Category: Opinion
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Candidates on Your Side
Two County Council Candidates who support Campaign Finance Reform in Anne Arundel County Have you ever had a dream where you’re on a bed covered in money? Crisp bills are thrown into the air and slowly fall, returning to your cash mound like snow flurries. It’s a pretty whimsical scene. Now, imagine that same scene,…
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Prejudice, Pain & Progress: My American Life
A few years ago, I remember hearing that in America, when people are asked to choose three adjectives that best describe themselves, minorities typically say their race as one of the three. I always do. I’m Eurasian, I say; Half Chinese and half German. Most white people never do so. In my informal survey of…
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To Make Progress, You Must Feel Emotional Pain: Musings from a 13-year-old Annapolitan
I went to the Annapolis rally for the anniversary of the March on Washington at in Annapolis on August 28, and it was wonderful. But let me just say something. Some people were holding the ENOUGH IS ENOUGH posters with photos of people, mostly of color, who have been killed by police, and it got…
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Mayor Candidate Nevin Young Speaks to County Council
Annapolis Mayoral Candidate Nevin Young (R) spoke before the Anne Arundel County Council Wednesday night rejecting racism and The League of the South. He called Mr. Grasso’s attempt to silence residents’ comments over Councilman Peroutka’s ties to the League of the South as unconstitutional. He furthermore disagreed with Councilman Grasso that the League of the…
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Let’s Talk Solutions to the Failing Morris H. Blum Apartments
On 22 August I attended the monthly meeting of the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis (HACA) Board of Commissioners, which rotates between their properties. Last month’s meeting was held at the Morris H. Blum Senior Apartments and was well attended by those who live there. During the public-comment portion, resident after resident took…
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We Demand Healthcare for All
Anne Arundel Indivisible Healthcare Coalition, Take Action AAC, and Action Annapolis invite you to their healthcare forum Patients Losing Patience. The forum, which is open to everyone, will take place Sunday, September 10, from 3 to 5pm at the Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center, 1101 Smithville Drive, Annapolis. Please attend to learn how we can work…
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Defend Democracy Tuesday Night at the County Council Meeting
Anne Arundel County Councilman Michael Peroutka has a long association with a hate group that marched alongside Nazi groups in Charlottesville, the name of this group is the League of the South. Pictures of this group’s militia units can be seen marching with their white crosses alongside Nazi flags. In our own Anne Arundel County a…
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Do the Right Thing, Mr. Peroutka: Resign
“But you also had people there who were very fine people… on both sides” -Trump commenting on the violent aftermath of the Charlottesville Unite the Right Rally Just as Trump’s election has signaled white supremacists that they have an ally in the White House, Michael Peroutka’s election to the Anne Arundel County Council has signaled…
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Be Part of History: Show Up and Let Your Voice Be Heard!
On Monday, Aug. 28, from 6-8 pm, there will be a rally in Annapolis to celebrate the 54th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Justice. As Monica Lindsey, one of the rally organizers puts it: “54 years ago in a great place called Washington, D.C. some everyday people showed commitment and strength to building a…
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Taney was no hero.
Leonard Koscianski’s opinion letter to the Washington Post, Toppling Monuments, Erasing History on August 19 left me scratching my head. Taney’s statue is not “an excellent example of public art” it is a grotesque symbol honoring a man who perpetuated the institution of slavery and led our country into civil war. Statues are for heroes,…