My embrace of localism was a process that developed over time. When I first became engaged in political activity I didn't pay attention to what was happening locally. I was too focused on what was happening nationally. But as I became more active and participated in local activist activity, I heard a constant refrain about the city that I lived in. San Bernardino was ghetto, and it was violent, and it was impoverished, etc.
Then I heard it again in Op-Eds and reporting in both of our local newspapers. It was a constant badgering of negativity and no one was stepping up to defend or protect San Bernardino. Most of its residents either didn't care, were oblivious, or were part of the defamation and degradation process.
I said to myself enough is enough, someone has to defend San Bernardino's honor and that was my beginning of the embrace of localism. At first, I defended San Bernardino in the online arena trying to lance every negative boil that appeared. As I learned more, I became more concerned about the some of the policies that our elected leaders were pursuing. There was a constant turmoil on the City Council because everyone was out to embrace our Public Safety without question.
There was complete trust but no verification. If someone was shot in San Bernardino, it was like oh well he was probably a thug. Really?!
I came to realize that even though San Bernardino Public Safety amounted to 60% of the budget, probably only a fraction lived or worked in this city. In addition, many of the city employees were participants in the defamation and degradation of San Bernardino.
I became incensed and went into attack mode and continue to do so today.
San Bernardino needs to promote and protect its own in order to foster responsibility in its citizenry, prosper economically, and begin to come together as a community. We are too fractured and separated to achieve a unity of vision and purpose.
This is my mission. To unify San Bernardino into the greatest economic power that surpasses even its previous preeminence. I will not stop, nor rest until the back of our ill repute is broken and our collective vision is complete.
Then I heard it again in Op-Eds and reporting in both of our local newspapers. It was a constant badgering of negativity and no one was stepping up to defend or protect San Bernardino. Most of its residents either didn't care, were oblivious, or were part of the defamation and degradation process.
I said to myself enough is enough, someone has to defend San Bernardino's honor and that was my beginning of the embrace of localism. At first, I defended San Bernardino in the online arena trying to lance every negative boil that appeared. As I learned more, I became more concerned about the some of the policies that our elected leaders were pursuing. There was a constant turmoil on the City Council because everyone was out to embrace our Public Safety without question.
There was complete trust but no verification. If someone was shot in San Bernardino, it was like oh well he was probably a thug. Really?!
I came to realize that even though San Bernardino Public Safety amounted to 60% of the budget, probably only a fraction lived or worked in this city. In addition, many of the city employees were participants in the defamation and degradation of San Bernardino.
I became incensed and went into attack mode and continue to do so today.
San Bernardino needs to promote and protect its own in order to foster responsibility in its citizenry, prosper economically, and begin to come together as a community. We are too fractured and separated to achieve a unity of vision and purpose.
This is my mission. To unify San Bernardino into the greatest economic power that surpasses even its previous preeminence. I will not stop, nor rest until the back of our ill repute is broken and our collective vision is complete.
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