT driven
conversatons.
Lately, everyone seems to be telling me, We have
been forgoten, and we are not getng the same
resources as other groups.
In my book, the keyword is other.
Others have been provided for as the favored and
accepted ethnic group here in Syracuse for a very
long tme now.
As a result, these are the kinds of conversatons that
happen when I ask, What is it that I could do for
you to feel safer, included, or more accepted and
respected?
The answer I usually get is that most people are very
concerned about the way they have been stereotyped
and racially-profled in the media, grocery store,
shopping mall, at their place of employment, jails, or
county ofces. The list could go on for days.
But, I think the most egregious place Ive been told
people have been discriminated against is their own
neighborhoods. In the areas where they are living,
they say mainstream society has locked them out.
Ive been told they have not been able to run a
business, or explore creatng venues to socialize at
the same level as others in their neighborhoods.
This may be due to the fact that local decision-
makers do not think these individuals have the
intelligence to run a business, or sustain an elegant
social space. The same goes for sustaining fne-
dining establishments, or cultural facilites for dance,
theater and the arts.
Yet, this could not be further from the truth. In fact,
Syracuse had many African-American- or black-
owned businesses in the 1960s and 1970s.
And, if other ethnic groups were more supported,
trusted and given an opportunity to try their hand at
entrepreneurship; there would be more atractve,
elegant, and appealing black-owned businesses
today.
Why shouldnt individuals who arent in gangs,
murdering, stealing, or actvely loitering, have the
opportunity to own an upscale business, when non-
blacks are ofered the same opportunity? These
non-black individuals, whom we then support, are
regularly given the go-ahead by the Small Business
Administraton.
This is an enormous weight, as well as a substantal
psychologically- and emotonally-crippling issue, for
individuals and families to carry; especially when
they want to thrive.
As a result, there has been a downtrodden gloom
infused into the people of many South, West and
North Side neighborhoods. These are people who
are otherwise creatve, intelligent, community-
minded citzens. But, they are people who feel their
neighborhoods have been ignored and counted out.
They are working and coming home feeling as if they
are not valuable human beings who are contributng
to the economy, and progressing toward their goals
and dreams.
Most residents bring these issues up in the midst
of our conversatons about drug dealing, and other
crimes. They say they feel that the young people and
adults who are commitng these ofenses are simply
refusing to be locked out of the economy; and, in
efect, may only be atemptng to make money as a
result of mainstream society blocking them out of
job opportunites.
This is a part of the intricacy of the issue, and, in
order to stop the crime, drugs, and killings in the city;
Syracuse should not disproportonately serve one
group over another. However, there are criminals in
every race, and this is by no means an endeavor to
excuse any criminal behavior.
It is merely a statement of fact, that, certain areas
are able to employ modernizaton eforts to keep
those neighborhoods intact and upscale. And,
underrepresented community members have lived
without much modernizaton, or revitalizaton
from city planners, which in no way matches the
prior years of planning other neighborhoods have
received over and over for many years.
People are very intelligent and educated about re-
gentrifcaton eforts, and moving undesirables
out, but they likely do not support moving out the
working-class people who love their neighborhoods
as well.
So, ultmately, the underrepresented people of
Syracuse would like to know: What are the answers
to these problems, and when will they be getng
revitalizaton eforts in their neighborhoods?
Maybe if society could get past racial imagery, which
is central to the organizaton of the modern world;
the percentage of disadvantages and inequalites in
the lives of Syracuse residents would start to shif,
and the marginalizaton of others would shif as well.
-----------------------------
Daphne Ramsey has been a Syracuse resident
for 42 years. She has worked with underserved
communites championing human and civil rights
issues. She is a graduate of Syracuse University and
the mother of two children.
dRamseyAdvocate@aol.com
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Issues Concerning Race, Culture, and Identity in Syracuse
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DAPHNE RAMSEY
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(TriceEdneyWire.
com) On March
23, 2010, I was
in the Capitol
watching every
move, listening
to every speech
(pro and con),
trying to fgure
out what could
possibly be
obj ect i onabl e
about afordable
health care for
all who needed
it. It was clear that Members of
Congress were provided health care
by us--the long sufering taxpayers.
What would be the beneft of denying
millions of taxpaying citzens access to
afordable health care when we pay
for theirs? Are we any less worthy of
the emotonal security that accrues
to those capable of weathering the
fnancial storms of catastrophic illness
opposed to falling over the fnancial
clif into bankruptcy?
Ive fnally fgured it out. As Paul
Ryan opined, Some people are
just takers. During his campaign
for vice-president, he elaborated
on takers and we thought that
he was talking about poor people.
Now, the truth rings clear. Ryan was
atemptng to disguise the real intent
of his colleagues who want things for
themselves at the expense of those
who really need help. The problem is
not the government. Its the distorton
of principles of governance by those
so misguided that their selfshness
overwhelms their failed commitment
to public service.
A good example is Michele Bachmann
who always seems to get things wrong.
Remember when she took great pride
in proclaiming that John Wayne, the
actor, was a natve of her home and
that she wanted to run her campaign
in the same spirit as John Wayne from
Waterloo, Iowa only to discover that
her homeboy was really the serial
killer, John Wayne Gacy! Likewise,
Bachmann rushed over to the WWII
Memorial and joined in blaming the
President, Park Police and anyone
else she could think of for shutng
down the government. Factually,
this shutdown was made possible by
her vote, and the votes of politcians
motvated more by racial animus than
the general welfare.
Recently, we saw Utahs Mike Lee,
and other deniers of afordable health
care, shif focus from the so-called
damaging human impact of the ACA to
fnger-pointng at the technologically
fawed launch of the program. The
fact hasnt been lost that these
miscreants created false equivalences
on both sides of a single issue. They
ofer nothing to the public discourse
except their destructve obsession to
erase the historical fngerprint of the
frst Black President. More tragic is the
reality that their shrill racist rants have
found kindred spirits in a small, but
vocal segment of the politcal right.
The infamous Ted Cruz returned to
Texas last week to a heros welcome
because he played such a big part in
shutng down the government to
prevent those in need from having
afordable health carecausing our
economy to lose 24 billion dollars in
the process! Yet, he leads the folk
who want to save the taxpayers from
government! Upon examinaton, his
tactcs are like those of the homeowner
who burns his home down because he
thinks the kitchen needs remodeling!
His self-serving, grand-standing is
a prime example of our need to be
more careful in examining the motves
of those who present themselves to
govern.
Speaker John Boehner was elected to
lead the U.S. House of Representatves,
but we saw everything except
leadership from him during the recent
shutdown crisis. He could only lead
87 members of his caucus to vote with
him to end the awful economic crisis;
on the other hand, Democratc Leader
Nancy Pelosi did not lose a single vote
in her caucus. Hers sounds like real
leadership to me. Speaker Boehner
seems to need a bit more practce.
2014 gives us a chance to bring back
sensible governance because the
American people do need government.
We just need to change some of those
doing the governing.
--------------------
Dr. E. Faye Williams is Chair of
the Natonal Congress of Black
Women, Inc. 202/678-6788. www.
natonalcongressbw.org
The Problem is Not the Government!
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necessarily represent the position or viewpoint of MRMG or CNY Vision
dr. e. faye
WiLLiaMs, esq.
POSITIVE! POWERFuL! CONVINCING!
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